Joanna here, being topical.
My seed catalogs have arrived. This is the first sign of spring for me — not a sighting of the first robin — the sighting of the first seed catalogs. Now the truth of the matter is I don’t so much buy seeds and plant them. I live on stony, steep ground here and grow my plants in a few miserable little pots. But I dream with these catalogs. I meditate upon all the wondrous flowers and vegetables I’m growing in my mind rather than in reality.
Anyhow, this got me thinking about woman gardeners in 1800 or so. The eons’ old association of women and healing
plants, edible garden herbs, and flowery borders made them natural gardeners. About at this time botany got an intellectual boots with the Linnaean system of plant classification. Thank heavens this was one ‘science’ considered suitable for genteel women. They began collecting plants and writing about them. We have pictures of these women carrying their watering cans — dressed in a way we’d consider problematic for gardening work — headed out to botanize.
I delight to imagine the glasshouses filled with interesting specimens and women tending and caring for them. Studying them. Learning how to grow the most troublesome of their charges. Describing the exotics. Writing, y’know, monographs and papers.
Not that it was easy for them to be taken seriously. I’m just going to mention here that the British Zoological Society and the British Entomological Society (—bugs, yipee —) admitted women in 1829 and 1833, respectively, the Linnaean Society didn't until 1904, which seems rather latish, doesn’t it?
The actual tilling of soil and sowing of seed, digging holes for the odd tree or bush, and pruning of ornamental shrubbery on an estate would fall to a band of hearty young men. The lady of the house would be in the enviable position of strolling through the aspen-studded woodland, past the ha-ha, and along the herbaceous border pointing out to Old Mr. 
Grim the Head Gardener where to put 250 yellow tulips. She wouldn’t so much do the work herself. It would be three or four generations past 1800 before kneeling down and weeding the bed of mangelwurzels would be considered a proper hobby for the well-to-do.
(Mangelwurzel, from German mangel ‘beet’ and wurzel ‘root’, moves into English along with the beets in about 1770. Now you know.)
Now me, I like to get my hands in the soil and somewhat pity those distant forebearers who never had this pleasure. It's part of what I anticipate in the early days of spring. Like today.
What are you looking forward to with your plants this spring? Anything new and fun?
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Here in Victoria, Australia, it’s autumn. Sweet pea planting day is 17 March. My sweet pea seeds are sitting waiting on the bookshelf. Four shades of purple this year.
New and fun for spring? Each year I try planting out a tomato variety that I haven’t tried before. Maybe this year I’ll try Granny’s Throwing…
http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2212/TOMATO%20GRANNY%27S%20THROWING.aspx
Here in Victoria, Australia, it’s autumn. Sweet pea planting day is 17 March. My sweet pea seeds are sitting waiting on the bookshelf. Four shades of purple this year.
New and fun for spring? Each year I try planting out a tomato variety that I haven’t tried before. Maybe this year I’ll try Granny’s Throwing…
http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2212/TOMATO%20GRANNY%27S%20THROWING.aspx
Here in Victoria, Australia, it’s autumn. Sweet pea planting day is 17 March. My sweet pea seeds are sitting waiting on the bookshelf. Four shades of purple this year.
New and fun for spring? Each year I try planting out a tomato variety that I haven’t tried before. Maybe this year I’ll try Granny’s Throwing…
http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2212/TOMATO%20GRANNY%27S%20THROWING.aspx
Here in Victoria, Australia, it’s autumn. Sweet pea planting day is 17 March. My sweet pea seeds are sitting waiting on the bookshelf. Four shades of purple this year.
New and fun for spring? Each year I try planting out a tomato variety that I haven’t tried before. Maybe this year I’ll try Granny’s Throwing…
http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2212/TOMATO%20GRANNY%27S%20THROWING.aspx
Here in Victoria, Australia, it’s autumn. Sweet pea planting day is 17 March. My sweet pea seeds are sitting waiting on the bookshelf. Four shades of purple this year.
New and fun for spring? Each year I try planting out a tomato variety that I haven’t tried before. Maybe this year I’ll try Granny’s Throwing…
http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2212/TOMATO%20GRANNY%27S%20THROWING.aspx
I am not planning on growing anything new, but rather carefully nurturing back to health my tomato plants that have endured some hard winter months. I thought your post was interesting, especially because I just saw a trailer with Kate Winslet, playing a Versailles garden designer, and have been wanting to check out the veracity of that story.
I am not planning on growing anything new, but rather carefully nurturing back to health my tomato plants that have endured some hard winter months. I thought your post was interesting, especially because I just saw a trailer with Kate Winslet, playing a Versailles garden designer, and have been wanting to check out the veracity of that story.
I am not planning on growing anything new, but rather carefully nurturing back to health my tomato plants that have endured some hard winter months. I thought your post was interesting, especially because I just saw a trailer with Kate Winslet, playing a Versailles garden designer, and have been wanting to check out the veracity of that story.
I am not planning on growing anything new, but rather carefully nurturing back to health my tomato plants that have endured some hard winter months. I thought your post was interesting, especially because I just saw a trailer with Kate Winslet, playing a Versailles garden designer, and have been wanting to check out the veracity of that story.
I am not planning on growing anything new, but rather carefully nurturing back to health my tomato plants that have endured some hard winter months. I thought your post was interesting, especially because I just saw a trailer with Kate Winslet, playing a Versailles garden designer, and have been wanting to check out the veracity of that story.
I have liked seed and garden catalogs even when I never planted anything. I once had a house and a big yard but wasn’t much for gardening. Still, I always bought something to plant each year. I tended towards fruit bushes and trees. My kids say that I have more plants now that I have moved into a condo than I did with the house, I have a balcony and more of plants. I have already purchased a box of seeds that grow well in the shade. When I was a child we made a garden out of hard Georgia clay dirt that hadn’t been worked before. WE had to use pickaxes to break up the dirt and then hoe it for hours. IT was hard work and turned me off working in a garden .
SOme years I have had good luck with a tomato plant and other years I could have bought a pound of tomatoes at the store for the money I spent on tomato plants.
I have liked seed and garden catalogs even when I never planted anything. I once had a house and a big yard but wasn’t much for gardening. Still, I always bought something to plant each year. I tended towards fruit bushes and trees. My kids say that I have more plants now that I have moved into a condo than I did with the house, I have a balcony and more of plants. I have already purchased a box of seeds that grow well in the shade. When I was a child we made a garden out of hard Georgia clay dirt that hadn’t been worked before. WE had to use pickaxes to break up the dirt and then hoe it for hours. IT was hard work and turned me off working in a garden .
SOme years I have had good luck with a tomato plant and other years I could have bought a pound of tomatoes at the store for the money I spent on tomato plants.
I have liked seed and garden catalogs even when I never planted anything. I once had a house and a big yard but wasn’t much for gardening. Still, I always bought something to plant each year. I tended towards fruit bushes and trees. My kids say that I have more plants now that I have moved into a condo than I did with the house, I have a balcony and more of plants. I have already purchased a box of seeds that grow well in the shade. When I was a child we made a garden out of hard Georgia clay dirt that hadn’t been worked before. WE had to use pickaxes to break up the dirt and then hoe it for hours. IT was hard work and turned me off working in a garden .
SOme years I have had good luck with a tomato plant and other years I could have bought a pound of tomatoes at the store for the money I spent on tomato plants.
I have liked seed and garden catalogs even when I never planted anything. I once had a house and a big yard but wasn’t much for gardening. Still, I always bought something to plant each year. I tended towards fruit bushes and trees. My kids say that I have more plants now that I have moved into a condo than I did with the house, I have a balcony and more of plants. I have already purchased a box of seeds that grow well in the shade. When I was a child we made a garden out of hard Georgia clay dirt that hadn’t been worked before. WE had to use pickaxes to break up the dirt and then hoe it for hours. IT was hard work and turned me off working in a garden .
SOme years I have had good luck with a tomato plant and other years I could have bought a pound of tomatoes at the store for the money I spent on tomato plants.
I have liked seed and garden catalogs even when I never planted anything. I once had a house and a big yard but wasn’t much for gardening. Still, I always bought something to plant each year. I tended towards fruit bushes and trees. My kids say that I have more plants now that I have moved into a condo than I did with the house, I have a balcony and more of plants. I have already purchased a box of seeds that grow well in the shade. When I was a child we made a garden out of hard Georgia clay dirt that hadn’t been worked before. WE had to use pickaxes to break up the dirt and then hoe it for hours. IT was hard work and turned me off working in a garden .
SOme years I have had good luck with a tomato plant and other years I could have bought a pound of tomatoes at the store for the money I spent on tomato plants.
Garden catalogues are such a danger! In the ice and cold of February I want to order half the seeds listed and dig up 3/4 of the lawn. In the heat and humidity of August, I don’t even want to look outside.
Once upon a time I grew all sorts of heirloom vegetables and other oddities that weren’t available at the grocery store. Much more is available these days—the local farm stand even offers Brandywine tomatoes—and I have dwindled down to pots of herbs.
Garden catalogues are such a danger! In the ice and cold of February I want to order half the seeds listed and dig up 3/4 of the lawn. In the heat and humidity of August, I don’t even want to look outside.
