ONLY 58 days, 9 hours until SPRING!!!
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ONLY 58 days, 9 hours until SPRING!!!
I gots my Spring bonnet on!!
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I spring for Spring!
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We're inching closer to these Lynn!
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Aw, thanks, Ladies......and these should be arriving soon, too!!
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Oooooohhhh...time to go to Chapters and fondle gardening magazines!!!
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Speaking of seeds. Do you remember the little FREE packets of gardening seeds you use to get in your mailbox years ago? I was always excited to get them and try the flower ones out in the front part of the house (it wasn't a garden by any means, just a little flower patch) But I do remember getting them and I do remember they were FREE!
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Originally Posted by TaraF
Yeppers! I remember delivering them!! lol
I remember them, too!! Only because you mentioned it, Tara, but I do recall receiving them and like Walks, trying them out somewhere! Does anyone remember which company sent them out? I guess times are tough and it's not something they do anymore...:(
Grow a row program from McKenzie seeds...free veggie seeds
http://www.mckenzieseeds.com/newsroom.aspx?nid=18
Lynn! Not here, but it gives hope...
Valley of daffodils in Transcarpathia
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All this flowery and seedy talk is making me learn about gardening. :biggrin:
I have never done gardening before but i love to see beautiful flowers everywhere in general and aroubd my house in particular. :)
Does anyone from thus thread know of a very good beginner guide/magazine to learn about gardening? Our front flowerbed is just plain mud with no grass ir anything...... can anyone help me here? :
Last year I bought a pink jug of flower seeds with mulch and fertilizer in it. I believe it was Scott's. The flowers grew so tall (like 2-2 and a half feet) and so colourful. I wasn't really expecting much but they were gorgeous and so easy. Just sprinkle and water !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by amira84
I saw Giant Tiger had seed packs on sale for 33cents in the flyer today!
Amira, it all starts at the bottom: the soil and nutrients you give your plants will determine if they grow up lush and lovely or spindly and sparse.Quote:
Originally Posted by amira84
Toss in a few bags of gardening soil, then a nice bag of fertilizer...yes, cow plop is fine, lol...only the bagged kind...We didn't realized how depleted our garden had gotten until hubby tossed in a few bags of fertilizer and raked it in...omg! Everything came up so thick, so many veggies and the herbs were so bountiful!!
If your soil truly is mud (ie: clay), then dig the stuff up, toss in some good soil, add in fertilizer and plant away!! We mostly plant plants, actually, not seeds, so I'm not much help there....but little pots of little plants in good soil will be stunning! And do NOT forget to plant at least one Stargazer Lily bulb for the absolutely intoxicating scent!! :rolleyes:
Just a note: check the expiry dates on them....;) And naturally some company's seed qualities are better than others....just fyi...Quote:
Originally Posted by princessjen
Thanks @Lynn49 and @LunchLady for your recommendations. I have already started looking for deals on fertilizers and seeds. :razz:
I am inclining more towards very colourful and fabulous smelling flowers for our front of the house. When i get used to this gardening thing then I'll start on some veggie stuff. I want to engage my son in gardening too. He loves colourful flowers and nice smells. Oh my...... am i dreaming or am i over ambitious? :cheesygrin:
Amira, I always have Stargazer Lilies in my garden just for the wonderful smell...they're in front of our livingroom window and when I crank them open that exotic, cinnamon scent wafts thru the house. In our former home (our DD and her DH bought it from us and we downsized by buying hers) we had an additional circular garden between the house and street and I used to love seeing people come to a screeching halt, then bend down to smell them, leaving with yellow noses! Lol! Google them...they're easy to grow and get better each year! Plant the bulbs in the spring (one of few that can be) and wait for your first crop of bright pink, happy and very sniffy flowers! Your little one would love them....:)
Hopefully picking some up today. If they don't have a good selection, our local Co-op hardware store will have them at the same price soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by princessjen
They are Garden Corner, by Mackenzie. Have used them before and they are good - there aren't many in a pack (good for some of us), and nothing fancy - basic veg and flowers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynn49
It's freezing out there! But youtube has lots of nature sound videos. I've been playing lots of bird songs lately...:-)
Unfortunately I have a reaction to lilies and some other spring flowers. But I love SEEING them.
Jays, those flowers are so precious! I just cannot WAIT to get my hand into some nice warm dirt! :)
I hope to paint a Stargazer Lily in my watercolour course; I'd have it blooming here all year through!
Stargazers...I usually just pick one flower and place it into a small glass...fills the house with its exotic scent!
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I also have the "Wild Horses" lily in our garden..
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Let's pick out our spring outfits!!
If I were the size I was in my youth, lol...this would have been me....
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Now, I'm more like:
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I have all sorts of day lilies, Lynn. I love them because they're so easy. Plant them once and leave them alone. :)
I have a mountain laurel shrub that didn't bloom last year, probably because of the horrible winter we had. I'm hoping that this winter isn't too bad but it's not looking good. It just gets colder and colder when it should be slowly warming up. The buds and flowers are very cool.
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