We've gone from sipping bevies on the deck in +15C this past weekend to a foot of snow and -7C. On the postive side, all my wintersowing is snuggled safely back under snow again. Sigh.
Joanne
Anyone grow Gerber Daisies from seed?
Oh yuck! We're looking at falling temps and a possibility of snow for the next few days too, so I know how you feel - bummer.
How are those lovely Gerber Daisies coming Cheryl?
--Ginny
Also have a possibility of snow this weekend. Today it's 12C.
I have to check my WS containers again incase they get covered in more snow......which is almost all gone now.
I'm in deperate need of spring, the warm temps will thaw the icicles on my brain.
Steven
Ginny, they are doing very well, I'm thinking of putting my daylily seedlings outside soon, as the ones in the ground from last year are all up and growing like crazy, and that way I could start some of the more frost-tender seeds indoors on my plant stand....my DH was watching me go through my seeds of various and sundry still to be planted, and asked just where I planned to put all these lovelies?
Last year's daylily seedlings as of 5 minutes ago:
Wow! They sure look fat and happy :-)
You could always tell your DH that you've decided to do your part by making more of an effort to be environmentally and ecologically friendly. In support of this you will be ripping out all of that nasty, herbicide-intensive, water-hogging grass on your property and replacing it with gardens containing insect- and drought-resistant plants - such as daylilies! (she says with an evil grin)
You are an evil enabling woman and a bad, bad influence.:)
Believe me, were it not for two small dogs, we would already have no grass - but I feel I need to leave them some soft carpety grass to lounge on looking adorable...
Makes a nice picture. I'm sure my two little lions would be upset if I took away all of their grass too, although my DH is 100% behind the no grass option. He even seemed a little disappointed the first time I mentioned that we might want just a little bit here and there to add a pleasing contrast to the gardens :-)
The only reason I have any grass at all is that we have restrictive covenants on the title of our home that dictate that we must have "substantially all grass" in the front yard. I was going to ignore that inconvenient little rule until my nextdoor neighbor took special pains to remind me of it last summer. So instead of no grass at all, I just have a minimal "border" of grass around the front yard. And none at all in the backyard. (My indoor lion doesn't care; gets her grass fix with cat grass that we grow for her indoors!).
Joanne
As long as I live I will never understand why people have this fascination with such a labour intensive weed :-) Gardens with lots of trees, shrubs, and plants and hardscaping (decorative walls, paths, small seating patios, etc.) are much more to my taste.
--Ginny (hoping I haven't offended anyone here who loves their grass)
I had a teacher years ago who went to Toronto to attend his daughter's wedding, and while at the reception, pulled out a photo of his house to show the groom's parents - the father-in-law exclaimed over the visible dandelions in the yard - where they lived, they were fined $25 for each dandelion in their yard - another reason not to have grass!
Yikes! I'd get rid of that grass so fast no one would see it for dust!
If I had my way, our grass would be history. I'm in great need of more gardening space, especially with the endless amount of seeds I've been buying this year.