Once upon a time I grew all sorts of heirloom vegetables and other oddities that weren’t available at the grocery store. Much more is available these days—the local farm stand even offers Brandywine tomatoes—and I have dwindled down to pots of herbs.
Garden catalogues are such a danger! In the ice and cold of February I want to order half the seeds listed and dig up 3/4 of the lawn. In the heat and humidity of August, I don’t even want to look outside.
Once upon a time I grew all sorts of heirloom vegetables and other oddities that weren’t available at the grocery store. Much more is available these days—the local farm stand even offers Brandywine tomatoes—and I have dwindled down to pots of herbs.
Garden catalogues are such a danger! In the ice and cold of February I want to order half the seeds listed and dig up 3/4 of the lawn. In the heat and humidity of August, I don’t even want to look outside.
Once upon a time I grew all sorts of heirloom vegetables and other oddities that weren’t available at the grocery store. Much more is available these days—the local farm stand even offers Brandywine tomatoes—and I have dwindled down to pots of herbs.
Garden catalogues are such a danger! In the ice and cold of February I want to order half the seeds listed and dig up 3/4 of the lawn. In the heat and humidity of August, I don’t even want to look outside.
Once upon a time I grew all sorts of heirloom vegetables and other oddities that weren’t available at the grocery store. Much more is available these days—the local farm stand even offers Brandywine tomatoes—and I have dwindled down to pots of herbs.
Garden cataloges make each of us believe that all things are possible. That is also what springs brings to each of us. We have hopes that everything we see in those pictures will be growing for us at any moment. And then life steps in.
Garden cataloges make each of us believe that all things are possible. That is also what springs brings to each of us. We have hopes that everything we see in those pictures will be growing for us at any moment. And then life steps in.
Garden cataloges make each of us believe that all things are possible. That is also what springs brings to each of us. We have hopes that everything we see in those pictures will be growing for us at any moment. And then life steps in.
Garden cataloges make each of us believe that all things are possible. That is also what springs brings to each of us. We have hopes that everything we see in those pictures will be growing for us at any moment. And then life steps in.
Garden cataloges make each of us believe that all things are possible. That is also what springs brings to each of us. We have hopes that everything we see in those pictures will be growing for us at any moment. And then life steps in.
Garden Catalogues are so appealing and lovely. I have used seeds in my garden and the plants and flowers were better than I expected. It takes work and patience and I don’t work on it every year. I like the result.
Garden Catalogues are so appealing and lovely. I have used seeds in my garden and the plants and flowers were better than I expected. It takes work and patience and I don’t work on it every year. I like the result.
Garden Catalogues are so appealing and lovely. I have used seeds in my garden and the plants and flowers were better than I expected. It takes work and patience and I don’t work on it every year. I like the result.
Garden Catalogues are so appealing and lovely. I have used seeds in my garden and the plants and flowers were better than I expected. It takes work and patience and I don’t work on it every year. I like the result.
Garden Catalogues are so appealing and lovely. I have used seeds in my garden and the plants and flowers were better than I expected. It takes work and patience and I don’t work on it every year. I like the result.
Now that I’m in my late 80s, my gardening has dwindled to houseplants. But I have gardened in every house I have lived in since the border sized gardening permitted at Scott Air Force Base in the 1950s. At Scott we were limited to flowers in the married NCO quarters (I believe they had a garden plot area, but a mother of two children, a year apart, I didn’t have time and energy to go off to somewhere else at the base.)
I’ve never used the catalogs though. I would just browse the seed packets that are even now showing up in our grocery stores and hardware stores. I still stop and look at them. I have grown vegetables, flowers, and herbs. I miss my active gardening, but my body won’t bend and my arms won’t hoe and rake anymore!
Now that I’m in my late 80s, my gardening has dwindled to houseplants. But I have gardened in every house I have lived in since the border sized gardening permitted at Scott Air Force Base in the 1950s. At Scott we were limited to flowers in the married NCO quarters (I believe they had a garden plot area, but a mother of two children, a year apart, I didn’t have time and energy to go off to somewhere else at the base.)
I’ve never used the catalogs though. I would just browse the seed packets that are even now showing up in our grocery stores and hardware stores. I still stop and look at them. I have grown vegetables, flowers, and herbs. I miss my active gardening, but my body won’t bend and my arms won’t hoe and rake anymore!
Now that I’m in my late 80s, my gardening has dwindled to houseplants. But I have gardened in every house I have lived in since the border sized gardening permitted at Scott Air Force Base in the 1950s. At Scott we were limited to flowers in the married NCO quarters (I believe they had a garden plot area, but a mother of two children, a year apart, I didn’t have time and energy to go off to somewhere else at the base.)
I’ve never used the catalogs though. I would just browse the seed packets that are even now showing up in our grocery stores and hardware stores. I still stop and look at them. I have grown vegetables, flowers, and herbs. I miss my active gardening, but my body won’t bend and my arms won’t hoe and rake anymore!
Now that I’m in my late 80s, my gardening has dwindled to houseplants. But I have gardened in every house I have lived in since the border sized gardening permitted at Scott Air Force Base in the 1950s. At Scott we were limited to flowers in the married NCO quarters (I believe they had a garden plot area, but a mother of two children, a year apart, I didn’t have time and energy to go off to somewhere else at the base.)
I’ve never used the catalogs though. I would just browse the seed packets that are even now showing up in our grocery stores and hardware stores. I still stop and look at them. I have grown vegetables, flowers, and herbs. I miss my active gardening, but my body won’t bend and my arms won’t hoe and rake anymore!
Now that I’m in my late 80s, my gardening has dwindled to houseplants. But I have gardened in every house I have lived in since the border sized gardening permitted at Scott Air Force Base in the 1950s. At Scott we were limited to flowers in the married NCO quarters (I believe they had a garden plot area, but a mother of two children, a year apart, I didn’t have time and energy to go off to somewhere else at the base.)
I’ve never used the catalogs though. I would just browse the seed packets that are even now showing up in our grocery stores and hardware stores. I still stop and look at them. I have grown vegetables, flowers, and herbs. I miss my active gardening, but my body won’t bend and my arms won’t hoe and rake anymore!
Even I, black thumbs and all, sigh over seed catalogs. Both my grandmothers were great gardeners, and I have treasured memories of them working in their gardens. My paternal grandmother grew mostly vegetables. I still think of her kitchen on canning and preserving summer days as the hottest spot on earth. My maternal grandmother’s flower garden had something blooming every season of the year. She was famous among her friends for dahlias, but hydrangeas and roses were her favorites. My sister, my cousins, and I still refer to blue hydrangeas and Lady Banks roses as “Mama’s flowers.” (We all called our grandmother “Mama.”)
Even I, black thumbs and all, sigh over seed catalogs. Both my grandmothers were great gardeners, and I have treasured memories of them working in their gardens. My paternal grandmother grew mostly vegetables. I still think of her kitchen on canning and preserving summer days as the hottest spot on earth. My maternal grandmother’s flower garden had something blooming every season of the year. She was famous among her friends for dahlias, but hydrangeas and roses were her favorites. My sister, my cousins, and I still refer to blue hydrangeas and Lady Banks roses as “Mama’s flowers.” (We all called our grandmother “Mama.”)
Even I, black thumbs and all, sigh over seed catalogs. Both my grandmothers were great gardeners, and I have treasured memories of them working in their gardens. My paternal grandmother grew mostly vegetables. I still think of her kitchen on canning and preserving summer days as the hottest spot on earth. My maternal grandmother’s flower garden had something blooming every season of the year. She was famous among her friends for dahlias, but hydrangeas and roses were her favorites. My sister, my cousins, and I still refer to blue hydrangeas and Lady Banks roses as “Mama’s flowers.” (We all called our grandmother “Mama.”)
Even I, black thumbs and all, sigh over seed catalogs. Both my grandmothers were great gardeners, and I have treasured memories of them working in their gardens. My paternal grandmother grew mostly vegetables. I still think of her kitchen on canning and preserving summer days as the hottest spot on earth. My maternal grandmother’s flower garden had something blooming every season of the year. She was famous among her friends for dahlias, but hydrangeas and roses were her favorites. My sister, my cousins, and I still refer to blue hydrangeas and Lady Banks roses as “Mama’s flowers.” (We all called our grandmother “Mama.”)
Even I, black thumbs and all, sigh over seed catalogs. Both my grandmothers were great gardeners, and I have treasured memories of them working in their gardens. My paternal grandmother grew mostly vegetables. I still think of her kitchen on canning and preserving summer days as the hottest spot on earth. My maternal grandmother’s flower garden had something blooming every season of the year. She was famous among her friends for dahlias, but hydrangeas and roses were her favorites. My sister, my cousins, and I still refer to blue hydrangeas and Lady Banks roses as “Mama’s flowers.” (We all called our grandmother “Mama.”)
Here in England we have many wonderful gardens which are open to the public, so instead of sitting in my armchair browsing catalogs I like to get out and about, visiting gardens and perhaps buying the occasional plant for my own garden. Hidcote is one of my favorites and was actually created by an American (Lawrence Johnston).
At present the spring flowers are looking good. Snowdrops and daffodils make fabulous displays, raising spirits and stimulating imagination, especially on a sunny day when the light and shade can induce magical vistas!
