Do You Keep a Garden?
@capirani (2817)
United States
December 18, 2023 11:28pm CST
Do you grow a garden? If so, what kind of garden do you have? I grow both flowers and vegetables, but mostly flowers. I love the flowers for photography, for attracting birds and butterflies and bees for pollination. I especially love hummingbirds. I only have a small space for the vegetables and have not had a lot of luck getting them to grow well. It is especially fun to see everything blooming throughout the summer. Every year I learn something new. This past summer I learned about blue flax. It is beautiful and the big bumble bees love crawling over those pretty blue blossoms, heavy as they are.
What kind of gardens do you have?
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@sallypup (69156)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Dec 23
I can't imagine life without a garden. Last year was our second year of gardening in our present location. We moved from a very hot summer climate to a very cold winter. Now we are in the same state but its greener and damper, the winters milder. I am not super great at growing vegies so this last summer of having a good harvest of green beans and a huge harvest of pumpkins was super fun. We still have pumpkins to eat. We grow mints and are trying to grow lavender. We have strawberry plants growing though we haven't had any fruit yet. And raspberries. And annual flowers like petunias and pansies. Hardy geraniums are ground cover that should make it through the winter. I agree about photography being part of the garden.
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@capirani (2817)
• United States
19 Dec 23
I have had my tiny garden for 4 summers now. The ground is very difficult for growing, but each year it gets better. This pasts summer it went totally wild with flowers, and lots of things I didn't even plant. Many things I have planted have never grown. Right now I have done the visibly bad thing to keep it a wildlife preserving garden by not cutting it back. I am sure my neighbors do not like the appearance, and I hope management doesn't complain. So far, so good. Gotta keep those bees and other pollinators alive though.
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@sallypup (69156)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Dec 23
@capirani I ended up buying dirt though my pumpkin plant did well in garden dirt. I agree with you about the pollinators. I did not rake leaves this year and my grass is not mowed down totally. My big walnut tree really cast the leaves and yup, the yard is for sure not neat and tidy. I do plan to get out and clean off the cement walk that is next to the house some day soon. Your flower garden sounds lovely.
@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 23
We have a medium sized garden that is used for growing fruit, vegetables and flowers. Each year we try to grow something new, this year it was Goji Berries. The Goji berry plant grew very big but we only had a few small berries on it. Next year when the time is right, we will dig the plant up and put it somewhere else in the garden and hope it does better. I have heard that Goji Berries are a very healthy food and I look foward to growing a good supply in the future.
We have not decided yet what next year`s new plant will be. I would like to try growing ginger.
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
19 Dec 23
Not into it, but I sure need to learn.
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@TraveOnWorld (851)
• Georgia
19 Dec 23
Wish I could, but we would need to put down our own roots first before I can get back into gardening mode. We are a planning a year minimum here, so I might just do a few marigolds and herbs in pots come spring. It is the one thing I miss when travelling. If I can get some light potting soil (I'm planning a trip to a garden centre outside of town, fingers crossed), I'll start up microgreens again for now. Your garden sounds awesome
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