Changing seasons ,what's growing now?

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What kind of soil do you have Molt ? Mine is clay loam .
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tad said:
my landscape produces little compostable material on it’s own, so I’m sure my poor neglected raised beds would be grateful for some organic material
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We have a clay soil here in the Denver area that needs to be amended when trying to get anything other than weeds to grow. I use a lot of peat moss. Lots of people in the area have compost piles in their yards to make their own amendments.
 
:crazy_face: I could have almost eaten the leaf mulch and soil in St Louis,it looked that good…
The Peat moss sounds good.
My soil is similar that I have to keep feeding it Gertie,or it will revert back and crack in Summer.Being in a rural area I have access to plenty of manures thank goodness.Just have to go and collect it though and be patient for it to break down.Are you able to buy mulch from the city council if you wish?
 
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The city I live in has free mulch they give away on a few days each spring. The mulch comes from trees and tree branches that have fallen and been hauled to a drop off area all year.
 
The soil type in my area is called fine-loamy mixed. It is very fertile soil. I normally add compost to keep the nutrients up. I normally use peat moss or coconut coir mixed with compost and perlite or sand for containers.

Last year we had a circus come to town and I bummed a five gallon bucket of elephant doo doo from them. They looked at me like I was nuts. I mixed with my compost and my plants loved the stuff. 😎
 
Oh that’s great,time here to rake leaves…I think I will make a new compost ,there are some compost worms still in my garden that can be added.Its amazing how they can multiply.

@Milt (sorry I called you Molt before !) you’re blessed to have such great soil.Funny about the 🐘 dung
well worth appearing slightly crazy to people you’ll never see again ! My garden loves cow manure the best,in the past it has mostly been sheep ,chicken and horse.
All this talk of gardening is inspiring! 🌻
 
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…I think I will make a new compost ,there are some compost worms still in my garden that can be added.Its amazing how they can multiply.
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Toss some coffee grounds in your compost the worms really love it. I am not sure how mudgie grounds will work though 🤣
 
Mudgee coffee grounds might grow the largest ,snarliest of worms 🧐 🐉
I shall throw away the instant and take to roasting and brewing my own coffee all in the name of worms and a healthy garden Milt 🤓
 
It’s Mother’s Day and I’m working in my garden. Planting Mama’s favorite flowers. Some lillies, sunflowers and marigolds. Going to transplant some morning glories that are taking over my tomato containers (their choice not mine). I want other veggies in those containers so have to move them.
 
I must be feeling encouraged because I bought some more dirt today and a Tecoma stans to plant. Tecoma stans are hardy desert plants with lush green foliage and lots of yellow bell shaped blooms which humming birds like. I planted it in the raised planter where my roses used to be. It should do well. I dug it all out last summer and added a bunch of organic material. We just might get that ugly, gray wall covered yet.
 
Oh, well done tad 🙂 That vine should look very nice…I googled it.Theres an orange trumpet vine in my daughters garden that I was looking at .I might get a piece and try growing it .Orange in winter can look very nice 🙂 The Winter Gladiolus are coming up to flower now,and there are some early jonquils .
Such a strange garden,I guess it’s damper here than across the road at my neighbours.They have slightly sandier soil than my clay loam.
 
I picked the yellow variety because it grows in the lower desert canyons around here. I like seeing the plants that I grow in my garden out in the wild.

The only big winner so far in the vine department is the cape honeysuckle. The one I planted last fall is doing very well. I think I’ll plant some more. The passion fruit vines aren’t doing so hot. One looks totally miserable while another has nice big leaves and is scrolling out along my grid wall. I’ve started to nip it so it branches out more. The guy at the nursery warned me that they like a little more water but I didn’t think it would be like this. Pretty wimpy plant for the desert.
 
I have things growing in each container. I hope they’re the seedlings I planted and not weeds.
 
It’s funny when that happens.nurturing a weed.
I’ve been taking cuttings to strike,and finding seedling trees…well,I think they are trees and not weeds .
 
I would’ve marked everything. But I ran out of markers. Mama said we’ll have surprises when they get bigger.

The only things I’m sure of are the ones my neighbor marked last year. I have sage that survived the winter. The fragrance is heavenly.
 
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Sage is something I haven’t grown before Lily 🙂
I love anything with blue or purple flowers,there’s some really lovely salvias
in the district at the moment…my chia seedlings survived the summer and are finally flowering when winter is almost here 😅 they were an experiment.They became so tall that they fell over and grew up again…
 
I was surprised to see it. Guess it’s one of those surprises. I’m taking a chance with all of them. My neighbor was the expert on potting mixes and soils. Now that she’s not here to advise and mix the different mediums, I’m just doing potting mix and praying.
 
Here is an herb that has pretty blue flowers that bees love and you can eat them leafs too, and it is a great companion plant for keep bad insects away. I do not eat it because they are covered in fuzzy hair like prickers.
It re seeds like mad.

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Thanks Milt! Hopefully there will be some seedlings pop up later of borage,
Each year there’s a few plants.but like you I’ve never eaten it.Im glad the bees like it!
Chicory is another blue flower I love…maybe foolishly I dug some up from the roadside and replanted it here…if it can grow wild there with no water,it could spread like dandelions 😅
There’s often bulbs like spraxias growing wild on the roadside,sometimes lavenders and freesias.I dig them up as they just get sprayed anyway .
 
Greenfields said:
Chicory is another blue flower I love
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Oh yes I forgot about that.
The nice thing about Borage is it is fairly easy to get rid of as it is an annual. Mint on the other hand keeps coming back , but it smells good when you mow it.
 
I’d love to get some mint ,Milt …my mother would always make a mint dressing to go with cold leg of lamb,or in with the peas.I think I would need to bury a large pot in the ground,or just keep some in a pot.
It’s amazing what garden flowers are actually usable herbs !
 
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