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All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

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What's growing on, Beehaw? (beehaw.org)

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It's been pretty warm the past few days, so patches of gardens and the lawn are finally starting to emerge from the snow. That said, it's still a little cool outside for anything but plants that require cold stratification so we've set up some folding tables in one of the sunnier rooms to get the more sensitive plants started.

It's bittersweet, starting so many plants in the open - our cat Maeko, who passed away last year, was an unapologetic seedling murderer so while I love getting to start more plants it's kind of reopened the wound. I'll probably end up killing a few seedlings in her name.

The other new wrinkle to our early season work is Juniper, our six month old who is very interested in everything I'm doing, so we're involving her with skills-appropriate tasks.

What's growing on with you all?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

mostly my anxiety 😝

but more seriously, I need to plant the rest of my tulip bulbs - I converted most of my lawn into gardens, but now I don't have the time to grow food in the gardens like I planned, so I need easy to maintain perennials that look nice so my neighbors won't think I'm neglecting my yard (because I totally am).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh. I feel that down to my roots 🫂

We go pretty hard on herbs and fruit bushes in the spaces our neighbors can easily see, maybe that's a path worth exploring for your space? Bonus points if what you select have different size and color flowers - they'll attract beneficial insects to help mitigate pest pressure and that can entice them to lay their eggs in the habitats you've built so there's an endemic population ready to help year after year.

Here's hoping you manage to get some of your gardening time back to relieve some of the anxiety 💕