Clumps of tulips and narcissis

My husband took this gorgeous photo of the spring flowers this morning. Way to go, clearance tulip bulbs!

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A pair of pretty red tulips

Got some blooming! Not sure if the “clump method” is all that much better than planting them individually aesthetically speaking, but it was certainly faster And I didn’t have to get out my earth auger.

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Okra

Gourds

Pumpkins

This is some anxiety-inducing weather we’re having (thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, floods?), but I did some #WinterSowing of okra, gourds, and pumpkins.

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Crackerjack marigolds

Sparky marigolds

Early sensation, pink cosmos

Goth garden mix

Trying again #wintersowing marigolds and cosmos. (I got almost no marigolds, some cosmos last year).

These are Crackerjack Marigold, Sparky Marigold, Early Sensation Cosmos, and most exciting…

Half of the Goth Garden mix from Hudson Valley seeds.
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Miniature yellow daffodils

Some cute miniature daffodils in the back- I think these might have been potted ones I got at the grocery store last year.

Good to see you again, little friends!

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#WinterSowing Dill, Rosemary, thyme, curly parsley, flat leaf parsley

I got this weird wine rack with hanging wire baskets from the local by nothing group and I thought it would be fun to use it as an herb garden.

Fortunately, 3 half gallon milk jugs fit really well in each basket. So now I’ve started them with seeds inside of big plastic tub.

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Yellow daffodil

First daffodil opened over the weekend. Nice to see something cheerful.

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Solid purple crocuses

And the purple crocuses are up today!

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The first crocuses are blooming!

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🎶 Hey La! Hey La!
My Rhubarb’s Back! 🎶

I had no idea they were so alien looking in their embryo state.

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Heeeeeey! Looks like the irises I divided aren’t dead! Nice.

…I probably would have been okay if they had been dead.
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Amaranthus

Cosmos

I had a few vacant minutes so I sled along some more #WinterSowing

Amaranthus, which I have never grown, but the variety name is “love lies bleeding” which is simply too Gothic to resist.

And Cosmos which are seeds that I collected from last year’s flowers. #GardenJournal2026.

Large ceramic planters with a cloisonné style pattern of insects and flowers In primary colors with a turquoise background

I rarely go to HomeGoods, but I had incredible luck last week with these two gorgeous Vietnamese ceramic planters and some Emile Henry and Staub bakeware.

Not sure what I’ll put in these, but I’ve got several weeks until the end of hard frosts to decide!

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The tops of living daffodil leaves surrounded by dead leaves

A few days after St. David‘s Day, the daffodils have made an appearance!

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The top half of an African Marigold tied Upside down to a wood and cord trellis

We had weird weather last fall where it went from flowers to freezing in a day. I wanted to save the seeds from this African Marigold, but it was completely soaked.

So I went out in the rain and quickly tied it to the trellis with a pipe cleaner. The seeds dried perfectly!
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Raised bed with sticks

Gourd raised bed

Taking advantage of this False Spring to speedily knock together a very simple raised bed out of 1x6s (6’x3’) for next summer’s gourds.

I did really well last year with building the bed early and putting in dead branches, straw, leaves, etc and then covering it with soil.
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Bachelor Button DOUBLE MIXED COLORS Heirloom Variety VALLEY GREENE.

Aster CREGO GIANT MIXED COLORS Heirloom Variety VALLEY GREENE,

Feels like Spring Sowing today, but it’s technically still #wintersowing

Asters and Bachelor Buttons! #GardenJournal2026

Two flattened cardboard boxes on dormant grass. Roughly 10 feet long and 2 feet wide.

Taking advantage of this balmy 50° weather and putting down some cardboard with metal gardening staples where my parkway pollinator garden will go. I’ll get some mulch to go on top. #GardenJournal2026.

If everything germinates, I’ll have milkweed and other natives.

Labeled milk jugs

Another round of #wintersowing for the old #GardenJournal2026

Hoping this is enough time to cold stratify the butterfly weed and columbine, but $1.79 seeds are worth the risk.

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So, while picking up the 10/$1 seeds, it turns out the regular seeds were also on sale so…

Impulse seeds! #GardenJournal2026 #WinterSowing

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Menards had their 10 seed packets for $1 sale, so I picked up these beauties (double marigolds) #GardenJournal2026 #WinterSowing

Snapdragon Mix Soft blooms in pale hues CERTIFIED ORGANIC SEED Elegant & whimsical: flowers

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I had a much harder time ascending these pretty Hudson Valley seeds out into the snow. Mixed snapdragons

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Milk jugs and snapdragon seeds

These are the children of snapdragon seeds I wintersowed last year. There’s a lot of chaff and pods here, but hopefully tiny seeds as well.

Curiously, the parent packet was pelletized, so I didn’t get a ton of germination, so we’ll see how the second generation does.

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Milk jugs in snow

Some more #wintersowing for the old #GardenJournal2026

Collected seed snapdragons and Hudson Valley seed snapdragons. It’s been very cold (in the teens), but they should be fine.

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Pansy pansies seeds

Pansies. I still feel weird about seeing these bloom all summer instead of being spring flowers. However, these were very pretty and produced a fair amount of seeds, so I collected them.

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Straw flowers

Strawflowers. Insane amount of seeds and fluff from these guys. I tried to collect the colors I liked best.

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Gazania seeds

Gazania. Totally didn’t recognize all this fluff when I opened the paper bag, but I assume there are seeds in there somewhere! These are kind of odd looking plants, but they grew well.

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Sweet pea seeds

Sweet Peas! These never got huge, but were fragrant and beautiful- maybe they'd like a warmer drier place?

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Milk jugs in snow

This bunch of #wintersowing doesn’t need stratification, but they’re tough and I had all the jugs already prepared.

These are all 2nd Gen- seeds I collected from last years plants.

Sweet Peas, Gazania, Strawflowers, and Pansies

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Milk, jug and purple cone flour, echinacea seeds

Seeds from a Purple Coneflower that self seeded itself next to my parents‘ driveway years and years ago.

It was actually the first of that kind of plant I had ever seen. A true native. #GardenJournal2026