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Do you do any Gardening?
Hi pixies! I'm just wondering if we have some Mainland garden-talents here in our group who would be interested in sharing their gardening projects/stories with us.
Spring is quickly approaching in most parts of the world, so now is the perfect opportunity to pick up some flower bulbs and start ploughing. Do you have any ideas for the season? If you're not that much of a gardener, why not start now? There are many beautiful potted plants in the shops that are easy to take care of and can brighten up any room or doorstep. Or perhaps you have a green thumb and are a true garden-talent at heart? I'd love to hear all about your gardening endeavours! I've never been much of a gardener, spare for a few potted plants. However, a family friend recently came along to help us set up a small garden plot in our backyard. It took us two days to clear out all the previous mess, but now there's fresh new soil, tidy wooden fencing around the edges, and three rows of flowers. We added back to it our red dahlias, calla lilies and daffodils, and brought bunches of marigolds and mixed phloxes. They'll be able to tolerate the winter months (it's not all that cold in our area), so we'll see them again fully blooming next spring. And for the seasons following, we'll have plenty of space for new ideas and different flower combinations. Oh, and the solar lights are sooo pretty when they light up after sunset, they make me smile whenever I come back home late. I also brought a trough for the three small cacti we had growing for a while now (they outgrew their small pots so needed a new home). They're now all sitting on our porch, out in the sun and away from the rain. So that's my quick story. ^^ What about yours?
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I don't know if I'd consider myself a gardener. My Mom is always saying that I have a green thumb and I'd like to think I do, but there are too many times I've tried to grow something and nothing comes out of it. Sniffle.
However! Not all my gardening endeavors have failed. I've been able to grow an apple tree from a grocery store apple seed, as well as potatoes from old store potatoes. I have this giant pink silk tree in our backyard that I grew from a seed that fell from our neighbor's tree, it seeded itself and I kept watering it until it was a skinny 1 1/2 feet tall branch; that's when my parents told me I have to plant it someplace else (it was in a kind of window box container in our patio). So I uprooted it and place it in the very center of our backyard. I call her my 'Baby', although she's probably three times my height now. She shares a space with my peachy-orange rose bush I got on clearance. This year I'm trying to grow a variety of flowers to put in front of the kitchen window, its window box has been empty since my family has lived in our house (I won't tell you how long) and I want to fix that. I'm also going to plant some mint, I've read that you can make your own mint tea from just a few of its leaves and because its fresh it should taste better than the herbal tea in bags. Finally, my brother told me how to grow scallions from the ones you buy from stores, so I'm trying that out. I also want to see if I can grow a rosebush by putting a rose cutting in a potato, it sounds bizarre but I still want to see if it works.
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Sapphira, that sounds incredible! To grow a tree from a seed sounds like it would take a lot of time and effort, I think. I enjoyed reading the stories you've shared. I really hope you're gardening ideas will not falter. To be honest I've never really considered it possible to grow plants from supermarket fruit & veggies.
Peachy-orange roses are my favourite. We have a rose bush that blooms every spring. The pesky pests love munching on it, but once we get rid of them, the bush grows bunches and bunches of bright red flowers (very much like Rosetta Red dye in colour, actually). It's very pretty! Ooh, you should definitely add some mint to your garden! We have mint and lemon balm growing behind the house, the scent is so soothing and you'll love making tea with it. You don't even need to add anything else, just brewing some mint leaves in a teapot produces a delicious flavour.
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I have been trying to rid my garden of a tough deep rooted weed. I have to use an actual shovel!
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I know how that feels, Stormy. We had so much trouble with one root that simply did not want to go. The plant dug its roots underneath the cemented road as well so we couldn't tell from which side we should work on it. It took us over an hour of fiddling with the shovel, but that finishing *rrriiip* noise we heard when it finally came out was so satisfying.
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Here in a day or two I will finally have my little garden.
All the space we have is our balcony and I have to grow it all in containers. It will be an explosion of colors! Will post my little garden pictures soonish. |
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