Spring things in the garden
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rebeccmeisterOh garden. I'll go through and take some photos sometime soon, but first, a few thoughts:
-I still don't know what to do about the flowerbed right in front of the house. I planted two thyme plants, which will eventually fill in as groundcover, but it's hard to put in anything taller because people like to step across the flowerbed and crush plants instead of walking along the porch and using the sidewalk. Last year, I tried planting an eggplant there, but it was too dark and the eggplant never made any fruit (in great contrast with the eggplant within the garden proper). The pepper plants that used to be there got really leggy and fell out over the grass, making it hard to keep the grass mowed.
-I acquired and replanted some small Succulents of Doom in a flowerpot that used to have succulents before they froze to death in January. I left the pot sitting in a patch of sunlight on the back (screened-in) patio, but decided to finally put it out in the backyard yesterday. Something - bird, squirrel, I don't know what - promptly decided to eat/destroy one of the small Succulents of Doom. Sigh.
-The plastic pot containing the satsuma tree is splintering into shards. I just read a website recommending the use of a whiskey barrel for patio citrus, and found another website with instructions for making a caster base for a whiskey barrel. Another project for the to-do list, and another item for the shopping list.
-The pomegranate is starting to come back again. The freezing rain a couple weekends ago knocked back it, the resurrecting chiltepin, and the resurrecting lantana. Way to get my hopes up, plants, only to have them destroyed by Texas spring weather.
-On the other hand, the rhubarb is looking strong and happy. I might even be able to harvest a stalk off of it this year.
-The brussels sprouts plants that I bought and planted too late in the fall last year started growing a couple of weeks ago. However, the snails have been enjoying munching on them, and they look like they're about to go to flower soon. The snails have also been delighted by the tender turnip seedlings. I should start broadcasting more diatomaceous earth.
-I still don't know what to do about the flowerbed right in front of the house. I planted two thyme plants, which will eventually fill in as groundcover, but it's hard to put in anything taller because people like to step across the flowerbed and crush plants instead of walking along the porch and using the sidewalk. Last year, I tried planting an eggplant there, but it was too dark and the eggplant never made any fruit (in great contrast with the eggplant within the garden proper). The pepper plants that used to be there got really leggy and fell out over the grass, making it hard to keep the grass mowed.
-I acquired and replanted some small Succulents of Doom in a flowerpot that used to have succulents before they froze to death in January. I left the pot sitting in a patch of sunlight on the back (screened-in) patio, but decided to finally put it out in the backyard yesterday. Something - bird, squirrel, I don't know what - promptly decided to eat/destroy one of the small Succulents of Doom. Sigh.
-The plastic pot containing the satsuma tree is splintering into shards. I just read a website recommending the use of a whiskey barrel for patio citrus, and found another website with instructions for making a caster base for a whiskey barrel. Another project for the to-do list, and another item for the shopping list.
-The pomegranate is starting to come back again. The freezing rain a couple weekends ago knocked back it, the resurrecting chiltepin, and the resurrecting lantana. Way to get my hopes up, plants, only to have them destroyed by Texas spring weather.
-On the other hand, the rhubarb is looking strong and happy. I might even be able to harvest a stalk off of it this year.
-The brussels sprouts plants that I bought and planted too late in the fall last year started growing a couple of weeks ago. However, the snails have been enjoying munching on them, and they look like they're about to go to flower soon. The snails have also been delighted by the tender turnip seedlings. I should start broadcasting more diatomaceous earth.
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