I have quite a large garden of my own and have used ground cover plants, mainly geraniums, to keep down the weeds. I’m now in the process of creating ‘windows’ in the ground cover for more exotic and interesting plants, and moving to 3D with arches for climbers, especially roses and clematis.
It’s a bit like painting a picture using living plants and is a constant source of interest and fascination …. when things work oiut as planned! 🙂
Here in England we have many wonderful gardens which are open to the public, so instead of sitting in my armchair browsing catalogs I like to get out and about, visiting gardens and perhaps buying the occasional plant for my own garden. Hidcote is one of my favorites and was actually created by an American (Lawrence Johnston).
At present the spring flowers are looking good. Snowdrops and daffodils make fabulous displays, raising spirits and stimulating imagination, especially on a sunny day when the light and shade can induce magical vistas!
I have quite a large garden of my own and have used ground cover plants, mainly geraniums, to keep down the weeds. I’m now in the process of creating ‘windows’ in the ground cover for more exotic and interesting plants, and moving to 3D with arches for climbers, especially roses and clematis.
It’s a bit like painting a picture using living plants and is a constant source of interest and fascination …. when things work oiut as planned! 🙂
Here in England we have many wonderful gardens which are open to the public, so instead of sitting in my armchair browsing catalogs I like to get out and about, visiting gardens and perhaps buying the occasional plant for my own garden. Hidcote is one of my favorites and was actually created by an American (Lawrence Johnston).
At present the spring flowers are looking good. Snowdrops and daffodils make fabulous displays, raising spirits and stimulating imagination, especially on a sunny day when the light and shade can induce magical vistas!
I have quite a large garden of my own and have used ground cover plants, mainly geraniums, to keep down the weeds. I’m now in the process of creating ‘windows’ in the ground cover for more exotic and interesting plants, and moving to 3D with arches for climbers, especially roses and clematis.
It’s a bit like painting a picture using living plants and is a constant source of interest and fascination …. when things work oiut as planned! 🙂
Here in England we have many wonderful gardens which are open to the public, so instead of sitting in my armchair browsing catalogs I like to get out and about, visiting gardens and perhaps buying the occasional plant for my own garden. Hidcote is one of my favorites and was actually created by an American (Lawrence Johnston).
At present the spring flowers are looking good. Snowdrops and daffodils make fabulous displays, raising spirits and stimulating imagination, especially on a sunny day when the light and shade can induce magical vistas!
I have quite a large garden of my own and have used ground cover plants, mainly geraniums, to keep down the weeds. I’m now in the process of creating ‘windows’ in the ground cover for more exotic and interesting plants, and moving to 3D with arches for climbers, especially roses and clematis.
It’s a bit like painting a picture using living plants and is a constant source of interest and fascination …. when things work oiut as planned! 🙂
Here in England we have many wonderful gardens which are open to the public, so instead of sitting in my armchair browsing catalogs I like to get out and about, visiting gardens and perhaps buying the occasional plant for my own garden. Hidcote is one of my favorites and was actually created by an American (Lawrence Johnston).
At present the spring flowers are looking good. Snowdrops and daffodils make fabulous displays, raising spirits and stimulating imagination, especially on a sunny day when the light and shade can induce magical vistas!
I have quite a large garden of my own and have used ground cover plants, mainly geraniums, to keep down the weeds. I’m now in the process of creating ‘windows’ in the ground cover for more exotic and interesting plants, and moving to 3D with arches for climbers, especially roses and clematis.
It’s a bit like painting a picture using living plants and is a constant source of interest and fascination …. when things work oiut as planned! 🙂
I love looking at the seed catalogues. Looking forward to growing a new Nasturtium – Lady Bird Cream Purple Spot and a new Pansy – Cool Wave Mix. Also a new to me Morning Glory called Milky Way. I don’t have a proper vegetable garden any more but do grow some suitable vegetables in pots; a new one this year is a cucumber called Patio Snacker. I’ll also grow some baby carrots and bush beans in pots.
I love looking at the seed catalogues. Looking forward to growing a new Nasturtium – Lady Bird Cream Purple Spot and a new Pansy – Cool Wave Mix. Also a new to me Morning Glory called Milky Way. I don’t have a proper vegetable garden any more but do grow some suitable vegetables in pots; a new one this year is a cucumber called Patio Snacker. I’ll also grow some baby carrots and bush beans in pots.
I love looking at the seed catalogues. Looking forward to growing a new Nasturtium – Lady Bird Cream Purple Spot and a new Pansy – Cool Wave Mix. Also a new to me Morning Glory called Milky Way. I don’t have a proper vegetable garden any more but do grow some suitable vegetables in pots; a new one this year is a cucumber called Patio Snacker. I’ll also grow some baby carrots and bush beans in pots.
I love looking at the seed catalogues. Looking forward to growing a new Nasturtium – Lady Bird Cream Purple Spot and a new Pansy – Cool Wave Mix. Also a new to me Morning Glory called Milky Way. I don’t have a proper vegetable garden any more but do grow some suitable vegetables in pots; a new one this year is a cucumber called Patio Snacker. I’ll also grow some baby carrots and bush beans in pots.
I love looking at the seed catalogues. Looking forward to growing a new Nasturtium – Lady Bird Cream Purple Spot and a new Pansy – Cool Wave Mix. Also a new to me Morning Glory called Milky Way. I don’t have a proper vegetable garden any more but do grow some suitable vegetables in pots; a new one this year is a cucumber called Patio Snacker. I’ll also grow some baby carrots and bush beans in pots.
My flower garden was great last year–largely due to appropriate amounts of rain coming at the right times! (I’m not a faithful waterer.) After the horrendously cold winter we have had, I’m just hoping that the perennials and shrubs and cherry trees survive.
My flower garden was great last year–largely due to appropriate amounts of rain coming at the right times! (I’m not a faithful waterer.) After the horrendously cold winter we have had, I’m just hoping that the perennials and shrubs and cherry trees survive.
My flower garden was great last year–largely due to appropriate amounts of rain coming at the right times! (I’m not a faithful waterer.) After the horrendously cold winter we have had, I’m just hoping that the perennials and shrubs and cherry trees survive.
My flower garden was great last year–largely due to appropriate amounts of rain coming at the right times! (I’m not a faithful waterer.) After the horrendously cold winter we have had, I’m just hoping that the perennials and shrubs and cherry trees survive.
My flower garden was great last year–largely due to appropriate amounts of rain coming at the right times! (I’m not a faithful waterer.) After the horrendously cold winter we have had, I’m just hoping that the perennials and shrubs and cherry trees survive.
I’m afraid I’m never in time to plant seed tomatoes, so I’m always stuck with what they sell locally in pots.
This is a great mistake on my part.
Maybe this year I will start tomato seeds.
Hmmmm … which ones. Which ones?
I’m afraid I’m never in time to plant seed tomatoes, so I’m always stuck with what they sell locally in pots.
This is a great mistake on my part.
Maybe this year I will start tomato seeds.
Hmmmm … which ones. Which ones?
I’m afraid I’m never in time to plant seed tomatoes, so I’m always stuck with what they sell locally in pots.
This is a great mistake on my part.
Maybe this year I will start tomato seeds.
Hmmmm … which ones. Which ones?
I’m afraid I’m never in time to plant seed tomatoes, so I’m always stuck with what they sell locally in pots.
This is a great mistake on my part.
Maybe this year I will start tomato seeds.
Hmmmm … which ones. Which ones?
I’m afraid I’m never in time to plant seed tomatoes, so I’m always stuck with what they sell locally in pots.
This is a great mistake on my part.
Maybe this year I will start tomato seeds.
Hmmmm … which ones. Which ones?
I don’t know about garden designers at Versailles. The C18 French were more advanced in giving women professional jobs and recognition than the British, in general. So it could be.
I’m trying to imagine tomato plants shivering under the snows we’ve had here in the East Coast of the US I’d feel very sorry for them, poor things.
I don’t know about garden designers at Versailles. The C18 French were more advanced in giving women professional jobs and recognition than the British, in general. So it could be.
I’m trying to imagine tomato plants shivering under the snows we’ve had here in the East Coast of the US I’d feel very sorry for them, poor things.
I don’t know about garden designers at Versailles. The C18 French were more advanced in giving women professional jobs and recognition than the British, in general. So it could be.
I’m trying to imagine tomato plants shivering under the snows we’ve had here in the East Coast of the US I’d feel very sorry for them, poor things.
I don’t know about garden designers at Versailles. The C18 French were more advanced in giving women professional jobs and recognition than the British, in general. So it could be.
I’m trying to imagine tomato plants shivering under the snows we’ve had here in the East Coast of the US I’d feel very sorry for them, poor things.
I don’t know about garden designers at Versailles. The C18 French were more advanced in giving women professional jobs and recognition than the British, in general. So it could be.
I’m trying to imagine tomato plants shivering under the snows we’ve had here in the East Coast of the US I’d feel very sorry for them, poor things.
There is a bulb company that sends me the most Beautiful catalog. https://brentandbeckysbulbs.com/
I can just sit and read through it and admire.
They have ALL the bulbs. Not cheap, but first quality.
