What doth in your Garden Grow?

[Woz]

Spring going on Summer here downunder. Winter was spent improving the soil and managing the composting in preperation for the current planting frenzy.

Vegies:
Potatos are in and springing up so fast I almost had to jump back as I dropped them in the holes. Silver Beat is doing well, lettuces coming up, horseradish about to go in. Beds being prepared for Corn, Beans, Cucumbers and Tomatos to take the seedlings currently in the seed raising room (otherwise called the bathroom).

Flowers:
Miniature Dahlia tubers went back in the other day and should be showing their heads soon, along with Colombines and Poppies. Cannas of all colours coming up and about to be replanted in a dedicated Canna bed. Gazanias everywhere, Pelargoniums look lovely, as do the Roses. Dwarf Agapanthas will be flowering soon. Hedge of Golden Diosma about to go in.

Compost:
The neighbours are well trained by now, hardly a day goes by but that something is added to the pile of prunings awaiting the shredder. Plus a huge pile of grass clippings the appeared over the weekend. <sigh> Bliss is a pile of organics destined for the compost bins.

I find Gardening a great break and complete change from pounding the keyboard, but the joy of seeing all the new growth and flowers is reward enough in itself.

So, what doth in your garden grow. Watchya Doin'?

Onya
Woz

[Leosghost]

We just moved into our new place so not much going on in the garden ..however it is "wild champignon" time ..

Walk in the woods ..see whats new .

Yummy!:)

[jecasc]

Bad weeds. And they grow tall.

[rocknbil]

Argh, the garden is getting turned in here in the northern hemisphere. :-( That's the only thing that really truly bums me out about winter, no gardening allowed.

The vegetable garden is a holy place for me. Sometimes in mid-spring/summer I stand in it and you can almost hear the energy humming out of the earth . . .

Corn was 9-12 feet tall this year, with two to three GOOD ears per stock, three rows only 20 feet long yeilded over 60 ears. Our freezers were full for a while there . . . .

Broccoli held out the longest. I just pulled it out mid-October, it was still sprouting flourets but the aphids were coming in (I use NO sprays, save a little diluted dishsoap when I see ants and things a-coming,) no one in the house seems to approve of the additional protein on the broccoli . . .

I just can't learn with tomatoes. ONE PLANT Bill. ONE. No, I have to plant at least two or three then am innundated with tomatoes . . .

Onions, potatoes, garlic, carrots, pumpkin, canteloupe, cucumbers, radishes, and grapevines alone the southerly (down-sun) fence. Given up on zuccini, they take over the garden.

As I pulled out the onions, a fresh cherry tomato plant sprung up from a previous composting. Great. More tomatoes. :-)

In the garden window: white spruce and other dwarf bonzai. :-) This justifies the existence of winter.

[Automan Empire]

In Southern California, we are just moving into the winter growing season, though it was about 90 today!
Iceland poppies, it is awesome to have dozens bloming over a wide area. Narcissus are coming up, and pansies and snapdragons are blooming well. When I had much lawn I would overseed the bermuda grass with tall fescue about this time; now the only grass is the trails between planters, and manmade hills and dales!
Around February, other daffodil types come up, along with abundant California poppies for a stunning orange spring carpet. The sages grow and bloom then too. With chickens and guinea pigs roaming, my garden is a delight... too bad I have so little time for it lately.