So who is starting their garden today? I'm planting nasturtium...

[undeterred]

Or maybe you're way ahead of me already.

[ewagner]

1. Raining

50 degrees for a high temp today.....wind at about 20-25 mph.....

No.

No, I don't think I'll be putting in my veggie garden today.....

[tridim]

2. That's what I love about strawberries

They grow themselves. They kind of took over my entire garden, so I'm going to have to kill some of them to make space for my tomatoes. Those suckers reproduce like mad! I'm going to the nursery today. Mmmm.. Romas!

[undeterred]

10. yummy!

[donco6]

3. Nasturtiums for me, too!

Soaked them all night last night. Had a few volunteers come up, but need to beef up my pots in the planter.

Both climbers and bush versions.

Transplanting columbines. and ferns. Then cleaning up the mess.

[Karenina]

4. Oh, that picture just made me cry...

Aren't they GORGEOUS??? I planted my first flower garden 50 years ago and THAT is what it looked like!!!!

[undeterred]

7. they're so easy and so beautiful

and I just remembered that I forgot to soak them overnight, but I doused them pretty well!

I have a flower box in front of my house that doesn't catch any rain but gets full sun. I just put a boatload of seeds in there, can't wait to see it overflowing with color.

[fudge stripe cookays]

Mine's in progress!

One of the things I love about Texas-- gardening in February!
I have tons coming up right now-- nasturtiums, snapdragons, oxalis, monarda, dianthus, daisies, daylilies, roses, salvia, hostas, moonflowers...

The Leontyne Gervaise roses over the arbor have suffused the middle of the garden with a very light (not overpowering perfume). And my thyme bed is going completely nuts, along with my hyssop and catmint. The oregano is still huge, and the chives are getting pretty big. I'm lacking dill and basil and need to put in some lavender tomorrow too.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to get out there and till up a new bed. It rained last night, so it's still pretty wet out there right now.

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[napi21]

5. I just planted 6 tomato plants, some zuccini and some squash.

I happen to think we could have done it much earlier, but my hubby said you have to wait until May.

Last year, I bought a pack of wild flower seeds to plant along one side of our house. At first they looked like weeds, but they are all blooming now, and are really great! They are supposed to have some blooms until November. We'll see. It's sure a great idea and requires absolutely nothing but looking at the beautiful flowers.

[undeterred]

8. that reminds me I need to get a tomato plant

I have the perfect spot for it.

Wildflowers sounds wonderful.

[salin]

6. raining here as well....

but this would be a good choice for me, if I recall,they are quite hardy, and can deal with poor soil. That is what I am stuck with for the short term.

[undeterred]

9. nasturtium are happy with sun and water and can deal with poor soil

I have a black walnut tree in the neighbors yard behind myself so I am stuck in the back with whatever can deal with it- I got a list of grasses from a friend whose father is a horticulture expert.

[CornField]

11. I want to get out in the yard, but it is downright cold in Iowa today.

Low 50s are to be the high today... by Wednesday we're supposed to be back in the 70s. Unfortunately, we're also supposed to have rain when it warms up.

Sucks.

[Spacemom]

12. We planted about midway through March

And harvested our first zuccini squash yesterday!

We also have cucumbers, banana peppers, jalapenos, pinto beans, cherry tomatos, better boy tomatos and strawberries.

I love a homegrown tomato. :)

[gizmo1979]

13. It's been too cold and wet

here in WI.We got all of aprils rain in May.I might open up the screen house though.Maybe it'll warm up by july.

[crispini]

14. I have six little baby tomatoes

and some peppers already on their way to eatin' size. :)

I do, however, want another bed and am thinking about where to put it. :evilgrin:

[Bridget Burke]

15. Here in Houston, the nasturtiums are beginning to fade....

We've had a dry spring & the heat is beginning. But they're lovely flowers & grow well from seed--unlike some floral prima donnas....

The climate here doesn't give us a time to "start" our gardens. Especially in recent years--we haven't had a heavy freeze in some time.

Now's the time to finish up any "heavy" gardening--before it gets too hot for anything but watering. Unless there's another flood....

[jandrok]

16. Wow, I always forget that folks in cold climates......

....dont get to garden pretty much year 'round like we do here in South Central Tejas. We've had our gardens in for weeks now.

I did flowers in the front beds, but I'm going to replace a few of them with some shrubs and Mexican Heather. I got a nice chili piquin plant from a friend of mine, and it's doing well. Even got a nice recipe for piquin jelly. If the bush produces well, I'm gonna try it.

My daughter did veggies out back. She has tremendously healthy tomatoes that are producing fruit like crazy. She also put in some bell peppers and they're also fruiting out pretty well. She threw in some marigolds as companions, but they've been overgrown by the massive tomato plants.

I'm gonna build two or three more beds out front. Don't know what I'll put in yet. We got lots of growing season left. The gardens have a lot of growing to do yet.