There is a bulb company that sends me the most Beautiful catalog. https://brentandbeckysbulbs.com/
I can just sit and read through it and admire.
They have ALL the bulbs. Not cheap, but first quality.
There is a bulb company that sends me the most Beautiful catalog. https://brentandbeckysbulbs.com/
I can just sit and read through it and admire.
They have ALL the bulbs. Not cheap, but first quality.
There is a bulb company that sends me the most Beautiful catalog. https://brentandbeckysbulbs.com/
I can just sit and read through it and admire.
They have ALL the bulbs. Not cheap, but first quality.
There is a bulb company that sends me the most Beautiful catalog. https://brentandbeckysbulbs.com/
I can just sit and read through it and admire.
They have ALL the bulbs. Not cheap, but first quality.
I think very kindly of pots of herbs. Anyone can grow them — even little kids.
They taste good. They smell good. They’re pretty. They’re in every way satisfying.
I wonder if Regency mums in London put herbs in a sunny window and sent the kiddies to pick some for salads.
I think very kindly of pots of herbs. Anyone can grow them — even little kids.
They taste good. They smell good. They’re pretty. They’re in every way satisfying.
I wonder if Regency mums in London put herbs in a sunny window and sent the kiddies to pick some for salads.
I think very kindly of pots of herbs. Anyone can grow them — even little kids.
They taste good. They smell good. They’re pretty. They’re in every way satisfying.
I wonder if Regency mums in London put herbs in a sunny window and sent the kiddies to pick some for salads.
I think very kindly of pots of herbs. Anyone can grow them — even little kids.
They taste good. They smell good. They’re pretty. They’re in every way satisfying.
I wonder if Regency mums in London put herbs in a sunny window and sent the kiddies to pick some for salads.
I think very kindly of pots of herbs. Anyone can grow them — even little kids.
They taste good. They smell good. They’re pretty. They’re in every way satisfying.
I wonder if Regency mums in London put herbs in a sunny window and sent the kiddies to pick some for salads.
The dreaming is important in itself. More important than actually having the tomatoes.
Who knows how many people made it through hard times going through the catalog and circling fifty or sixty flower and herb packets.
Ya gotta believe.
The dreaming is important in itself. More important than actually having the tomatoes.
Who knows how many people made it through hard times going through the catalog and circling fifty or sixty flower and herb packets.
Ya gotta believe.
The dreaming is important in itself. More important than actually having the tomatoes.
Who knows how many people made it through hard times going through the catalog and circling fifty or sixty flower and herb packets.
Ya gotta believe.
The dreaming is important in itself. More important than actually having the tomatoes.
Who knows how many people made it through hard times going through the catalog and circling fifty or sixty flower and herb packets.
Ya gotta believe.
The dreaming is important in itself. More important than actually having the tomatoes.
Who knows how many people made it through hard times going through the catalog and circling fifty or sixty flower and herb packets.
Ya gotta believe.
I’ve been finding ‘Cooks Mesclun’ most satisfactory. This is a mixture of fancy salad greens — they have all different sorts of mixtures.
Doesn’t take any space much. You don’t know what’s supposed to come up so you’re delighted to see whatever is there. You cut and it comes again. And you resow a couple weeks later and get a whole new crop.
I go out and pick a bit when I’m feeling philosophical and eat it straight from the ground.
Here’s one place you can order it.
http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/mesclun/
I’ve been finding ‘Cooks Mesclun’ most satisfactory. This is a mixture of fancy salad greens — they have all different sorts of mixtures.
Doesn’t take any space much. You don’t know what’s supposed to come up so you’re delighted to see whatever is there. You cut and it comes again. And you resow a couple weeks later and get a whole new crop.
I go out and pick a bit when I’m feeling philosophical and eat it straight from the ground.
Here’s one place you can order it.
http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/mesclun/
I’ve been finding ‘Cooks Mesclun’ most satisfactory. This is a mixture of fancy salad greens — they have all different sorts of mixtures.
Doesn’t take any space much. You don’t know what’s supposed to come up so you’re delighted to see whatever is there. You cut and it comes again. And you resow a couple weeks later and get a whole new crop.
I go out and pick a bit when I’m feeling philosophical and eat it straight from the ground.
Here’s one place you can order it.
http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/mesclun/
I’ve been finding ‘Cooks Mesclun’ most satisfactory. This is a mixture of fancy salad greens — they have all different sorts of mixtures.
Doesn’t take any space much. You don’t know what’s supposed to come up so you’re delighted to see whatever is there. You cut and it comes again. And you resow a couple weeks later and get a whole new crop.
I go out and pick a bit when I’m feeling philosophical and eat it straight from the ground.
Here’s one place you can order it.
http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/mesclun/
I’ve been finding ‘Cooks Mesclun’ most satisfactory. This is a mixture of fancy salad greens — they have all different sorts of mixtures.
Doesn’t take any space much. You don’t know what’s supposed to come up so you’re delighted to see whatever is there. You cut and it comes again. And you resow a couple weeks later and get a whole new crop.
I go out and pick a bit when I’m feeling philosophical and eat it straight from the ground.
Here’s one place you can order it.
http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/mesclun/
I think keeping house plants in the late 80s is more than challenge enough. And what wonderful stories and memories you’ll have of the places you’ve live and the plants you’ve known.
When I was in West Africa, I grew peanuts. I think that’s my oddest plant success.
I think keeping house plants in the late 80s is more than challenge enough. And what wonderful stories and memories you’ll have of the places you’ve live and the plants you’ve known.
When I was in West Africa, I grew peanuts. I think that’s my oddest plant success.
I think keeping house plants in the late 80s is more than challenge enough. And what wonderful stories and memories you’ll have of the places you’ve live and the plants you’ve known.
When I was in West Africa, I grew peanuts. I think that’s my oddest plant success.
I think keeping house plants in the late 80s is more than challenge enough. And what wonderful stories and memories you’ll have of the places you’ve live and the plants you’ve known.
When I was in West Africa, I grew peanuts. I think that’s my oddest plant success.
I think keeping house plants in the late 80s is more than challenge enough. And what wonderful stories and memories you’ll have of the places you’ve live and the plants you’ve known.
When I was in West Africa, I grew peanuts. I think that’s my oddest plant success.
Hydrangeas can fill up a whole yard. Make a tunnel underneath. I know I used to climb under and behind my Grandmother’s extensive hydrangea fortress.
Now roses I have never grown for some reason. I have a hankering to put in some of the sweet-smelling old climbing roses that have been in gardens forever.
Can’t do it here in the mountains. Too high, too misty, too damp. But someday.
Hydrangeas can fill up a whole yard. Make a tunnel underneath. I know I used to climb under and behind my Grandmother’s extensive hydrangea fortress.
Now roses I have never grown for some reason. I have a hankering to put in some of the sweet-smelling old climbing roses that have been in gardens forever.
Can’t do it here in the mountains. Too high, too misty, too damp. But someday.
Hydrangeas can fill up a whole yard. Make a tunnel underneath. I know I used to climb under and behind my Grandmother’s extensive hydrangea fortress.
Now roses I have never grown for some reason. I have a hankering to put in some of the sweet-smelling old climbing roses that have been in gardens forever.
Can’t do it here in the mountains. Too high, too misty, too damp. But someday.
Hydrangeas can fill up a whole yard. Make a tunnel underneath. I know I used to climb under and behind my Grandmother’s extensive hydrangea fortress.
Now roses I have never grown for some reason. I have a hankering to put in some of the sweet-smelling old climbing roses that have been in gardens forever.
Can’t do it here in the mountains. Too high, too misty, too damp. But someday.
Hydrangeas can fill up a whole yard. Make a tunnel underneath. I know I used to climb under and behind my Grandmother’s extensive hydrangea fortress.
Now roses I have never grown for some reason. I have a hankering to put in some of the sweet-smelling old climbing roses that have been in gardens forever.
Can’t do it here in the mountains. Too high, too misty, too damp. But someday.
That sounds absolutely fabulous. I am now picturing broad sweeps of geraniums spreading everywhere.
I have some in pots. We will see if they survived the winter. I am philosophical about this … the geraniums themselves are doubtless less so.
A long long time ago my sister and I toured Britain by car, going from historic garden to garden and saw so much beauty. So much amazement.
I haven’t set much fiction in country house gardens. I’ll keep them in mind though. Lovely setting.
That sounds absolutely fabulous. I am now picturing broad sweeps of geraniums spreading everywhere.
I have some in pots. We will see if they survived the winter. I am philosophical about this … the geraniums themselves are doubtless less so.
A long long time ago my sister and I toured Britain by car, going from historic garden to garden and saw so much beauty. So much amazement.
I haven’t set much fiction in country house gardens. I’ll keep them in mind though. Lovely setting.
That sounds absolutely fabulous. I am now picturing broad sweeps of geraniums spreading everywhere.
I have some in pots. We will see if they survived the winter. I am philosophical about this … the geraniums themselves are doubtless less so.
A long long time ago my sister and I toured Britain by car, going from historic garden to garden and saw so much beauty. So much amazement.
I haven’t set much fiction in country house gardens. I’ll keep them in mind though. Lovely setting.
That sounds absolutely fabulous. I am now picturing broad sweeps of geraniums spreading everywhere.
