What is your favorite thing to plant in the fall?
09-06-2010, 07:06 AM
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I cant do any gardening any more. One year I planted sweet pea seed in Nov. and they came up and began to bloom in May. I planted them along our driveway and they were so thick and heavy my DH put up som chicken wire for them to climb on. They were beautiful. Never got to plant them again.
09-06-2010, 09:55 AM
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I skipped the summer garden cause we went RVing this year, but put in Chard, collards, spinach, radishes and dill when we got home in August. Now I am fighting the caterpillars on the collards especially!
What I really love in the fall is to plant a few new bulbs- It's like giving myself a spring treat. After those long winter nights of quilting til I wilt, I am ready to see the surprises I planned for myself and get back outdoors for some sun!
What I really love in the fall is to plant a few new bulbs- It's like giving myself a spring treat. After those long winter nights of quilting til I wilt, I am ready to see the surprises I planned for myself and get back outdoors for some sun!
09-06-2010, 10:32 AM
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That sounds beautiful!
Living in Georgia it doesn't get that cold does it? Like rarely freezes? Or do you get colder weather? I don't know if they have them down south but here in Oregon we have ornamental flowering cabbage that come in beautiful shades of purples, variegated white and purples. Really pretty and harder for a colder climate.
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Originally Posted by Dee Dee
I love pansies, but would like to plant something different. Also, do you know of a beautiful bush with flowers or berries that doesn't grow over 4 feet and easy to maintain?
09-06-2010, 11:57 AM
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I'll decorate with mums, but will try to add iris, tulips and daffodils bulbs to my beds. Once something does grow I try to stick with that. Have a lot of wildflowers too.
I faithfully gather the plants seeds an either scatter them now or package for the spring . love hydrangeas too
I faithfully gather the plants seeds an either scatter them now or package for the spring . love hydrangeas too
09-06-2010, 04:53 PM
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Mums sound very lovely! They really speak of Fall.
Originally Posted by great aunt jacqui
I'll decorate with mums, but will try to add iris, tulips and daffodils bulbs to my beds. Once something does grow I try to stick with that. Have a lot of wildflowers too.
I faithfully gather the plants seeds an either scatter them now or package for the spring . love hydrangeas too
I faithfully gather the plants seeds an either scatter them now or package for the spring . love hydrangeas too
09-06-2010, 06:00 PM
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I would suggest what I've suggested my kids do when they moved. Walk around in pretty places and ASK the older gardeners questions. Most gardeners will be pleased to answer honestly and some might even share plants with you.
And then there's always the county Farm Adviser, he/she'll have lots of ideas and probably giveaway papers with all sorts of ideas.
You don't have to follow all of them, but these two sources will know what can and has been grown in that area in the past and can right now. Get the Organic Gardening magazine and study it. Mother Earth News is a good one too for folks who live off the beaten path.
Find out what planting zone you live in, that will give you some idea of what plants will live and thrive for you. Some love cool summers, some hate cool summers, some will blossom in the midst of a snow storm, some will wilt if you talk mean to it...
Plants are fascinating and will continually surprise you. They will
feed your body, feed your soul with flowers, and even help cool you with shade, or warm your house with windbreaks.
And then there's always the county Farm Adviser, he/she'll have lots of ideas and probably giveaway papers with all sorts of ideas.
You don't have to follow all of them, but these two sources will know what can and has been grown in that area in the past and can right now. Get the Organic Gardening magazine and study it. Mother Earth News is a good one too for folks who live off the beaten path.
Find out what planting zone you live in, that will give you some idea of what plants will live and thrive for you. Some love cool summers, some hate cool summers, some will blossom in the midst of a snow storm, some will wilt if you talk mean to it...
Plants are fascinating and will continually surprise you. They will
feed your body, feed your soul with flowers, and even help cool you with shade, or warm your house with windbreaks.
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