Garden Check-In

[bridgetmkennitt]

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

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[saki101]

It is developing. I don't have an actual garden, but lots of window boxes. Some of the plants in them last through the winter and some don't, so I plant seeds harvested from the ones that I know will die at the first frost and buy a few new plants each year as well. Also, I experiment with a couple new seeds now and then.

So, how are things at the moment?

All three geraniums made it through the winter, two are blooming and one only has small buds. It has scarlet flowers and is quite a treat when it blooms, so I'm hoping the little buds make it.

I have three miniature rose bushes that also made it through the winter, two were new last year and one is a couple years old and getting rather large for a potted rose. The smaller two are blooming and the larger one is just getting buds. I am fighting some sort of mildew on them. I may have defeated the aphids - or the spiders did - but there are tiny white specks that will turn into bugs soon enough if I don't get rid of them. I've been using soapy water on the leaves. They are even making an attempt on the geraniums, which are usually immune to everything.

I have one purple campanula that is flourishing, covered with flowers that a certain large bumblebee appears to adore.

My strawberry plants, which all came from one plant several years ago, made it through the winter, then more than half slowly turned brown and withered away. I don't know what happened, they were already budding. I have two left that seem healthy and they have the tiny beginnings of strawberries on them.

I took the bold step of buying a tomato plant a couple weeks ago. It is re-potted and on the side of the flat that gets strong afternoon sun. I know this is a bit of a stretch for a window box, but many, many years ago, I succeeded in growing a 'crop' on a window sill, so perhaps this will work.

There are more, but I'm going on too long, I think. Thank you for asking!

[bridgetmkennitt]

Window boxes are totally a garden. Not everyone has a house with a yard, so one does what they can. My garden is in containers because I live in an apartment.

Good luck with your plants! Hee, there is nothing wrong with talking about one's garden. It's a fun topic.