Phaedra's 2023 Adventure

Phaedra · Mar 15, 2023

It's always amazing - how such tiny seeds can turn into such pretty plants!

Re-growing scallions from the shop (left) and the new classmates (right)

And we had snow again - this is what we saw in the morning.

I will say I have become much bolder this year about gardening. Experiences encourage experiments, and experiments enhance experiences.

I dug a large clump of 3-year-old chive. Initially, I just tried to pull it but failed, so they look a bit sad and damaged. As they are resilient perennials, I trimmed the roots and divided them into smaller clumps. Later, I will transplant them outside the chicken run.

I am not too ambitious -- 10% would be enough.

Phaedra · Mar 18, 2023

The weather is pretty nice now, so some hardy ones were transplanted.
Cherry radish and scallion, sown on Jan.27

Multi-color leaf chards, crown daisies, and scallions re-growing from the supermarket goods

Kind of 'buy one get one free'

The perennial plants I divided about one month ago successfully rooted. It's so worthy!
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' - one of the very early plants I bought when we moved in.

Leucanthemum vulgare / ox-eye daisy
I grew from seeds in 2022.

Lysimachia vulgaris / Garden loosestrife
I only dug a small clump to further divide. The new shoots of the huge mother clump stayed red as there was almost no sunlight in that corner. They have to grow up quickly to reach more light.

I divided the small clump into 9 pots. As they have much more light, the new shoots have already developed and turned into green.

So much fun!

flowerbug · Mar 18, 2023

having dug up many square feet of chives to remove them i'm curious if the chickens will keep them in check or not.

Phaedra · Mar 20, 2023

Started to use propagated plants outside the chicken run

The next batch of bare-root perennials arrived today, so, tomorrow will be a busy day again.

Phaedra · Mar 21, 2023

A small adventure that I am still a bit hesitant to make - take a young shoot of this 2nd year's Delphinium to root.

Branching Out · Mar 21, 2023

I recently watched a program from Blossomhill Nursery, and they start all of their delphiniums from cuttings as they don't come true from seed. If you can get them to grow they are certainly beautiful flowers. Your start looks very robust.

Phaedra · Mar 21, 2023

Spring equinox!
Gradually, it is time to enjoy some efforts done in the year 2022.
Prunus mume 'Beni Chidori' - the 1st year
I planted another white variety last year, but those two would blossom much later.

I am not fully sure, but there should be about ten all-sized raised beds and another 15 pots full of tulips.

Some of the repotted foxgloves

Overwintered chili - I kept three but squeezed two smaller ones into one 9cm pot last autumn. Now, they are all growing well, so I move them into individual 11cm pots with organic feed.