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So what's on your "want to plant" and "need to plant" list for this year?

I want to plant some sunflowers--Sheri & I are going to do it at the same time to see what happens.
Then I want some tomato & potato plants, of course. some sage & perhaps basil.I brought my chives with me from the farm--I hope they made it thru the winter-- I planted them when the girls were small.

I also have to revamp my one flower bed.--it looks nice until about mid-summer. I need to make it a bit more sparce in spring..

finally I would like to put a new bush in the front & possibley a new tree i n the back.
In my DREAM of DREAMS I would like to add a flower bed on the north side of the garage so I could have some shade or semi-shade plants. But that will be a fight with DH before that happensbecause it will mean more trimming for him come grass cutting time---

Tamara

Junigirl an Sheri want to grow bigger sunflowers than mine..LOL

Were crazy here.

I want to plant all the oodles of seeds the find Seedy friends sent to me all year long.

I have one maple tree up now.
Silene plant some one sent me , one seed. is real nice? It grew.
Hubby was eating the fat red grapes an said here plant these seeds.( I did, Now I have a grape growing) LOL
It wont be hardy. It is a warm weather plant.

I want to plant lots of stuff.

dodge

Naw, Dodge--we're not crazy--ALL the other people are.
We here at TGH are all fine wonderful people.!! yerp we are !!

Of course we are..

b

I'd really love to get a hold of a second-hand tiller this year, that's my main wish. Then I can put in larger vegetable gardens. A small mini greenhouse for tomatoes and peppers would be lovely also.

They are great

I Have a used Areins

Lov it

If I had a green house it would blow away..

I am going to have to redo on of our shade areas because the new road caused some of the big trees to be cut down and now it's not shade anymore. It is full of hosta that isn't going to take kindly to all that sun. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all the hosta and not sure what I'm going to get to replace it. Maybe guara.

Sorry about the trees... I know it will be beautiful!!!! I want see pix..

So, I just cut and pasted with a few notes... What do you guys think?
I only have through April but it really just repeats after that...

February:
Lettuce
Rainbow Swiss Chard (some of it is PINK )
Spinach
Onions (still making seedlings)
Radishes
Carrots (“baby’ small & larger dinner carrots)
Garlic
Shallots

March:
Broccoli
potatoes ( I might try these again.. I didn’t have much luck last time..)
Blueberry bushes (2) I got them for my birthday, but I am keeping them in the sunroom just in case it is too cold...

April:
Watermelon
Tomatoes (Red Brandywine, Amish Paste, & Sweet Cherry!)
Spaghetti Squash (Saves my diet!!!!!!!!!!!)
Zucchini
Pickling Cucumbers (I am going to try making them for the first time!!!!)
Cauliflower
Rattlesnake Greenbeans
Lavender
Basil

April:
Pumpkins!!!!!!!!!!!
Okra
Strawberries!

Oh my..oh my...I got my first gardening catalogs today in the mail

hey--do you know what kind of Hosta that you have in the "once was shade" area???

I have 2 hostas out on the west side of my house.

One is a June & one is a patriot Hosta

I read that oine was a full sun Hosta & one was sun/shade.

well the first year they neither one did well, and I thought one out & out died.

But last year (the second year) they both came up & did VERY well in the full sun---so why not give it a try??? move some leave some where they are???

I have hostas in the sun also... and they do fine.

I just got a garden bulb magazine in the mail...I want, I want, I want...

I'd love to get a Double Oriental lily~and some blueberry bushes. Adding that to my plant list

I have about 35 catalogs this year so far. Some wont give up.

I figured I will buy at the store an save the postage of sending.
Like I did yesterday.. I can get the seeds off the different dahlias an have oodles.
Oh how I like them.

The snow did beat up some of my littler shrubs.

b

Wow, 35. We only have one place to order from here..they send a veggie and flower seed catalog then a bulb catalog.

I usually buy my seeds at the local stores as well...but it's nice to have the option for that 'can't find item'....they get lots of sales for their special "Giant pumpkin" seeds.

I had to order a special kind of lilac(Sensation) a few years ago and am glad I did because they no longer sell or ship shrubs.

I do watch sales .
bought Josee lilac for 3 dollars from the catalogs.

It is hard not to buy when the Plants are in the store Hollering,
Take me home with you .................

Addiction addiction.

Yup, that's true....If I had lots of money, my yard would be a jungle

IF I HAD THE MONEY , I WOULD HIRE A LANDSCAPER ..........
LOL

B

yep, I think like you do, barb.....

Then I could supervise an pick the seeds.

exactly--plus you could make the "employee" plant & care for wahtever you wished....
can you say beautiful yards------????

MAYBE BEAUTIFUL ACRES........

LOL PATHS AND GAZEBO AN ARCHS

NUDE EARTH WORMS.lol

FEW ANGELS .............MEMEME

This year I am planting cucumbers,zucchini, butternut squash, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe,tomatoes,tomatillo, bell peppers, and banana peppers. In the flower department I will be planting four o clocks. It wont be necessary to plant Hollyhocks; the ones i planted back in 2008 bloomed and seeds landed all over the place. They are beginning to invade my vegetable beds.

This year I am planting
Asperagus (well it is already there)
chives (ditto)
sage
potatoes
tomatoes
spinach
green onoins
flowers
and TaDa........

SUNFLOWERS !!!!!!!

Lucky U

well, Barb, you'll be planting sunflowers too, right????

I hope

HD is moving my garden again.. I didnt work out a plan yet.

b

Juni girl
seen the cutest metal frog today.And thought of you right away.

Our frogs are cherping like crazy here.

b

Thanks, its nice to be thought of.

I heard what I guess was a frog today--in one of my window wells.
I need to check it out agian the next day it is not raining---If I have one again, it will need fed & a house to live in.

can't you plant them at the end of a field...you know like one would sweet corn???

I am trying to record sound on my camera to upload here.
I dont know how .
Sheri might but she is off with a broken wrist.

Dont think angelblossem has the same camera.

b

sorry I cannot be of more help, barb. I think my camera does a short video too, but I cant even use mine properly.

and my camera is nowhere near as nice as yours.

if I could help I sure would...

Mine does movies an said sound ?

DIdnt get it yet.

b

barb, if you're using our camera you just push record and the sound happens too. At least it does with mine. Do you have it muted?

Wonder how Eva is doing with all the planting.

Sheri thanks

It worked..

Gees ..Did you start classes yet?

b

So I made my way to the back room - hehe

I planted sunflowers also. They are poking thru the ground

Mine are 2 inches tall

Mine aren't even planted

Did I answer this? I don't know what kind the hosta is but it didn't do well in the little bit of sun it got last year when only a few trees had been cut down so I know it wouldn't have done well since more trees are gone. We've moved it and it looks good.

Well my plant list so far includes (going smaller this year):

Planted: beans, peas, carrots, beets, cucumbers and strawberry runners.

Need to plant: turnips, tomatoes, peppers (those must be bought as seedlings)

Want to plant: Peony, coeropsis(none survived last winter).