A garden awake after winter.
Thankfully this year we didn't experience much freezing weather here in Long Island, NY.
My Italian Parsley will attest to it as it grew back new leaves and shoots. I was so used to losing them to frost every year before this one. Since the plant is biennial I think it will go to seed this year. (A biennial is a plant that last 2 seasons or years - another example is carrot and collard green. Biennial's grow one year and produces flowers and seeds next year)
Below are some of the plants that grew out in my garden when the last of the snow melted this year.
Tulips.
I recently read an article about how Dutch farmers had to destroy hundreds of tons of tulip flowers after the coronavirus lockdown. All those pictures of so many beautiful flowers destroyed in Amsterdam.... So sad!
The branches of my figs would die out to the ground every year but this year it is almost intact. I had to cut them back a couple of feet to make it more compact. If there is a frost then usually only the underground stem/ root part will still be alive and new shoots grow back from those.
Currants are growing well
So is raspberries. I can't wait to show you pictures once they started fruiting.
Thornless Blackberry- a gift from a friend couple of years back.
Asparagus is putting out its shoots
Chives with flower buds.
Sage plants is very hardy here in downstate, NY. They were able to withstand the harshest of winter that we have here (USDA Zone 7a ) and can survive even in poor soil conditions. I have a variegated sage and a regular one. Both needs minimal care. The variegated one is so pretty that I planted it in my front yard. The leaves are green and has white speckles/border.
Lavender is getting ready to flower.
Blue berries is also putting out leaves and flowers. I will do a posting on blueberries later.
I planted potatoes in late march and they are just sprouting leaves.
It is amazing how proper sun light can do wonders when growing plants. The below 2 plots were planted with potatoes on the same day and see how the growth rate differs? The plants on the first photo has more sunlight and the second one had an hour or two less sunlight per day by my estimate. the difference is their size is huge. I mean you can barely see the plants in the second picture.
Both plots planted in the same day and photos taken in the same day.
Also did you know that potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) belong to the same same family as Egg plants (Solanum melongena)?
There are a lot more postings coming up as we are only getting started! Stay tuned.
My Italian Parsley will attest to it as it grew back new leaves and shoots. I was so used to losing them to frost every year before this one. Since the plant is biennial I think it will go to seed this year. (A biennial is a plant that last 2 seasons or years - another example is carrot and collard green. Biennial's grow one year and produces flowers and seeds next year)
Below are some of the plants that grew out in my garden when the last of the snow melted this year.
Tulips.
I recently read an article about how Dutch farmers had to destroy hundreds of tons of tulip flowers after the coronavirus lockdown. All those pictures of so many beautiful flowers destroyed in Amsterdam.... So sad!
The branches of my figs would die out to the ground every year but this year it is almost intact. I had to cut them back a couple of feet to make it more compact. If there is a frost then usually only the underground stem/ root part will still be alive and new shoots grow back from those.
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Currants are growing well
So is raspberries. I can't wait to show you pictures once they started fruiting.
Thornless Blackberry- a gift from a friend couple of years back.
Asparagus is putting out its shoots
Chives with flower buds.
Sage plants is very hardy here in downstate, NY. They were able to withstand the harshest of winter that we have here (USDA Zone 7a ) and can survive even in poor soil conditions. I have a variegated sage and a regular one. Both needs minimal care. The variegated one is so pretty that I planted it in my front yard. The leaves are green and has white speckles/border.
Lavender is getting ready to flower.
Blue berries is also putting out leaves and flowers. I will do a posting on blueberries later.
I planted potatoes in late march and they are just sprouting leaves.
It is amazing how proper sun light can do wonders when growing plants. The below 2 plots were planted with potatoes on the same day and see how the growth rate differs? The plants on the first photo has more sunlight and the second one had an hour or two less sunlight per day by my estimate. the difference is their size is huge. I mean you can barely see the plants in the second picture.
Both plots planted in the same day and photos taken in the same day.
Also did you know that potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) belong to the same same family as Egg plants (Solanum melongena)?
There are a lot more postings coming up as we are only getting started! Stay tuned.
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