Wait wait wait you can get trilliums in the mail? It's literally illegal to touch them here. I feel like if they mailed them out and people could just plant them they'd be a lot more endangered.
I am a shit gardener and I feel guilty about most plants that come into my care. Last year I had my backyard redone and actually talked to a guy who knew what he was doing, so this year I am trying to work more methodically. Getting rid of invasive species, planting more native pollinators and low-maintenance plants, and using plants instead of trying to put things right in the ground where I can't weed them.
My pride and joys are my apple tree, which is the first thing that I planted when I moved here, and the rose bush that my mom bought me for a birthday a few years ago. Some of the exciting things that seem to be doing well: strawberries, raspberries, a gorgeous sand cherry, lilacs. Out front I planted a dogwood and a serviceberry last year, so hopefully those take. In one planter, I've already started a Three Sisters garden (corn, beans, and squash—the squash is not looking promising so far) and in the other one I'm going to be doing tomatoes, marigolds, and basil. Someone also gifted me sweetgrass so I'm trying to grow that as well. I'm hoping to get more rose bushes too, preferably of the kind that I already have, because it is the best rose bush.
I saw a massive bumblebee the other day. Just a huge roundboi going about its little day and bumping into things. Unfortunately I also have a boxelder beetle infestation.
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Date: 2023-05-08 09:52 pm (UTC)I am a shit gardener and I feel guilty about most plants that come into my care. Last year I had my backyard redone and actually talked to a guy who knew what he was doing, so this year I am trying to work more methodically. Getting rid of invasive species, planting more native pollinators and low-maintenance plants, and using plants instead of trying to put things right in the ground where I can't weed them.
My pride and joys are my apple tree, which is the first thing that I planted when I moved here, and the rose bush that my mom bought me for a birthday a few years ago. Some of the exciting things that seem to be doing well: strawberries, raspberries, a gorgeous sand cherry, lilacs. Out front I planted a dogwood and a serviceberry last year, so hopefully those take. In one planter, I've already started a Three Sisters garden (corn, beans, and squash—the squash is not looking promising so far) and in the other one I'm going to be doing tomatoes, marigolds, and basil. Someone also gifted me sweetgrass so I'm trying to grow that as well. I'm hoping to get more rose bushes too, preferably of the kind that I already have, because it is the best rose bush.
I saw a massive bumblebee the other day. Just a huge roundboi going about its little day and bumping into things. Unfortunately I also have a boxelder beetle infestation.
This was maybe too much detail.