Category: My Garden
Fairy
I think my little tomato seedlings are a little stunted, but they’re finally developing “true leaves.” Exciting! The baby peppers I started from seeds are farther behind, but they’re growing, too. I wish I could say as much for the columbine seeds I planted. I’m not seeing any signs of life from them. The zinnias and four o’clocks are growing, though. If something doesn’t happen soon in the columbine beds, I’m going to plant some more zinnia seeds in them. Who doesn’t like bright, happy zinnias?
Iris
Rain on the Garden
It’s been storming on and off all day, with waves of heavy rain that’s beating down the plants. The poor wild geranium is sprawling all over the patio.
More Seedlings
The larger ones are starting to get their second sets of leaves. Exciting!
Iris
This time of year, you can almost literally watch things grow. These buds weren’t visible yesterday. I won’t know what kind of irises they are, or even the color, until the buds open.
Blooming
Wild Geranium
Coral Bells
I bet y’all are sick of garden photos, but there’s not much else going on here. Besides, this time of year, garden photos are about all I want to look at, and it’s all about mememememe, right?
Seedlings
My little veggie garden is sprouting! The pepper is a little bigger, because it was a seedling I got from a coworker. I’ve also got a large container of peppers I’ve sprouted from seed, but they’re only now starting to peek out of the dirt.
Pepper
Tomato
And, because I just can’t get enough of it, another gratuitous Wild Columbine shot.
I also got canna bulbs and some more primrose plants from another coworker. I put them the ground when I got home from work. I’m not holding my breath for the primroses, because they were awfully sad looking. The cannas were starting to grow shoots, though, so I think they’ll be in good shape. Assuming the grounds crew don’t mow them down again this year, that is. And if the primroses don’t make it, I’ve got some in another bed from last year, and they’re thriving. I can just move some of them around, if I ever get anything remotely like a garden plan.
Speaking of plans, with the help of some imaginary friends in the Kibology group, I think I know what I’m going to do with Pandora’s grave. Someone suggested putting a box on top of it, as a marker, which I thought was both funny and appropriate. And then someone else suggested planting catnip on her grave. I don’t want to do that, because catnip can be invasive. But! Some catnip planted in a box would be Perfection. Now, all I have to do is find an appropriate, and appropriately sized, box-like planter.
More Gardening
I always feel like I should put “gardening” in scare quotes, because what I do is not real gardening. I haven’t even bothered to pull out all the dead leaves from last fall. I gave up about half-way through. I did weed, though, and I’ve finally planted the rest of the columbine (three kinds) and echinacea seeds. Aside from those, there are wild columbine, wild geranium, and about eleventy different kinds of lilies and irises.
On the other side of the patio, I made a couple of new beds, one for heuchera and another for a combination of zinnias and four o’clocks. (The heuchera came from a coworker, who insisted it is not the same thing as coral bells. I didn’t argue with her, but it sure looks like coral bells to me. That’s okay, because it seems to be a different variety, and coral bells do really well in my shady garden.)
Also on that side are primroses, which are getting large. There should buds on them soon. The sedum is getting big, and the stupid basil plant that volunteered last year seems to be back. There is something growing where the liatris was. Don’t know if that’s what it is, or if the liatris died and some interesting looking weed decided to grow in its place. The one thing I haven’t seen is the asters, but I’m pretty sure that the grounds crew killed them last year, so I’m not surprised.
Pictures of that side shall be forthcoming, as soon as it starts to look like something.
Wildflowers
Wild Columbine
Wild Geranium
So the mystery flower turns out to be wild geranium. It only has one bloom at this point, but when the rest of the buds open, it’s going to be pretty impressive. There are probably 50 buds on that one little plant.
In other garden news, the four pepper plants I got from a coworker survived their separation and transplant to a larger container. I don’t have enough soil right now to put them in the Uberpot, so I moved them to an intermediary container. I don’t like having to move them twice, but they should be strong enough to handle it.
No sign yet of the tomatoes or peppers that I planted from seed, but it’s still really early. It’s been nice and wet, though, so hopefully they’re germinating their little heads off.
This is Mr. Columbine in all his glory. I counted 15 buds (some are hiding in this photo). I think that means he’s happy.
red paper boat 