Pandemic Garden Club
Feb. 7th, 2026 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scrubjayspeaksWelcome to the January 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...
Winter presents additional slightly weird sights!
One of my teammates requested some support in getting more exercise by walking laps around the building during breaks, so we’re doing a little competition/accountability thing. I love walking laps outside anyway, so this suits me fine. Some of the trees in the landscaping around the parking lot, bare of leaves, are studded with these...flowers? Seed pods? Orbital laser weapons? Ceremonial rapier for a fairy?
Though I took the photo, I didn’t try to run it through the Seek app for identification. On another of my laps, maybe I’ll be able to determine what it is. They’re pretty high up, so I’m not sure I can collect any, but I really want one to take home.
In the cold frame, things are going a bit feral. This kalanchoe (oak leaf, maybe?) has sent out branches to take over anything it can touch. And then, out of nowhere, it decided to...bloom? Again, a little unclear if this is the flower or the seed pod/fruit that came after. Time will tell, I suppose. I think it did this once before, many years ago.
I weed whacked in the wild flower field, sweeping high enough that all I took out were the forming seed heads of the foxtails. The grasses I’m planting are slowly managing to out-compete them, with a little help. While out there, I saw a few lupine leaf clusters coming up. By the next day, this one had sent up a flower spike and gone into full bloom. Things happen so fast! The evening light shining through it looked amazing.
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...
Winter presents additional slightly weird sights!
One of my teammates requested some support in getting more exercise by walking laps around the building during breaks, so we’re doing a little competition/accountability thing. I love walking laps outside anyway, so this suits me fine. Some of the trees in the landscaping around the parking lot, bare of leaves, are studded with these...flowers? Seed pods? Orbital laser weapons? Ceremonial rapier for a fairy?
Though I took the photo, I didn’t try to run it through the Seek app for identification. On another of my laps, maybe I’ll be able to determine what it is. They’re pretty high up, so I’m not sure I can collect any, but I really want one to take home.
In the cold frame, things are going a bit feral. This kalanchoe (oak leaf, maybe?) has sent out branches to take over anything it can touch. And then, out of nowhere, it decided to...bloom? Again, a little unclear if this is the flower or the seed pod/fruit that came after. Time will tell, I suppose. I think it did this once before, many years ago.
I weed whacked in the wild flower field, sweeping high enough that all I took out were the forming seed heads of the foxtails. The grasses I’m planting are slowly managing to out-compete them, with a little help. While out there, I saw a few lupine leaf clusters coming up. By the next day, this one had sent up a flower spike and gone into full bloom. Things happen so fast! The evening light shining through it looked amazing.
