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In the Garden March 2023

Everything is growing well in the garden. I haven’t yet lost any plants, except the seeds that didn’t succeed in the veggie gardens.

One disappointing aspect of the gardens planted by the landscapers were the lack of trailing plants in the the concrete planter boxes. They really needed some softening when we moved in. I’m happy to say that the herbs and other plants I planted are doing well and achieving the desired spillover effect.

Some of the annual herbs will need replacing now.

Dill flowers. I’ll let them dry out a little more and collect the seeds.

Both rhubarb plants are doing well, but the one on the west side of the garden is going bonkers! I plan to eat some this week.


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2 responses to “In the Garden March 2023”

  1. Our backyard (our WHOLE yard, to be honest) is a disaster zone. We had to excavate for drainage a few years ago which displaced all of the mature landscaping. This is hopefully going to be the summer for getting things back in shape and your garden oasis is wonderful inspiration!

    1. Melissa Avatar

      That’s a shame about the drainage issues. Very sad to lose mature landscaping. This is the second garden we have planted from scratch, I can’t wait to see how it fills out. Good luck with your planting. I’m guessing it’s a lot harder to get everything established over where you are with your extreme winters. Although growth slows down here, it does keep going and often autumn is a good time to put plants in here so they establish over winter then really take off in spring.