I went to the garden center early yesterday morning so I could be the first one there. I was there before the workers showed up. I wanted to buy more seed starters and I ended up buying 25 more packets of seeds. I'm so ashamed but I think I will get over it. I have no time for shame, I have seeds to plant! I was the only person in the store!
For some reason, this year I've spent a lot of time thinking about my father's garden when I was a little girl. That man loved to garden. I can remember almost every plant and exactly where they were planted. I even remember my little brother crying when my father accidentally burned up our bleeding hearts. He built a fire too close to them. Anyway, I decided that this year I am going to plant as many of the plants from my childhood garden as I can find. So, besides coming home with all of those seeds, I came home with three pussy willow plants. Two of the pussy willows are black! Perfect for the witch garden.
The third pussy willow is a type we are all familiar with.
Though I am starting a bunch of these from seed, I bought some bulbs for a quick fix. I even found black daylilies!
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I found a nice forsythia too. For years we took our family Easter photo in front of my dad's flowering forsythia. I am not going to replicate his orchard because I don't have enough sun for fruit trees. And, living in the city, I don't want every bird visiting me.
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This is a pic of some of my geraniums I overwintered in my garage. I trimmed them down to about 5 inches before I placed them inside and I've watered them 3 times since last fall and they have grown like crazy. I don't think I will have to buy any geraniums this year.
This is one of my grow areas. I made this out of metal shelves and florescent work shop lights. Very inexpensive and very efficient.
Some are already large enough to be transplanted into larger pots.
I power washed these recently thinking I would paint them but I've decided to use them as is. Have you started your spring gardening yet? Can you remember your childhood garden?
Comments
I love those containers, and your seed set-up.
It came home with me.
We had a summer cottage when I grew up and hardly anything survived there, even potatoes died :-) :-) I remember by grandparents (on my mother's side) garden. My grandpa loved straight lines and order in the flower beds, my grandma didn't so everywhere in his straight lines she planted all kinds of different flowers :-) :-) :-) He didn't dare saying anything :-) :-) :-) I'm very much like my grandma (or mormor as we say)
Have a great day!
Christer.
Love Leanne
PS it's nearly AUTUMN here.
I reside in FL now and now PW here....