I have some in pots. We will see if they survived the winter. I am philosophical about this … the geraniums themselves are doubtless less so.
A long long time ago my sister and I toured Britain by car, going from historic garden to garden and saw so much beauty. So much amazement.
I haven’t set much fiction in country house gardens. I’ll keep them in mind though. Lovely setting.
That sounds absolutely fabulous. I am now picturing broad sweeps of geraniums spreading everywhere.
I have some in pots. We will see if they survived the winter. I am philosophical about this … the geraniums themselves are doubtless less so.
A long long time ago my sister and I toured Britain by car, going from historic garden to garden and saw so much beauty. So much amazement.
I haven’t set much fiction in country house gardens. I’ll keep them in mind though. Lovely setting.
I mostly grow in pots on the porch. We are so visited by deer here it’s the only way.
I will consider carrots and cucumbers. Little ones. That’s a good idea.
I mostly grow in pots on the porch. We are so visited by deer here it’s the only way.
I will consider carrots and cucumbers. Little ones. That’s a good idea.
I mostly grow in pots on the porch. We are so visited by deer here it’s the only way.
I will consider carrots and cucumbers. Little ones. That’s a good idea.
I mostly grow in pots on the porch. We are so visited by deer here it’s the only way.
I will consider carrots and cucumbers. Little ones. That’s a good idea.
I mostly grow in pots on the porch. We are so visited by deer here it’s the only way.
I will consider carrots and cucumbers. Little ones. That’s a good idea.
Yes. Everybody from my mountains here in Virginia to Canada is probably holding their breath, waiting to see which cold-sensitive plants didn’t make it through the horrendously low temperatures this winter.
Maybe it makes us gladder for the ones that do make it through …
Yes. Everybody from my mountains here in Virginia to Canada is probably holding their breath, waiting to see which cold-sensitive plants didn’t make it through the horrendously low temperatures this winter.
Maybe it makes us gladder for the ones that do make it through …
Yes. Everybody from my mountains here in Virginia to Canada is probably holding their breath, waiting to see which cold-sensitive plants didn’t make it through the horrendously low temperatures this winter.
Maybe it makes us gladder for the ones that do make it through …
Yes. Everybody from my mountains here in Virginia to Canada is probably holding their breath, waiting to see which cold-sensitive plants didn’t make it through the horrendously low temperatures this winter.
Maybe it makes us gladder for the ones that do make it through …
Yes. Everybody from my mountains here in Virginia to Canada is probably holding their breath, waiting to see which cold-sensitive plants didn’t make it through the horrendously low temperatures this winter.
Maybe it makes us gladder for the ones that do make it through …
When I lived in England, Germany, and even my brief stint in the States, I gardened extensively. Then I moved to the USVI, and the only place I had the sun to grow anything was on my deck, where the wind would destroy all but the hardiest of plants, mainly herbs. Now that I’m on the boat, I have one planter of herbs. Think of me when you’re planting this year and do get some interesting tomato seeds and start them early.
When I lived in England, Germany, and even my brief stint in the States, I gardened extensively. Then I moved to the USVI, and the only place I had the sun to grow anything was on my deck, where the wind would destroy all but the hardiest of plants, mainly herbs. Now that I’m on the boat, I have one planter of herbs. Think of me when you’re planting this year and do get some interesting tomato seeds and start them early.
When I lived in England, Germany, and even my brief stint in the States, I gardened extensively. Then I moved to the USVI, and the only place I had the sun to grow anything was on my deck, where the wind would destroy all but the hardiest of plants, mainly herbs. Now that I’m on the boat, I have one planter of herbs. Think of me when you’re planting this year and do get some interesting tomato seeds and start them early.
When I lived in England, Germany, and even my brief stint in the States, I gardened extensively. Then I moved to the USVI, and the only place I had the sun to grow anything was on my deck, where the wind would destroy all but the hardiest of plants, mainly herbs. Now that I’m on the boat, I have one planter of herbs. Think of me when you’re planting this year and do get some interesting tomato seeds and start them early.
When I lived in England, Germany, and even my brief stint in the States, I gardened extensively. Then I moved to the USVI, and the only place I had the sun to grow anything was on my deck, where the wind would destroy all but the hardiest of plants, mainly herbs. Now that I’m on the boat, I have one planter of herbs. Think of me when you’re planting this year and do get some interesting tomato seeds and start them early.
And you can grow it in a pot.
And you can grow it in a pot.
And you can grow it in a pot.
And you can grow it in a pot.
And you can grow it in a pot.
today is the first day I’ve seen the grass in my backyard for months – the snow is finally melting! I’m not much of a gardner – just don’t have much of a green thumb. Hopefully the crocus and hyacinth will pop up this year after being covered with snow & ice for so long. My big yard project this year is to do a lot of cutting back of all the areas that are so overgrown.
today is the first day I’ve seen the grass in my backyard for months – the snow is finally melting! I’m not much of a gardner – just don’t have much of a green thumb. Hopefully the crocus and hyacinth will pop up this year after being covered with snow & ice for so long. My big yard project this year is to do a lot of cutting back of all the areas that are so overgrown.
today is the first day I’ve seen the grass in my backyard for months – the snow is finally melting! I’m not much of a gardner – just don’t have much of a green thumb. Hopefully the crocus and hyacinth will pop up this year after being covered with snow & ice for so long. My big yard project this year is to do a lot of cutting back of all the areas that are so overgrown.
today is the first day I’ve seen the grass in my backyard for months – the snow is finally melting! I’m not much of a gardner – just don’t have much of a green thumb. Hopefully the crocus and hyacinth will pop up this year after being covered with snow & ice for so long. My big yard project this year is to do a lot of cutting back of all the areas that are so overgrown.
today is the first day I’ve seen the grass in my backyard for months – the snow is finally melting! I’m not much of a gardner – just don’t have much of a green thumb. Hopefully the crocus and hyacinth will pop up this year after being covered with snow & ice for so long. My big yard project this year is to do a lot of cutting back of all the areas that are so overgrown.
Love seed catalogs. I used to do a lot more stuff from seed but don’t any more. Well…lettuce, beans, carrots, beets, radishes, yes. But flowers….not so much. Though I am thinking about trying to grow viola’s from seed this year to get the quantity and color I want for the fall.
My eyes are always way to big when I look at the seed catalogs. Luckily I tend to “loose” them before I order so I don’t get too many seeds.
I’ve grown lettuce in 1 gallon pots inside under lights in the winter and it does quite well in those.
Right now I’m looking forward to my trout lilies and blood root to bloom. It was so cold they haven’t done much yet but they are close…so close…. Yes the daffodils are blooming but spring to me is when the first of the spring ephemerals have FINALLY started blooming.
As to what I grow….First it was flowers, then it was veggies and flowers and then shrubs and perennials, then it was mostly natives and pots on the side walk/deck. Now it is a couple of pots plus one small veggie patch. The rest is a matter of whacking all my vegetation back into submission – grin.
Love seed catalogs. I used to do a lot more stuff from seed but don’t any more. Well…lettuce, beans, carrots, beets, radishes, yes. But flowers….not so much. Though I am thinking about trying to grow viola’s from seed this year to get the quantity and color I want for the fall.
My eyes are always way to big when I look at the seed catalogs. Luckily I tend to “loose” them before I order so I don’t get too many seeds.
I’ve grown lettuce in 1 gallon pots inside under lights in the winter and it does quite well in those.
Right now I’m looking forward to my trout lilies and blood root to bloom. It was so cold they haven’t done much yet but they are close…so close…. Yes the daffodils are blooming but spring to me is when the first of the spring ephemerals have FINALLY started blooming.
As to what I grow….First it was flowers, then it was veggies and flowers and then shrubs and perennials, then it was mostly natives and pots on the side walk/deck. Now it is a couple of pots plus one small veggie patch. The rest is a matter of whacking all my vegetation back into submission – grin.
Love seed catalogs. I used to do a lot more stuff from seed but don’t any more. Well…lettuce, beans, carrots, beets, radishes, yes. But flowers….not so much. Though I am thinking about trying to grow viola’s from seed this year to get the quantity and color I want for the fall.
My eyes are always way to big when I look at the seed catalogs. Luckily I tend to “loose” them before I order so I don’t get too many seeds.
I’ve grown lettuce in 1 gallon pots inside under lights in the winter and it does quite well in those.
Right now I’m looking forward to my trout lilies and blood root to bloom. It was so cold they haven’t done much yet but they are close…so close…. Yes the daffodils are blooming but spring to me is when the first of the spring ephemerals have FINALLY started blooming.
As to what I grow….First it was flowers, then it was veggies and flowers and then shrubs and perennials, then it was mostly natives and pots on the side walk/deck. Now it is a couple of pots plus one small veggie patch. The rest is a matter of whacking all my vegetation back into submission – grin.
Love seed catalogs. I used to do a lot more stuff from seed but don’t any more. Well…lettuce, beans, carrots, beets, radishes, yes. But flowers….not so much. Though I am thinking about trying to grow viola’s from seed this year to get the quantity and color I want for the fall.
My eyes are always way to big when I look at the seed catalogs. Luckily I tend to “loose” them before I order so I don’t get too many seeds.
