Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 11

The famous Pat* reminds us that it is spring!

I caught our forsythias at peak, early last week.

Forsythias just say "Spring"!

And

Tulips from the dump at Holland, MI after their Tulip Festival, courtesy of my nieces - these are my favorites because of the "flame" effect. They tend to get redder as they go.

Spectacular! And such a bargain!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

I planted 10 tomato plants in this raised bed last year - Terra Cotta, Black Strawberry and San Marzano. Here you see the volunteers - there are a lot of them. I think I'll just use these instead of planting seeds. Who knows - maybe I'll get some interesting hybrids!

Miley

Well, I think all those varieties are open-pollinated (not sure), so you may not get hybrid, since tomatoes generally self-pollinate. Let us know ! Don't try this with melons.

Your volunteers will have a jump-start on seeds planted now.

Puttering

Up for some gardening by moonlight?

Victor Borge plays it straight for once.

Gardens of The Horde

New buds on existing plants: orange cannas, red and yellow flowering yucca and the water irises have popped out. Put in a red and a purple verbena, and a blue delphinium.

Gotta get after the weeds and the sprouts from the bird feeders!

Respectfully,
Dave K

Some great things growing there! Anyone jealous?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Sorry I deleted part of the post this week. It was like magic! Or Microsoft.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 4

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

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