SNOW AGAIN
Well now that we are almost at the end of the month of May you would think we had seen the last of the snow. But, NO, it is here once again or should I say still. Who would believe that with the plants coming up in the ground it would get cold enough for snow. Only in Alberta can the weather fluctuate so much and so quickly. It can be 20 degrees celcius and then the temperature drops low enough to give us more snow.
I had to hurry to bring in my little baby seedlings to the warmth and protection of the house. I don't dare to take the chance of leaving them outside even though protected under plastic. The evenings have been quite cool but they have remained strong and healthy but since the plants are doing so well I couldn't risk losing them after all these weeks of caring for them.
I did plant the same flower seeds outdoors and the plants are sooooo much smaller but I wanted to see what the difference would be. I will wait until I am sure it is safe to put out the ones I started inside and it will be interesting to see just how much difference there really will be. Since I planted only those that would reseed and come back again year after year it will be interesting to know if planting them outside will make the plants more hardy to this unpredictable weather.
My new flowerbed which I dug up by hand in the fall is about 12 feet deep and about 40 feet long. Many of the plants I put in last year are up and very healthy. Mostly perennials are planted at the back. I have hollyhocks, delphiniums, Bachelor Buttons, Bee Balm, Lovage and Comfrey. Since these are all tall and stately plants it makes a wonderful background for all the new plants I have put in and will put in this year. So far I have put a hosta, and in the fall I put bulbs for tulips, grape hyacinths, daffodils, hyacinths, etc. When these bulbs start to die down the plants I am putting out later will cover the spots and the beauty will go on without bare spots in the garden. I was thrilled last fall to find a sale on bulbs which were regularly priced $4.99 and on sale for $1.00 per package. Needless to say I purchased 15 packages and planted them immediately. Not all have come up to my disappointment and I am sure it has something to do with the many, many neighborhood cats using my freshly dug flowerbed as a new litter box dug up just for them.
I am hoping to figure out how to put pictures to share the changes with others as things start to fill in. I don't know yet how to do so but it would be nice to watch the stages and the final outcome and have a record to look back on.
I had to hurry to bring in my little baby seedlings to the warmth and protection of the house. I don't dare to take the chance of leaving them outside even though protected under plastic. The evenings have been quite cool but they have remained strong and healthy but since the plants are doing so well I couldn't risk losing them after all these weeks of caring for them.
I did plant the same flower seeds outdoors and the plants are sooooo much smaller but I wanted to see what the difference would be. I will wait until I am sure it is safe to put out the ones I started inside and it will be interesting to see just how much difference there really will be. Since I planted only those that would reseed and come back again year after year it will be interesting to know if planting them outside will make the plants more hardy to this unpredictable weather.
My new flowerbed which I dug up by hand in the fall is about 12 feet deep and about 40 feet long. Many of the plants I put in last year are up and very healthy. Mostly perennials are planted at the back. I have hollyhocks, delphiniums, Bachelor Buttons, Bee Balm, Lovage and Comfrey. Since these are all tall and stately plants it makes a wonderful background for all the new plants I have put in and will put in this year. So far I have put a hosta, and in the fall I put bulbs for tulips, grape hyacinths, daffodils, hyacinths, etc. When these bulbs start to die down the plants I am putting out later will cover the spots and the beauty will go on without bare spots in the garden. I was thrilled last fall to find a sale on bulbs which were regularly priced $4.99 and on sale for $1.00 per package. Needless to say I purchased 15 packages and planted them immediately. Not all have come up to my disappointment and I am sure it has something to do with the many, many neighborhood cats using my freshly dug flowerbed as a new litter box dug up just for them.
I am hoping to figure out how to put pictures to share the changes with others as things start to fill in. I don't know yet how to do so but it would be nice to watch the stages and the final outcome and have a record to look back on.
posted by Linda Smith | 8:43 AM
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