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    What's the weather in your area? 2022 Edition

    We'll hit 50 today with possible 60's next week. Spring may actually take up residence in the Midwest!
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    Hi..

    Welcome Lorena!
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    Return of the word games - ABC Plant Game

    T - Tree? Nah, I can do better...tiger lily
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    Do you plan your garden?

    Most of the time planning is “hey honey, let’s figure out what bed shape will be easiest for you to mow around” and I go from there lol. Once I did plan a shrub garden on graph paper. It came out pretty. My biggest challenge is actually finding the plants in my plan.
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    You gonna start something?

    Oh no’s! I haven’t lost at transplant. I have lost my fair share while hardening off though. Dora
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    What is your favorite flower, plant or tree?

    I love Jacob Kline Monarda, the flowers are just so distinctive and the leaves smell like Earl Grey tea. A favorite shrub is Golden Spirit smoke bush. It just glowed in my garden and the fall color was wonderful.
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    What is your favorite flower, plant or tree?

    I love the smell of jasmine. I can't grow it in Iowa though :-(
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    Return of the word games - ABC Plant Game

    K - kale (ha ha see what I did there....#GGHistoryReference)
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    Top 10 Plants For Bees

    Late season bloomers are great to include as well. Ones I've noticed that are popular are: Caryopteris and Hepticodium (Seven Sons flower). A bonus for monarda Jacob Kline is that hummers love it too!
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    Return of the word games - ABC Plant Game

    I - iris
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    You gonna start something?

    I have a boggy spot to play with this time. I'm looking at ligularia, clethra, Japanese anemones...oh and trollius (globe flower). I always try to find a place for trollius and Jacob's Ladder for my youngest. His name is Jacob, hence Jacob's Ladder). When he was little, the kids would play...
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    You gonna start something?

    Yeah, location, location, location right? My old spread was an acre of prairie so it was great there as irrigation was tough. I tried to keep the more high maintenance plants close to the water source while the outer gardens had to be more self sustaining.
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    You gonna start something?

    When I did start, I did mostly annuals. I would start in my basement with fluorescent lights. I did few perennials. One that turned out to be a favorite is agastache Rupenstens. Hummingbirds loved it and the leaves smelled like root beer. I had a protected spot that I would harden off. However...
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    What are you spring plans?

    Shamrocks, ah that anchor of every Asian garden lol. Basically I’ve got a neighborhood pond in my new yard and I thought an Asian theme would be a great way to incorporate it as I’ve always found water soothing. I’m planning peonies, and evergreens. The existing beds have rock as mulch so I plan...
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    Recipe Dairy free ice cream

    Yes, I know, it’s an oxymoron lol. My daughter had a baby last July and he’s sensitive to milk protein. Since she’s nursing that means we’ve gotten a bit more adventurous than usual. I’ve discovered that cashew based ice cream is really pretty good too Anyone else have experience with dairy...
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    Oleanders ok to burn?

    Oleanders won’t survive the Great Plains, but, a quick google search revealed this article that says not to burn them. http://oleander.org/toxic/
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    Spring Pretties

    There's not much at my new place but we do have a pretty spectacular crabapple tree. Here's it's bloom from last year.
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    Crabapple 2017.jpg

    Crabapple in bloom.
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    Hello to old members

    Probably not :-( not the space of my old place. I may pick up a portable fire pit though.
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    What are you spring plans?

    We moved last year so this is our first Spring in the new digs. Of course this means new beds :-) I'm leaning more toward an "Asian fusion" type design but then I'm pretty easy to distract so we'll see what happens.


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