Gardening!

[arobynne]

I really am a stay-at-home-mom now--we have a vegetable garden! Admittedly, I couldn't get around to planting anything myself--I needed the help of my 86 year old grandfather coming and transplanting huge spadefuls of hostas and dirt and ferns. My so-called garden consists of one line of peas, one line of beans, and a corner of tomatoes, peppers

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[davedash]

We have rhubarb if you want any ;)

[arobynne]

egads, no! :) My mom planted a tiny bit 30 years ago and now she could feed an army with it. I figure I can always take some of hers. Thanks for the offer, though!

[arobynne]

I've got basil, parsley, and oregano Cheryl :) I was thinking of you.

What constitutes freezing? You could always check one of these planting zones thingies that says what grows in what climates. Or just ask at a garden center.

[ketiya]

I'll have to take a look at your garden and see what stuff I wanna get for ours. We already have tulips, irises, daylilies, hostas, ferns, lily of the valley, peonies, and veggies, but we'll be seriously expanding in the next year or so. I wanna turn the whole area between the sidewalk and street into gardens. Since we live on a corner...I have a lot to work with.

OOh, are dahlias the ones that get big and bushy? There are some places in our neighborhood that have something that kinda looks like them (I just looked them up on google images) and I've been wondering what they are 'cause I totally want them for our place. Are they perennials? Do they need a trellis or do they just stand up all bushy on their own? It looks like there's a few different kinds so it may be hard to choose.

[arobynne]

I don't think our dahlias are the huge ones. They're supposed to be 15-18" I think, and they're annuals. I didn't want to go all out with perennials this year but I get so tired of petunias and the same ol' annuals you see everywhere. We had a family friend who grew the giant kind and won State Fair prizes for them--he'd put umbrellas over them on rainy days.

Be careful about the area really near the street--I think it gets extra-salty from winter plows and it's harder to get plants to grow there (or come back).

I've discovered that we have daylilies and peonies from the last owners (and roses and columbine) but I yanked out everything else last fall so I could start over. I'll plant more bulbs this fall now that I know what's there.

[rcantilles]

I am jealous :) I have a stoopid long window box sitting outside our back door with Chinese Chives in it, that's all. Wish I had a yard!