Specialty Gardening: Just what exactly is "Cottage Gardening"?, 1 by LouC

LouC wrote:
My cottage style developed out my ignorance about how to plan a garden. That is so much work and I personally don't want to have another thing to organize in my life. This begins my 5th year of my love affair with the garden. Very gradually learning what I like, which is just about anything that lives. First year, after preparing a larger bed, I dumped all of the seeds I had from any source into a big jar, shook it and threw the seeds about like feeding chicks. It was just plain magic. Watched every single day to see what had stuck it's head up and dared not pull anything thinking it was a weed. You wouldn't believe what all can be planted from seed and seems to be much healthier. I tried starting seed inside and was a terrible failure. Don't think a one of them made it past the damp off stage.

Last year (fall 2007) I pitched out a package of Giant Larkspur and a package of poppy seed and promptly forgot about both of them. Wow! What a surprise. They bloomed all of April and May. By June we are teasing 100 degrees and the hollyhocks and blue ballon, hydrangea, and tons of other things are up and running. The beds nearest the house have become tropicals and that is even more exciting.

Told DH yesterday that I may just fix a place to sleep in the 6X8 greenhouse because the yard is where I go to de-stress.

May the New Year be prosperous and you have good health. God bless everyone.

Christi