Anyone else Planting gardens/flowers?

[GoJays]

some of my hostas

[recessionisnotfun]

ooooooooooooooo those are beautiful!!! Very nicely done They look so healthy. How the heck do ya do it? lol.

[GoJays]

umm.. i dunno? lol... i pretty well just plant them in the ground and leave them alone.. the only annuals you'll find in my yard go into pots.. everything else in my garden is a perennial, or some sort of flowering shrub.. we have hard clay soil too, i don't know what the builders were thinking when they trucked it in.. buggers.. lol.. further into the summer the one hosta with the yellow-edged leaves won't look so nice - it gets the full mid-day sun and it goes a little bit crispy along the edges

[GoJays]

and thank you

[sweet sparrow]

I know our soil has way too much water retention and our south facing yard gets no sun because of our neighbour's trees and fence. I'm thinking about mixing in some peat moss for drainage.

**snicker**



that's cute

sparrow could be right, it could be something as simple as a fertilizer issue.. perhaps there is something with the soil? too much of something, too little of something? overwater, underwater?

[GoJays]

wouldn't peat moss just hold even more water? what about adding some sand?

[sweet sparrow]

Show off...

My hostas are actually doing okay too, but no flowers yet. I've actually got those other two plants you have in the first picture as well, the sugarbush and the other plant with the double petaled flowers. I forget what they're called but they're spreading like weeds.

some of my hostas

[GoJays]

Show off...

My hostas are actually doing okay too, but no flowers yet. I've actually got those other two plants you have in the first picture as well, the sugarbush and the other plant with the double petaled flowers. I forget what they're called but they're spreading like weeds.

lol... the two plants to the right of the hosta? one's a columbine and the one on the far right is a sedum, blooms at the end of the summer

[recessionisnotfun]

Both of your pics look so amazing!! Thanks for sharing I'm gonna go pout now lol.

[miztia]

I know our soil has way too much water retention and our south facing yard gets no sun because of our neighbour's trees and fence. I'm thinking about mixing in some peat moss for drainage.

I think sand would be better for drainage as well.

[miztia]

My rose bush has bloomed. Its kind of drooping from all the rain we've had, but should perk up a bit.

[recessionisnotfun]

That is amazingly beautiful!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing You all have such nice plants. Now I'm off to reallly pout lol

[Lua]

here are some of my hostas (although they're bigger now)


recessionisnotfun --> i definitelly recommend you give these a try particularly if you have a shady area. They thrive in the shade and you honestly don't have to do anything with them. They just come right back every year.

[Mom-mom]

My husband built garden boxes (4x12 - three of them) for me this year because I have serious back issues. Everything has been planted for several weeks and is coming along so nicely. I've gardened for years but this is by far the best vegetable garden I've ever had.

[miztia]

here are some of my hostas (although they're bigger now)


recessionisnotfun --> i definitelly recommend you give these a try particularly if you have a shady area. They thrive in the shade and you honestly don't have to do anything with them. They just come right back every year.

They are completely maintenance free as well. I dont even water mine, and let mother nature do it.
I was thinking of splitting mine up and selling them in the street sale this weekend for a few bucks as a few are getting too big. They were given to me on the day my neighbor had a garage sale, and a few people came over asking if they were for sale. Got me thinking this year that maybe I will sell a few.