<p>Anyone planting a flower garden?</p>
<p>I’m not planting any new flower gardens this year (I was thinking about a new one but decided not to spend the money) but I am always making the ones I have bigger and/or adding new plants.</p>
<p>Any ideas for what to put in those places where I ripped out the Japanese Iris & stupid loosestrife? Something perennial, maybe long or late blooming? (I’m in CT, this spot gets HOT morning sun; in the afternoon, shaded by the house). I’ve got some black-eyed susans nearby already…</p>
<p>Cherry brandy rudbeckia might be a good choice.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/RUCB.html[/url]”>http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/RUCB.html</a></p>
<p>Shasta daisies are pretty, they don’t spread and they look nice with black-eyes susans.</p>
<p>You should tell my Shasta daisies that! ;)</p>
<p>^ok. I’ll give them a dressing down in exchange for some of your veggies. ;)</p>
<p>Stella D’ora day lilies are also a nice choice, though they take daily maintenance to keep blooming.</p>
<p>Looking for suggestions. We have a nice lawn in our backyard. At the far end of the lawn (away from the house), we have a small stream (an easement) flowing through. Just before the stream is what the kids call “woods” - we have several trees, weeds and what-not. Wild growth.</p>
<p>The area just next to the lawn was overgrown with weeds. H and I have spent some time over the past couple of years trying to clear this space. Now, we are looking for ideas on what to do with this space - should we make this into a proper flower bed? Add a few flowering trees and call it done instead? This area slightly slopes down towards the easement. S’s suggestion was to make two beds with a path in between that leads down to the stream! This part of the backyard is visible from the kitchen/dining area windows and the deck and it would be great to have some pleasing color to look at there.</p>
<p>How about a hosta bed and some redbuds or small dogwoods (pagoda) with some native wildflowers (for shade) mixed in. I would try to keep it looking casual as if nature was being slowly merged into your lawn. I would also try to keep much of the wild growth as possible so that you can attract song birds and avoid erosion into your stream bed.</p>
<p>“Something perennial, maybe long or late blooming? (I’m in CT, this spot gets HOT morning sun; in the afternoon, shaded by the house). I’ve got some black-eyed susans nearby already…”</p>
<p>Echinacea! There are many named varities. Maybe “Magnus” or “Kim’s knee high”. </p>
<p>Shasta, ornamental oregano, and coreopsis go CRAZY (cray!) in my dry clay!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how close one can plant to the septic tank vent? I’d like to plant to hide it but don’t have much space.</p>
<p>Inconsistent Spring weather thus far hereabouts. Transplanted two tomato seedlings (Lemon and Jubilee). Other seeds that I sowed myself have not sprouted in nearly three weeks. Again, probably not enough consistent warmth to germinate. Thus, I went out and purchased yellow zucchini seedlings rather than rely on the squash seeds I planted so long ago. Borage seedlings are limp and essentially dead.</p>
<p>Using composted goat manure to rescue a few wimpy looking seedlings: gretel eggplant, fairy tale eggplant and golden wonder bell pepper.</p>
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<p>We’ve been cutting lots of asparagus here in zone 6 since about the 3rd week of April (which is the latest it’s come up in years). Must’ve planted it when S2 was in pre-school or so. Next week will probably be our last cuttings this year before we’re off to his college graduation.</p>
<p>I won’t put any of my tomatoes into the ground until mid June. Peppers same. Cucumbers - I’ll put seed in around June 10th. Cabbage is in. Peas are pitiful. Lots of lettuce and arugula beginning to happen, and beets, and I see some carrots (I’ve never been particularly successful with carrots.)</p>
<p>Help! Need advice!</p>
<p>I went out to water my garden pots this morning and discovered my lettuce (romaine and asst loose leaf varieties) had been grazed!</p>
<p>Romaine had been 7-8 inches tall and is now .5-1 inch with all the leaves just basically sheared off. I’m not sure if the plants will recover.</p>
<p>I’m suspecting rabbits since I haven’t had deer in the yard in about 10 years. (I’m pretty sure the tortoise[s] didn’t get the lettuce since it’s in a raised pot.)</p>
<p>Any advice on detering rabbits in the garden?</p>
<p>Welsh terrier.</p>
<p>Looking for protection from garden terrorists? Some folks suggest umm…er…ah…man made water. Reportedly the scent of hormones in human male pee is a warning to many animals to stay away.</p>
<p>I have to put chicken wire around my vegetable garden to keep bunnies away. They just LOVE little green bean plants, especially those first two leaves that come out…grrrr…</p>
<p>Surplus Ukrainian nuclear weapons…</p>
<p>Er, ah, Mini…</p>
<p>I said GARDEN TERRORISTS, not ‘garden variety terrorists.’</p>