Garden plans for 2024?
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Planning new BIG garden! Help with crop rotation plans???
Comments (2)Stacey - lots of 'crop rotation' discussions here of late that a search will pull up for you to read through if you wish. Some of them address your very questions. I linked a few of them for you. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Crop rotation discussions...See MoreHelp a novice gardener plan an additional garden bed
Comments (6)By all means start a new bed. If you don't have to kill some bermuda grass in the process, you are indeed fortunate. Even if you can't get anything planted (but you should be able to get vegetables started that have enough time to grow and mature before the first frost) you can start improving the soil for fall planting which is really the best time to grow vegetables in Texas. Think brassicas and carrots, peas, carrots, lettuce, etc. Here is a link that might be useful: In the Charamon Garden...See More2024 Spring Swap - Saturday May 4, 2024
Comments (27)Val, I would love some ajuga if it's available. I don't have VA bluebells, but I have Spanish bluebells. They have just finished blooming and it seems the foliage dies back about a month after that, but I can dig and bring some of the little bulbs they grow from. I moved some of it by planting the bulbs to different spots in the garden last year and they came up really well for me. Pictured below from when they bloomed - the purplish blue flowers. Another choice would be your Canna Bengal Tiger. Cannas have done well for me here. Always happy with what people share. I have lots of seedlings from things I planted about 5 weeks ago - likely some tomatoes and peppers and we'll see what else continues to grow from now to then. Jeanne...See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread April 2024
Comments (12)The sun was out for 5m this morning and I managed to get a few more photos. It is starting to look like spring. The birds are back, they were chattering before sunrise this morning. I tried to get a photo to show how much the Vinca was shooting up new shoots this year, but you can't really tell from the photo. Standing next to it, I am amazed. This plant is so vigorous and resilient. 2 years ago, didn't we have drought conditions most of the summer? I remember looking at this bed and for the first time ever, it was wilting. And now it is coming back like gangbusters. And covered with flowers. I should have taken a photo of the street side, where it has escaped into my neighbor's yard. He doesn't seem to notice or care, and I think it looks good, so I've left it there. Robins were in the birdbaths this morning... Saw a Mourning dove, Cardinal pair, heard some Woodpeckers the past week. Thyme2Dig, Your Hellebores are beauties! I love the one that is pink and white and looks like a water lily. And the cream and rose shaded blossoms. So pretty! I haven't finished taking photos of the Hellebores, because they still haven't opened all the way. Which always confuses me when some people say their Hellebores are opening in February. It's just about May before all the leaves unfurl on mine. I'll take more photos soon. Another Hellebore, that looks just like the one you were talking about, but this foliage is dark. The other is in more shade. I don't know if it is the same plant. This actually has more leaves than last year. The two above, the pink and the white were part of a Dave's Garden Coop purchase of Terra Nova plugs back in 2009. I'm not sure which is which, but I bought..... Helleborus ‘Jade Tiger’ Helleborus ‘Berry Swirl’ Helleborus ‘Golden Lotus’ Helleborus ‘Yellow Mellow’ I know they aren't 'Yellow Mellow' Imagine, this is how big they are, after starting as plugs in 2009. I think they should be huge by now, and divided a couple of times to boot. I don't get it....See Moresultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
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