I’ve grown lettuce in 1 gallon pots inside under lights in the winter and it does quite well in those.
Right now I’m looking forward to my trout lilies and blood root to bloom. It was so cold they haven’t done much yet but they are close…so close…. Yes the daffodils are blooming but spring to me is when the first of the spring ephemerals have FINALLY started blooming.
As to what I grow….First it was flowers, then it was veggies and flowers and then shrubs and perennials, then it was mostly natives and pots on the side walk/deck. Now it is a couple of pots plus one small veggie patch. The rest is a matter of whacking all my vegetation back into submission – grin.
Love seed catalogs. I used to do a lot more stuff from seed but don’t any more. Well…lettuce, beans, carrots, beets, radishes, yes. But flowers….not so much. Though I am thinking about trying to grow viola’s from seed this year to get the quantity and color I want for the fall.
My eyes are always way to big when I look at the seed catalogs. Luckily I tend to “loose” them before I order so I don’t get too many seeds.
I’ve grown lettuce in 1 gallon pots inside under lights in the winter and it does quite well in those.
Right now I’m looking forward to my trout lilies and blood root to bloom. It was so cold they haven’t done much yet but they are close…so close…. Yes the daffodils are blooming but spring to me is when the first of the spring ephemerals have FINALLY started blooming.
As to what I grow….First it was flowers, then it was veggies and flowers and then shrubs and perennials, then it was mostly natives and pots on the side walk/deck. Now it is a couple of pots plus one small veggie patch. The rest is a matter of whacking all my vegetation back into submission – grin.
Yes. It’s so pretty, that mix, that it’s almost an ornamental.
Yes. It’s so pretty, that mix, that it’s almost an ornamental.
Yes. It’s so pretty, that mix, that it’s almost an ornamental.
Yes. It’s so pretty, that mix, that it’s almost an ornamental.
Yes. It’s so pretty, that mix, that it’s almost an ornamental.
I find the cherry tomatoes to hold the most joy. They ripen easily. There are LOTS of them, which my simple nature appreciates. And I find them beautiful in and of themselves. I guess they remind me of Christmas trees.
They grow in six gallon (I think that’s about the size) pots which I find very clever of them.
Suited to a deck or patio, either one, I should think.
I find the cherry tomatoes to hold the most joy. They ripen easily. There are LOTS of them, which my simple nature appreciates. And I find them beautiful in and of themselves. I guess they remind me of Christmas trees.
They grow in six gallon (I think that’s about the size) pots which I find very clever of them.
Suited to a deck or patio, either one, I should think.
I find the cherry tomatoes to hold the most joy. They ripen easily. There are LOTS of them, which my simple nature appreciates. And I find them beautiful in and of themselves. I guess they remind me of Christmas trees.
They grow in six gallon (I think that’s about the size) pots which I find very clever of them.
Suited to a deck or patio, either one, I should think.
I find the cherry tomatoes to hold the most joy. They ripen easily. There are LOTS of them, which my simple nature appreciates. And I find them beautiful in and of themselves. I guess they remind me of Christmas trees.
They grow in six gallon (I think that’s about the size) pots which I find very clever of them.
Suited to a deck or patio, either one, I should think.
I find the cherry tomatoes to hold the most joy. They ripen easily. There are LOTS of them, which my simple nature appreciates. And I find them beautiful in and of themselves. I guess they remind me of Christmas trees.
They grow in six gallon (I think that’s about the size) pots which I find very clever of them.
Suited to a deck or patio, either one, I should think.
I am not a particularly skilled gardener myself. One would call my plants ‘hardy standbys’.
If my plants were students they’d be the B+ ones who turn in their assignments on time and then they graduate and go off to run the Army or the Space Program or the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
Daffodils fall within my skillset. They are tough little things and, once planted, go about spreading joy and cheer for decades until somebody mistakenly plows them up to put in an asparagus bed. (That never Ends Well.)
But if you can grow crocus, you can grow daffs, it seems to me. (jo is encouraging.)
I am not a particularly skilled gardener myself. One would call my plants ‘hardy standbys’.
If my plants were students they’d be the B+ ones who turn in their assignments on time and then they graduate and go off to run the Army or the Space Program or the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
Daffodils fall within my skillset. They are tough little things and, once planted, go about spreading joy and cheer for decades until somebody mistakenly plows them up to put in an asparagus bed. (That never Ends Well.)
But if you can grow crocus, you can grow daffs, it seems to me. (jo is encouraging.)
I am not a particularly skilled gardener myself. One would call my plants ‘hardy standbys’.
If my plants were students they’d be the B+ ones who turn in their assignments on time and then they graduate and go off to run the Army or the Space Program or the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
Daffodils fall within my skillset. They are tough little things and, once planted, go about spreading joy and cheer for decades until somebody mistakenly plows them up to put in an asparagus bed. (That never Ends Well.)
But if you can grow crocus, you can grow daffs, it seems to me. (jo is encouraging.)
I am not a particularly skilled gardener myself. One would call my plants ‘hardy standbys’.
If my plants were students they’d be the B+ ones who turn in their assignments on time and then they graduate and go off to run the Army or the Space Program or the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
Daffodils fall within my skillset. They are tough little things and, once planted, go about spreading joy and cheer for decades until somebody mistakenly plows them up to put in an asparagus bed. (That never Ends Well.)
But if you can grow crocus, you can grow daffs, it seems to me. (jo is encouraging.)
I am not a particularly skilled gardener myself. One would call my plants ‘hardy standbys’.
If my plants were students they’d be the B+ ones who turn in their assignments on time and then they graduate and go off to run the Army or the Space Program or the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
Daffodils fall within my skillset. They are tough little things and, once planted, go about spreading joy and cheer for decades until somebody mistakenly plows them up to put in an asparagus bed. (That never Ends Well.)
But if you can grow crocus, you can grow daffs, it seems to me. (jo is encouraging.)
I have never thought of growing lettuce inside. I will think upon this deeply.
Violas … I wonder if I might try them some year. My gardening is somewhat a matter of putting stuff out and seeing what’s left when the deer have wandered through.
The experiment this year is primula. I have (jo leans out and looks toward the window and counts,) seven vigorous little pots of them. The soil and climate is well within range. We will see if the deer take ’em out on Day One.
I have never thought of growing lettuce inside. I will think upon this deeply.
Violas … I wonder if I might try them some year. My gardening is somewhat a matter of putting stuff out and seeing what’s left when the deer have wandered through.
The experiment this year is primula. I have (jo leans out and looks toward the window and counts,) seven vigorous little pots of them. The soil and climate is well within range. We will see if the deer take ’em out on Day One.
I have never thought of growing lettuce inside. I will think upon this deeply.
Violas … I wonder if I might try them some year. My gardening is somewhat a matter of putting stuff out and seeing what’s left when the deer have wandered through.
The experiment this year is primula. I have (jo leans out and looks toward the window and counts,) seven vigorous little pots of them. The soil and climate is well within range. We will see if the deer take ’em out on Day One.
I have never thought of growing lettuce inside. I will think upon this deeply.
Violas … I wonder if I might try them some year. My gardening is somewhat a matter of putting stuff out and seeing what’s left when the deer have wandered through.
The experiment this year is primula. I have (jo leans out and looks toward the window and counts,) seven vigorous little pots of them. The soil and climate is well within range. We will see if the deer take ’em out on Day One.
I have never thought of growing lettuce inside. I will think upon this deeply.
Violas … I wonder if I might try them some year. My gardening is somewhat a matter of putting stuff out and seeing what’s left when the deer have wandered through.
The experiment this year is primula. I have (jo leans out and looks toward the window and counts,) seven vigorous little pots of them. The soil and climate is well within range. We will see if the deer take ’em out on Day One.
I have found that viola’s are hardier than pansies. So if you can grow a pansy, you can grow a viola. They will also reseed like crazy so that you can get babies springing up everywhere. I found one in the lawn today which was pretty amazing.
Oh and one variety of viola is the one everyone calls johnny-jump-up’s.
I have found that viola’s are hardier than pansies. So if you can grow a pansy, you can grow a viola. They will also reseed like crazy so that you can get babies springing up everywhere. I found one in the lawn today which was pretty amazing.
Oh and one variety of viola is the one everyone calls johnny-jump-up’s.
I have found that viola’s are hardier than pansies. So if you can grow a pansy, you can grow a viola. They will also reseed like crazy so that you can get babies springing up everywhere. I found one in the lawn today which was pretty amazing.
Oh and one variety of viola is the one everyone calls johnny-jump-up’s.
I have found that viola’s are hardier than pansies. So if you can grow a pansy, you can grow a viola. They will also reseed like crazy so that you can get babies springing up everywhere. I found one in the lawn today which was pretty amazing.
Oh and one variety of viola is the one everyone calls johnny-jump-up’s.
I have found that viola’s are hardier than pansies. So if you can grow a pansy, you can grow a viola. They will also reseed like crazy so that you can get babies springing up everywhere. I found one in the lawn today which was pretty amazing.
Oh and one variety of viola is the one everyone calls johnny-jump-up’s.
I will give them a try, then, and see if they can dress up my woodland glades.
I do well with plants most folks consider weeds. It’s my version of shooting fish in a barrel. (I always wonder why somebody would do that.)
