Share your gardening plans!

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I start out with a plan that is usually groupings of 3 repeated. But then, they do their own thing.
 
We have some yuccas from the previous owner. Impossible to get rid of, and I only remember them blooming once or twice. Yours are wonderful!
 
You just need to grow up!
(Not you, the plants! 😉)

There are all kinds of ways to grow vegetables up trellises and arbors that would suit a small yard. Check out Pinterest if you haven’t already!
 
Do you plant zinnia seeds in the ground or do you start them in peat pots or what?
 
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These are my tomato and bell pepper babies. I think I’m Into deep. Have no idea whether to do a raised bed or dig a garden. I just found out tomatos have to be at least 18 inches apart !! Lol 3 weeks to make a ,master plan.
Starting different of varieties of zinnias today, is the plan
 
I was going to grow…a lawn as mine is a tragedy, but I suspect sod shopping is non-essential.

I might grow some beans from our pantry with the kids because why not?
 
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Where do I begin?

First, I plan to clean up the edgings around my flowerbeds. Then to pull up tiny weeds before they become a problem. I have perennials that come back every year, and I recognize their foliage.

New stuff this year: First, digging out all of the Creeping Thyme ground cover that no longer keeps out the weeds. Conditioning that soil and planting new bulbs I’ve ordered, and scattering seeds around them. What comes up will come up, what doesn’t won’t. A lot less work than transplanting a lot of things from pots purchased from the garden center.

I plan to be more consistent with the liquid fertilizing this year, so things will grow faster and fuller. Then, of course, comes the deadheading of spent blooms.

Finally, I plan to get rid of all the broken down landscape fabric and rusted out garden staples that held it in place, because after the first couple of years passed since I installed it, weeds started growing right up through it. Some shield!

When I can afford it, I plan to replace all of the lava rock in the footpaths with flagstones and mortar, forming continuous cemented pathways through which weeds cannot take hold. I will be sealing all of that, of course.The flagstones will be of a variety of different colors and shapes, to make things visually interesting.

The weed situation has gotten out of control these last few seasons, and I’m striving to minimize the amount of time and work I have to devote to getting rid of them.

It would be simple to just spray them all with RoundUp, but my garden is a bird and wildlife sanctuary, so that’s out of the question.

Keeping the birdbath clean and the feeders filled, also.

My work is cut out for me this season. I hope to have a lot more flowers.
 
It is, I was out there after work and sneaky pete hubby was quick with the camera 🙂
 
Anybody advice on strawberries ? I got one strawberry ppwnt last year it probably produced 10 strawberries. Lol will it get better this year ? I see the new green leaves. Right now it’s in a large pot, will it do better in the ground ?
 
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Here’s my front flower bed…this is from a few years ago taken in late June. It’s not quite as full now…thus, new flowers coming soon!
 
I’ve found that mine do much better in the ground than in pots. With pots, it’s too easy to under or overwater them. I’m letting mine grow as they please with just a bit of redirection to keep them from growing in the grass…and they not only survived our very cold snowy winter…they’re thriving! The do like room to send runners to, so give them space.
 
It’s funny, when you described it, this is just what I pictured in my mind! 🙂
 
That’s exciting. I will free up the pot for something else and put the berries In the ground. Come on summer 🙂
 
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