Seed saving & fall planning

[darkcedars]

 I'm trying to get better about saving seeds. This year I really liked a few things that came out of a mixed seed packet from my birthday, so I'm harvesting seeds for next year.  I have a some pink cosmos, bachelor buttons, coreopsis, and malope. The mini marigolds I bought have made tons of good seed heads as well. 

I have a growing list of garden tasks that I want to get done for fall as well.  The area under the burr oak doesn't grow much grass, I'm going to start a bed of hostas under it. 

Comments

[darkcedars]

Of course if you really like something somdo the deer!

Parents grabbed me some hollyhock seeds off of theirs, if I get them started soon a few might bloom next year.

[mdehners]

Should. We had naturalized Hollyhocks on the property I grew up on and there were always a few that germinated as soon as they hit the ground and some YEARS later(the house had been empty for at least 4 yrs and located in S Utah's high mt desert).
I'm half through fall planting perennials as well as testing out some Wallflowers for Spring blossoming. I've given up on Primroses and Sweet Violets though. The latter shouldn't be a problem because the native Violets are pretty much after grass the main verge veg;>!
Cheers,
Pat