We're halfway through potting up all the plants we've overwintered, but are looking at temps below freezing for the next two nights. Today will be about getting covers ready for everything and setting up ambient warmth for several of our plants that are currently flowering. On my way home from a doctor's appointment, I stopped to pick up a cutting of a curly willow (Salix matsudana) from a woman in town whose tree was damaged in a recent snow storm.
This one cutting was turned into a dozen after I got home. I've planted out three or four and the remaining sections were loosely bundled and placed into our five gallon bucket with several other varieties of willow we're rooting in water.
What's growing on with you all?
The sunshine is finally out and the back and forth between false springs (there were like 4 this year) and so on the last one my partner laid some seeds for some herbs in our front yard. Mint and a couple other things, so we don't have to buy it mainly. The front section is our main focus at the moment.
Our back garden is wilding right now, we've been too busy and stressed to take care of it unfortunately. I really want to clean up all the extra pots and things that I don't think we have the space to use, and find something efficient to row and stack them to be functional. There's also issues with our area having agitated unhoused persons coming through and ruining our space, which can be quite demoralizing. They hit the front and the back and sometimes the neighbors, so my partner and I have had a hard time really mustering the energy to make it pristine, on top of the false springs previously mentioned.
In any case, I'm excited to make it nice in the back because we have a lovely "portable" fire pit and replacing the clutter with plants is always a breath of fresh air!
Here's hoping those seeds grow so well it reinvigorates you for the other stuff you'd like to tackle! I'm saddened that folks are disrespectful towards your gardens when they could instead be helped by them.
It is disheartening especially since we do community work, but if people don't want help it can be hard for everyone. I don't have any ill will, just hopes that all can get the help they need and aren't resorting to playing with other people's things for fun lol