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[katertot]

Hiya! Several friends of mine have moved over from livejournal and I'm hoping the communities are a little more active here than there. Judging by the date on the previous post, I'm out of luck. But it can't hurt to try. :)

I'm in central Iowa, the weather is cold, and I've recently ordered a whole bunch of seeds from rareseeds.com thanks to them matching sales for charity a few days back. I've got several garden areas, mainly a vegetable garden plus a bunch of neglected flower beds. (Thanks kids!) I'm excited to revamp at least one of them this spring, something I've been saying I'll do for a few years now. I've got zinnias, cosmos, and tomato seeds on the way, including a couple of more interesting colored zinnias.

In the meantime, hopefully the owls and hawks around here do a good job on the voles this winter, they are becoming quite a nuisance!

What are you most looking forward to this spring?

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[katertot]

I'm sure I'll be posting questions in the spring! reddit has a pretty active gardening community, though every spring there is the influx of leggy seedling pictures. :D

Ah forsythia! I had fond memories of one from my childhood home, plus I use the flowers to somewhat plan my crabgrass preventative. The beast I planted 6 years ago has exploded and I have to trim back part of it multiple times a year just to get to the back of the garden.

Come to think of it, I have an elm with a bad spot on it, I might post a pic later to get opinions.