It's spring somewhere!

[bridgetmkennitt]

How is everyone's garden doing? Or, if you haven't started planting yet, what do you plan on growing in your garden?

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[bridgetmkennitt]

Honestly, at this point, I'm pretty sure I have black hands instead of just a black thumb, but I still want to keep on trying. I've been thinking about an aloe vera to start off with, but the ones I saw at Home Depot were tiny things.

Though I should probably look into plant stands so my cat doesn't try to jump up and eat them. She's already been tempted with my fake plants and they're plastic.

[dantesspirit]

Haven't even started it yet. The weather has been so screwy here that it's impossible to know whether it's going to be winter like temps, spring like temps or summer like temps from one day to the next.

[cyprinella]

My started seeds are doing marvelously under lamps (tomatoes, tomatillos, couple of different squashes and cukes, celery, parsley and basil). Hoping to harden them off next week or so. My first attempt at lettuces outside never came up though. Not sure if they got frozen at the wrong time or what. Planted more today ahead of a storm system so hopefully they'll be good and settled in with a nice soak. I replaced a dead ornamental something with a cutleaf elderberry and also put in a black lace elderberry so that should look cool in a couple of years. Added edging to my native wildflower beds and I think they look really nice. So things doing pretty well on the homefront.

I'm working with a shepherd friend of mine to turn her unused land into veg beds by doing some lasagna bed building of ruminant poop, cardboard, and soil. I don't think that we're going to get as much done as I had hoped this year, but it should still be a lot more than just my tiny townhouse space.

[ravena_kade]

Hello, I am new to DW and just found this group. It is cold and wet where I am and we are longing for spring.

I am planning to plant more day lilies, tomatoes an herbs. I have some new ground to break so I am planning someone things.

[sporky_rat]

My tomatoes are doing well - and I plant to harden them this upcoming week so I can plant them after Easter. My peppers and lettuces never did work out for me, but my datura did finally sprout.

I'm looking forward to the tomatoes, though.

[theora]

Cold, wet, and miserable here. I haven't touched the ground yet. Maybe next week. Garlic I planted last fall is up. Seedlings of kale, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and tomatoes are under lights. And peppers, but they haven't germinated after a week, so I'm starting to tap my feet a bit.

[nekhbet_love]

I started seeding flowers for hummingbirds and butterflies. I want to plant red tulips but the ones I saw at the store did not convince me, the colors seem so faded away. I think I will check online first. There is a lot to do in the garden, we cut some dead trees and I have a few baby trees sprouting already and ready soon to be transplanted. But before this we must make sure that the dead trees are burned and the roots eliminated or dead because they had a disease.

[zesty_pinto]

Hi, "new person" who just joined this community.

I have a couple of saplings of accidental spaghetti squash seeds that sprouted in the squash itself; they've been in my house for way too long and are flowering by the window. Like any parent who has their kid living in the house for too long, I have been wanting them out the door as soon as I can!

The last big frost just finished in my neck of the woods, so planning on planting them today and hoping the garden isn't marshy from all the melting.

Also have some seeds of those "garden gem" tomatoes that people were talking about, a few beans that I got on sale, and some summer squash seeded the other day, so hoping these grow into something.

Once they leave the house, I'd like to see if I can finally properly grow one of those "weedier" herbs. I tried savory during the winter and failed miserably.

[norfolkian]

Just found this community! I've got some seedlings still indoors: tomatoes and aubergines.

I have a small front garden which I've almost completed replanted this Spring With some heathers, a giant allium, lavender and a juniper bush and then I've sown some annuals in-between, including chamomile, dwarf cornflowers and nasturtiums.

I have two raised beds in my back garden and so far I've sown some kale seeds and radishes. Radishes are well on the way already! :)

[tellezara]

I have been given some busy Lizzies and a few other things for Easter to start off the garden in our new house :D