Garden Check-In

[bridgetmkennitt]

How is your garden going so far? Is it looking great? Is the weather fighting you or working with you?

Comments

[rustica]

It's autumn here and we've had some storms blow through, so my garden is pretty much buried under fallen leaves :)

[bridgetmkennitt]

Is that the norm during this time of year for your garden? If so, what do you usually plant during other times of the year?

[rustica]

Very much the norm for this time of year - I'm in NZ, and we get a lot of storms blowing up from the Antarctic in winter.

The rest of the year, I mainly plant veggies, since most of the flowers in my garden are perennials. I'm experimenting with hellebore seeds this winter - I'm soaking them atm, then in a couple of weeks I'll be freezing them to see if I can persuade them to germinate. I'm a huge fan of hellebores, but I've never managed to grow them from seed before.

How about you?

[bridgetmkennitt]

Good luck with the hellebore seeds!

I live in an area where I can garden year round, but we're coming up to the summer where it can get pretty hot, so I carry my plants into my apartment and onto the balcony depending on the time of day. I grow veggies as well as household plants that have some purpose, like aloe vera and bamboo.