Your 2026 Garden

[tripletfeb]

It was 90° on Wednesday, dropped to 30° this morning.

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Pansies will be fine.

Believe it or not, I have pansies that grow every spring, where I didn't even plant them. They grow out of my rock bed and it's no where close to where I planted them before. I know the birds probably dropped seeds there but my point is that they have survived three northern Ohio winters with me not even knowing about them

 

[fuzzi]

Believe it or not, I have pansies that grow every spring, where I didn't even plant them. They grow out of my rock bed and it's no where close to where I planted them before. I know the birds probably dropped seeds there but my point is that they have survived three northern Ohio winters with me not even knowing about them

They're biennials, so must be dropped seeds.

 

[kattabelly]

Filed under 'you learn something new everyday'...
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Apparently chickens like young rhubarb leaves and they're not a poison for them.

Rhubarb contains oxalic acid and it's more concentrated in the leaves than the stems. The dose is what makes it toxic - in smaller amounts it shouldn't be an issue. Plenty of plants that are intentionally grown as food as also high in oxalic acid and have the potential to cause problems for anyone eating huge amounts of them - sorrel, for one. Spinach contains a fair amount too.

Believe it or not, I have pansies that grow every spring, where I didn't even plant them. They grow out of my rock bed and it's no where close to where I planted them before. I know the birds probably dropped seeds there but my point is that they have survived three northern Ohio winters with me not even knowing about them

The seed heads explode! I've made the mistake before of putting a load of collected seed pods down somewhere, meaning to bag them up to dry, and then forgetting until a few days later when I start finding seeds all over the entire room.

 

[kattabelly]

I've finally got round to having a look through my seed stash. Starting a bit late this year because I've only just finished moving house.

 

[Rillowen]

Where are you that you plant peas indoors? I've never heard of that as we plant them direct in the garden.

That's actually a cool idea though, to have fresh peas in the winter!

Oh no, I put them outside! But i put them in the pot under a bottle, at 8 weeks before spring!

 

[Rillowen]

I've finally got round to having a look through my seed stash. Starting a bit late this year because I've only just finished moving house.
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That looks almost as bad as mine!

 

[kattabelly]

I sometimes sprout peas indoors for shoots over the winter. For outdoor growing I'll often sprout them indoors too and plant out as soon as they've begun to germinate - mice don't seem to be so interested in digging them up to eat, after that.

That looks almost as bad as mine!

That's about half of them

 

[Rillowen]

This is only my second year with my own yard, so give me a bit and ill be there!