Bloomin'

Mystery Flower has bloomed, Pink Petunia it is!



Mystery Solved! Pink Petunia, it is!

"Dean's" Geranium is turning into a nice shade of red.



Geranium

The Geranuim

Aloe Plant.

Seeds are sprouting.

Red Dragon

Potato Thoughts

Why do potatoes make good detectives?
Because they keep their eyes peeled.
I am really interested in planting some potatoes. But not "in the ground" way. There are some interesting ideas that we can do, old tires piled up or building a box. I am going to have to research a bit more. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Stinky Flowers.

My son is not sure what to think of the "stinky flowers" But he did his best to look after them and help plant. He also saw a family of worms. One being the longest hes ever seen. He thought the small slower moving ones were maybe the grandparents.

Looking down on the onions

I can't say I cleaned out the rest of the garden, but did turn over the soil where my new plants would grow. Time and energy were not things I had today. But I did not want my freebiees to go to waste.

One of two batches of onions

The "special" garlic

What you SHOULD have your garden look like in the spring

What I love about the neighbour garden?
1. Things are growing,
2. It is not haunted by last years veggies
3. Did I meantion things are growing?



Shot #1

Ok, if you compliment our neighbour about the garden, he will say, its just weeds. I do not think so, theres more then weeds. My picture does not do it justice. 

Here another one, different angle.
 

Shot #2

I was able to ask our neighbour what is growing that is not a weed. From the far right side of his garden he has a cluster of onions. and farther to the left he has garlic. He informed me those grow every year. No planting required. The special garlic (his words) produce flowers then seeds. in the fall he covers it with leaves and waits for spring for them to grow. The onion bulbs mulitple and die and grow again. You can have green onions all year. No covering required. You do have to cut the green tops when they get too high. Cut them so the green is one inch about soil. 


After our gardening chat he did comment that I needed help. And he gave me two batches of onion and one batch of garlic. Soil and all. Cant wait to clear out the garden and plant them.


Left to Right
Garlic and Onions





What NOT to have in your garden for the spring.

So here are some pictures of what the snow uncovered this spring. A garden MESS. Really we did clean up in the fall? Or did we think it would make magic compost? Bleck.

Vegtable Garden, aka Vegtable Grave.
Left to Right
Corn, Tomatoes, Onions, Cucumbers, & Squash.

 We had pumpkin, in our *cough*Vegtable Grave*cough* But that we harvested. I cant say we used it for halloween, or pies, they were picked too soon. Pumpkins were decomposing before we could use them. Learning Curve. Interesting fact about the squash. I never planted it. Dont know how it got there, did not know what to do with it. But just went with it. It grew so well.

Blackberry Bush

Blackberry Bush purchased at Canadian Tire. I was such a small bush one/two years ago, now its almost 5Feet. I really should look into pruining it. This was my husbands pet project. He loves blackberries. We grew a total two berries on it.

Strawberries and Blueberries.

The strawberry plants were given to us by the inlaws. We have purchased blueberry plants/bushes at a few locations. not really growing well. Maybe too crowded?

  

Blooming

Hurray, my new indoor plants are starting to bloom. I recieved these, or rather my son did, from the inlaws. They got the plants as a free give away at a local Spring & Garden Show.

Supposedly Red Geranium. Thats what the inlaws were told, no guarrentees though. The flower looks a much lighter pink then what the picture shows.

Mystery Plant, inlaws could not remember what type of plant it was. Starting to look like a petunia?

New Plant

I have purchased a Boston Fern. Always wanted one. I have discovered they are a bit trickier to take care of. Before hanging it, I had moved it around a bit and found dead leaves were falling off of it everywhere. After some research I felt the best place would be in my laundry room, right infront of the west facing window.