Pandemic Garden Club
Dec. 7th, 2024 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scrubjayspeaksWelcome to the December edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!
Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.
As for myself...
These are crocuses. Specifically, they are the kind from which saffron is harvested. Mum got me some as a gift, and they’ve sprouted after a few months. This is apparently the right time for them, though my other crocuses don’t normally come up until the tail end of winter. Someday, I hope to make very luxurious rice with their saffron threads.
The wildflower seeds I spread at the start of November have begun to sprout. I don’t know what anything is exactly; I can just tell it’s more than just the first flush of grass after rain. I still have some seeds held in reserve, so I’ll do a second planting in spring as well. That’s going to be the strategy for the coming growing season--start early, reseed often, try to outpace death and disaster.
The liquid amber trees put on their fall colors...
...while the cottonwoods have taken it all off. :D
Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.
As for myself...
These are crocuses. Specifically, they are the kind from which saffron is harvested. Mum got me some as a gift, and they’ve sprouted after a few months. This is apparently the right time for them, though my other crocuses don’t normally come up until the tail end of winter. Someday, I hope to make very luxurious rice with their saffron threads.
The wildflower seeds I spread at the start of November have begun to sprout. I don’t know what anything is exactly; I can just tell it’s more than just the first flush of grass after rain. I still have some seeds held in reserve, so I’ll do a second planting in spring as well. That’s going to be the strategy for the coming growing season--start early, reseed often, try to outpace death and disaster.
The liquid amber trees put on their fall colors...
...while the cottonwoods have taken it all off. :D