I will give them a try, then, and see if they can dress up my woodland glades.
I do well with plants most folks consider weeds. It’s my version of shooting fish in a barrel. (I always wonder why somebody would do that.)
I will give them a try, then, and see if they can dress up my woodland glades.
I do well with plants most folks consider weeds. It’s my version of shooting fish in a barrel. (I always wonder why somebody would do that.)
I will give them a try, then, and see if they can dress up my woodland glades.
I do well with plants most folks consider weeds. It’s my version of shooting fish in a barrel. (I always wonder why somebody would do that.)
I will give them a try, then, and see if they can dress up my woodland glades.
I do well with plants most folks consider weeds. It’s my version of shooting fish in a barrel. (I always wonder why somebody would do that.)
I’m in LA – there is something flowering all year round here, wherever people can spare the water. However there’s one week I always look forward to, and that’s the week the dwarf hawthorn blooms. 51 weeks of the year, dwarf hawthorn is a fairly uninteresting evergreen shrub, but for one glorious week it’s covered with clusters of tiny pink flowers. We got some winter rain this year so they’re out a bit early. And we have pansies by the entrance gate – another of my favorites. I miss having a back yard so I could have viola too (johnny jump ups), and a lemon bush, but I don’t miss the work 🙂
I’m in LA – there is something flowering all year round here, wherever people can spare the water. However there’s one week I always look forward to, and that’s the week the dwarf hawthorn blooms. 51 weeks of the year, dwarf hawthorn is a fairly uninteresting evergreen shrub, but for one glorious week it’s covered with clusters of tiny pink flowers. We got some winter rain this year so they’re out a bit early. And we have pansies by the entrance gate – another of my favorites. I miss having a back yard so I could have viola too (johnny jump ups), and a lemon bush, but I don’t miss the work 🙂
I’m in LA – there is something flowering all year round here, wherever people can spare the water. However there’s one week I always look forward to, and that’s the week the dwarf hawthorn blooms. 51 weeks of the year, dwarf hawthorn is a fairly uninteresting evergreen shrub, but for one glorious week it’s covered with clusters of tiny pink flowers. We got some winter rain this year so they’re out a bit early. And we have pansies by the entrance gate – another of my favorites. I miss having a back yard so I could have viola too (johnny jump ups), and a lemon bush, but I don’t miss the work 🙂
I’m in LA – there is something flowering all year round here, wherever people can spare the water. However there’s one week I always look forward to, and that’s the week the dwarf hawthorn blooms. 51 weeks of the year, dwarf hawthorn is a fairly uninteresting evergreen shrub, but for one glorious week it’s covered with clusters of tiny pink flowers. We got some winter rain this year so they’re out a bit early. And we have pansies by the entrance gate – another of my favorites. I miss having a back yard so I could have viola too (johnny jump ups), and a lemon bush, but I don’t miss the work 🙂
I’m in LA – there is something flowering all year round here, wherever people can spare the water. However there’s one week I always look forward to, and that’s the week the dwarf hawthorn blooms. 51 weeks of the year, dwarf hawthorn is a fairly uninteresting evergreen shrub, but for one glorious week it’s covered with clusters of tiny pink flowers. We got some winter rain this year so they’re out a bit early. And we have pansies by the entrance gate – another of my favorites. I miss having a back yard so I could have viola too (johnny jump ups), and a lemon bush, but I don’t miss the work 🙂
Forgot to add, I know when spring is coming in the rest of the US when the garden shows start on QVC 🙂
Forgot to add, I know when spring is coming in the rest of the US when the garden shows start on QVC 🙂
Forgot to add, I know when spring is coming in the rest of the US when the garden shows start on QVC 🙂
Forgot to add, I know when spring is coming in the rest of the US when the garden shows start on QVC 🙂
Forgot to add, I know when spring is coming in the rest of the US when the garden shows start on QVC 🙂
I always think of temperature as the ‘seasonal’ force. But water works just as well. I’ve lived places where the rains come and everything blooms.
I envy you folks in CA your orange trees. Man I love them — leaves, flowers and every stage of the fruit.
(jo, still thinking about orange trees.)
I did a blog here at Word Wenches on oranges.
http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2013/09/oranges-and-lemons.html
I always think of temperature as the ‘seasonal’ force. But water works just as well. I’ve lived places where the rains come and everything blooms.
I envy you folks in CA your orange trees. Man I love them — leaves, flowers and every stage of the fruit.
(jo, still thinking about orange trees.)
I did a blog here at Word Wenches on oranges.
http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2013/09/oranges-and-lemons.html
I always think of temperature as the ‘seasonal’ force. But water works just as well. I’ve lived places where the rains come and everything blooms.
I envy you folks in CA your orange trees. Man I love them — leaves, flowers and every stage of the fruit.
(jo, still thinking about orange trees.)
I did a blog here at Word Wenches on oranges.
http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2013/09/oranges-and-lemons.html
I always think of temperature as the ‘seasonal’ force. But water works just as well. I’ve lived places where the rains come and everything blooms.
I envy you folks in CA your orange trees. Man I love them — leaves, flowers and every stage of the fruit.
(jo, still thinking about orange trees.)
I did a blog here at Word Wenches on oranges.
http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2013/09/oranges-and-lemons.html
I always think of temperature as the ‘seasonal’ force. But water works just as well. I’ve lived places where the rains come and everything blooms.
I envy you folks in CA your orange trees. Man I love them — leaves, flowers and every stage of the fruit.
(jo, still thinking about orange trees.)
I did a blog here at Word Wenches on oranges.
http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2013/09/oranges-and-lemons.html
Hello, Joanna: I also live in the mountains of Virginia–when Winter finally made its entrance here, it put on quite a show! A seed catalog at this point would almost seem like divine intervention.
Sunflowers are my favorite flowers. Years ago, I opened a seed catalog and was delighted to discover a treasure trove of sunflower varieties and colors! I was particularly taken with the “chocolate” sunflowers–deep, delicious, velvety brown in hue.
May all your “seed catalog” dreams come true ; )
Hello, Joanna: I also live in the mountains of Virginia–when Winter finally made its entrance here, it put on quite a show! A seed catalog at this point would almost seem like divine intervention.
Sunflowers are my favorite flowers. Years ago, I opened a seed catalog and was delighted to discover a treasure trove of sunflower varieties and colors! I was particularly taken with the “chocolate” sunflowers–deep, delicious, velvety brown in hue.
May all your “seed catalog” dreams come true ; )
Hello, Joanna: I also live in the mountains of Virginia–when Winter finally made its entrance here, it put on quite a show! A seed catalog at this point would almost seem like divine intervention.
Sunflowers are my favorite flowers. Years ago, I opened a seed catalog and was delighted to discover a treasure trove of sunflower varieties and colors! I was particularly taken with the “chocolate” sunflowers–deep, delicious, velvety brown in hue.
May all your “seed catalog” dreams come true ; )
Hello, Joanna: I also live in the mountains of Virginia–when Winter finally made its entrance here, it put on quite a show! A seed catalog at this point would almost seem like divine intervention.
Sunflowers are my favorite flowers. Years ago, I opened a seed catalog and was delighted to discover a treasure trove of sunflower varieties and colors! I was particularly taken with the “chocolate” sunflowers–deep, delicious, velvety brown in hue.
May all your “seed catalog” dreams come true ; )
Hello, Joanna: I also live in the mountains of Virginia–when Winter finally made its entrance here, it put on quite a show! A seed catalog at this point would almost seem like divine intervention.
Sunflowers are my favorite flowers. Years ago, I opened a seed catalog and was delighted to discover a treasure trove of sunflower varieties and colors! I was particularly taken with the “chocolate” sunflowers–deep, delicious, velvety brown in hue.
May all your “seed catalog” dreams come true ; )
I have a friend down in the valley who grows a line of sunflowers along the side of her garden.
I should put out a line of seeds and see if anything comes of it.
I have a friend down in the valley who grows a line of sunflowers along the side of her garden.
I should put out a line of seeds and see if anything comes of it.
I have a friend down in the valley who grows a line of sunflowers along the side of her garden.
I should put out a line of seeds and see if anything comes of it.
I have a friend down in the valley who grows a line of sunflowers along the side of her garden.
I should put out a line of seeds and see if anything comes of it.
I have a friend down in the valley who grows a line of sunflowers along the side of her garden.
I should put out a line of seeds and see if anything comes of it.
You overwinter tomatoes? In a greenhouse?
You overwinter tomatoes? In a greenhouse?
You overwinter tomatoes? In a greenhouse?
You overwinter tomatoes? In a greenhouse?
You overwinter tomatoes? In a greenhouse?
I’m planning on planting a purple beautyberry, which I only recently discovered even exists. A friend of mine ordered me and himself some seedlings, which we are anxiously awaiting delivery of. They said they would be here by March 1, but weather things must have interfered because now it will be some time in April. We are tapping our feet, impatiently. *taptaptaptap*
Today, I am planting flowers in my porch planters. Deep purple and fuchsia petunias, with yellow million bells.
