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Posted by bakemom z6 Central Ohio (My Page) on Sat, Mar 8, 08 at 19:57
| I'm at 31 containers. I have done 200+ in the past, but my beds are full. With this crazy snow this weekend I did one 2 liter of Sweet William and had to stow it into the drifts.
This year I have lots of leaf lettuce and herbs. I'm also doing a bunch of perennial flowers for giveaways.
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RE: Winter Sowing in the Ohio Valley?
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| I am actually planting more this year than I have in the past. Have 59 containers and counting so far. Hoping to get at least 50 more planted and set out before the end of March. Some of what I have winter sown are cleome, scabiosa, holly hocks, several varieties of rudbeckias, daisies, coneflowers, clethra/summersweet, butterfly bushes, rose of sharon, delphs/larkspur, and snapdragons. Will soon put out many more snaps and lots of petunias and also wildflowers of all sorts. I have a plan in the works for a big project of wildflowers to cover this bank that slopes down to our riding arena. Ordered a pound of Bird's Foot Trefoil and lots of wildflowers from American Meadows to help with that. It's pretty ambitious for this "granny" so hope I can find the energy to do all that I want and still keep up with the flower beds around the house. Oh---and I did winter sow a pot of Buckeyes! :) Thought any self respecting farm in Ohio ought to have some Buckeye trees! lol So that is what I am doing. I am so glad that I can still garden with winter sowing with this long winter we are having. |
RE: Winter Sowing in the Ohio Valley?
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| I'm way behind this year. I just put out my first jugs tonight. I also have some stuff stashed in the fridge that should have been out a month ago. So far I have some trees & shrubs oak, buckeye (me too), wild black cherry, Japanese maple, gold flame honeysuckle, American bittersweet and lily of the valley shrub. Also several columbines, delphs and white & blue baptisa. There's a bag of MG on my kitchen floor and seeds are sorted so I'm gonna keep at it. The weather for the next week looks like winter's not going anywhere soon. ellen |
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