I’m planning on planting a purple beautyberry, which I only recently discovered even exists. A friend of mine ordered me and himself some seedlings, which we are anxiously awaiting delivery of. They said they would be here by March 1, but weather things must have interfered because now it will be some time in April. We are tapping our feet, impatiently. *taptaptaptap*
Today, I am planting flowers in my porch planters. Deep purple and fuchsia petunias, with yellow million bells.
I’m planning on planting a purple beautyberry, which I only recently discovered even exists. A friend of mine ordered me and himself some seedlings, which we are anxiously awaiting delivery of. They said they would be here by March 1, but weather things must have interfered because now it will be some time in April. We are tapping our feet, impatiently. *taptaptaptap*
Today, I am planting flowers in my porch planters. Deep purple and fuchsia petunias, with yellow million bells.
I’m planning on planting a purple beautyberry, which I only recently discovered even exists. A friend of mine ordered me and himself some seedlings, which we are anxiously awaiting delivery of. They said they would be here by March 1, but weather things must have interfered because now it will be some time in April. We are tapping our feet, impatiently. *taptaptaptap*
Today, I am planting flowers in my porch planters. Deep purple and fuchsia petunias, with yellow million bells.
I’m planning on planting a purple beautyberry, which I only recently discovered even exists. A friend of mine ordered me and himself some seedlings, which we are anxiously awaiting delivery of. They said they would be here by March 1, but weather things must have interfered because now it will be some time in April. We are tapping our feet, impatiently. *taptaptaptap*
Today, I am planting flowers in my porch planters. Deep purple and fuchsia petunias, with yellow million bells.
Petunias! Petunias. I love petunia because they are so exuberant and cooperative. I feel very clever when I deal with petunias.
Beautyberry — I also had never heard of it — apparently is not just pretty but also sort of edible. Interesting.
Petunias! Petunias. I love petunia because they are so exuberant and cooperative. I feel very clever when I deal with petunias.
Beautyberry — I also had never heard of it — apparently is not just pretty but also sort of edible. Interesting.
Petunias! Petunias. I love petunia because they are so exuberant and cooperative. I feel very clever when I deal with petunias.
Beautyberry — I also had never heard of it — apparently is not just pretty but also sort of edible. Interesting.
Petunias! Petunias. I love petunia because they are so exuberant and cooperative. I feel very clever when I deal with petunias.
Beautyberry — I also had never heard of it — apparently is not just pretty but also sort of edible. Interesting.
Petunias! Petunias. I love petunia because they are so exuberant and cooperative. I feel very clever when I deal with petunias.
Beautyberry — I also had never heard of it — apparently is not just pretty but also sort of edible. Interesting.
I toured a nearby “facility” – a nursing home with a secure dementia floor – planning to ‘place’ my mother there soon. They have a lovely patio/courtyard for visiting, and there were huge terra cotta pots up to about 4 ft high so those patients who wished to could ‘garden’ as far as they were able. The desire to get your hands in earth never leaves.
I toured a nearby “facility” – a nursing home with a secure dementia floor – planning to ‘place’ my mother there soon. They have a lovely patio/courtyard for visiting, and there were huge terra cotta pots up to about 4 ft high so those patients who wished to could ‘garden’ as far as they were able. The desire to get your hands in earth never leaves.
I toured a nearby “facility” – a nursing home with a secure dementia floor – planning to ‘place’ my mother there soon. They have a lovely patio/courtyard for visiting, and there were huge terra cotta pots up to about 4 ft high so those patients who wished to could ‘garden’ as far as they were able. The desire to get your hands in earth never leaves.
I toured a nearby “facility” – a nursing home with a secure dementia floor – planning to ‘place’ my mother there soon. They have a lovely patio/courtyard for visiting, and there were huge terra cotta pots up to about 4 ft high so those patients who wished to could ‘garden’ as far as they were able. The desire to get your hands in earth never leaves.
I toured a nearby “facility” – a nursing home with a secure dementia floor – planning to ‘place’ my mother there soon. They have a lovely patio/courtyard for visiting, and there were huge terra cotta pots up to about 4 ft high so those patients who wished to could ‘garden’ as far as they were able. The desire to get your hands in earth never leaves.
I always wonder how they make those huge vases. Do they throw them on a wheel? These four- and five- foot high vases have been around for centuries so it’s not some new process.
Ya just can’t overestimate the simple joy to be found in putting something in the soil and watching it grow.
As I get somewhat stiff from lack of exercise from time to time, I am coming to be more and more in favor of raised bed for planting.
I always wonder how they make those huge vases. Do they throw them on a wheel? These four- and five- foot high vases have been around for centuries so it’s not some new process.
Ya just can’t overestimate the simple joy to be found in putting something in the soil and watching it grow.
As I get somewhat stiff from lack of exercise from time to time, I am coming to be more and more in favor of raised bed for planting.
I always wonder how they make those huge vases. Do they throw them on a wheel? These four- and five- foot high vases have been around for centuries so it’s not some new process.
Ya just can’t overestimate the simple joy to be found in putting something in the soil and watching it grow.
As I get somewhat stiff from lack of exercise from time to time, I am coming to be more and more in favor of raised bed for planting.
I always wonder how they make those huge vases. Do they throw them on a wheel? These four- and five- foot high vases have been around for centuries so it’s not some new process.
Ya just can’t overestimate the simple joy to be found in putting something in the soil and watching it grow.
As I get somewhat stiff from lack of exercise from time to time, I am coming to be more and more in favor of raised bed for planting.
I always wonder how they make those huge vases. Do they throw them on a wheel? These four- and five- foot high vases have been around for centuries so it’s not some new process.
Ya just can’t overestimate the simple joy to be found in putting something in the soil and watching it grow.
As I get somewhat stiff from lack of exercise from time to time, I am coming to be more and more in favor of raised bed for planting.
Beauty berry is edible but rather tasteless. But the birds like the berries and the light lavender berries are gorgeous on the bush. Totally easy to grow – of course in the right spot. Mine reseed’s and then I end up with a thicket.
Beauty berry is edible but rather tasteless. But the birds like the berries and the light lavender berries are gorgeous on the bush. Totally easy to grow – of course in the right spot. Mine reseed’s and then I end up with a thicket.
Beauty berry is edible but rather tasteless. But the birds like the berries and the light lavender berries are gorgeous on the bush. Totally easy to grow – of course in the right spot. Mine reseed’s and then I end up with a thicket.
Beauty berry is edible but rather tasteless. But the birds like the berries and the light lavender berries are gorgeous on the bush. Totally easy to grow – of course in the right spot. Mine reseed’s and then I end up with a thicket.
Beauty berry is edible but rather tasteless. But the birds like the berries and the light lavender berries are gorgeous on the bush. Totally easy to grow – of course in the right spot. Mine reseed’s and then I end up with a thicket.
I love planting things for the birds.
I’m toying with going out and putting in sunflower seeds along the edge of the green space below my place, just to see if it’ll survive long enough to put some seeds out.
Your beautyberries look very pretty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa
I love planting things for the birds.
I’m toying with going out and putting in sunflower seeds along the edge of the green space below my place, just to see if it’ll survive long enough to put some seeds out.
Your beautyberries look very pretty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa
I love planting things for the birds.
I’m toying with going out and putting in sunflower seeds along the edge of the green space below my place, just to see if it’ll survive long enough to put some seeds out.
Your beautyberries look very pretty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa
I love planting things for the birds.
I’m toying with going out and putting in sunflower seeds along the edge of the green space below my place, just to see if it’ll survive long enough to put some seeds out.
Your beautyberries look very pretty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa
I love planting things for the birds.
I’m toying with going out and putting in sunflower seeds along the edge of the green space below my place, just to see if it’ll survive long enough to put some seeds out.
Your beautyberries look very pretty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa
Woohoo! It’s started to feel like spring here in Skokie, Illinois. Can’t wait to clean out and dig in. Veggies in the back where they get the full sun. Marigolds too when they come out. Roses in front. Can’t you just sniff that fragrance?
Woohoo! It’s started to feel like spring here in Skokie, Illinois. Can’t wait to clean out and dig in. Veggies in the back where they get the full sun. Marigolds too when they come out. Roses in front. Can’t you just sniff that fragrance?
Woohoo! It’s started to feel like spring here in Skokie, Illinois. Can’t wait to clean out and dig in. Veggies in the back where they get the full sun. Marigolds too when they come out. Roses in front. Can’t you just sniff that fragrance?
Woohoo! It’s started to feel like spring here in Skokie, Illinois. Can’t wait to clean out and dig in. Veggies in the back where they get the full sun. Marigolds too when they come out. Roses in front. Can’t you just sniff that fragrance?
Woohoo! It’s started to feel like spring here in Skokie, Illinois. Can’t wait to clean out and dig in. Veggies in the back where they get the full sun. Marigolds too when they come out. Roses in front. Can’t you just sniff that fragrance?
I have so much clean up to do. I have to buckle down get everything cleared away so I can put new stuff in.
I have so much clean up to do. I have to buckle down get everything cleared away so I can put new stuff in.
I have so much clean up to do. I have to buckle down get everything cleared away so I can put new stuff in.
I have so much clean up to do. I have to buckle down get everything cleared away so I can put new stuff in.
I have so much clean up to do. I have to buckle down get everything cleared away so I can put new stuff in.