I have to admit, one of the things I love about hyacinths is that they flop over after a bit — it’s as if they’re shouting at you, “Pick me, pick me!” And then you cut them and bring them into the house and put them in vases and it smells like spring.
Need to straighten up the cutting garden a bit, but the flowers are coming anyway, whether I’m ready or not. Daffodils, species tulips.
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Native fairy candles, just starting to emerge. So feathery. With scilla behind.
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In case it seems like I’m perfectly fine, which you might think from all the garden / cooking / sewing / cat photos, let me note, for the record, that I’m walking around on the verge of tears for hours every day. There’s a huge knot of tension in my upper back that Kevin periodically
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Okay, so I have all these seedlings, and they’re ridiculously cheerful, which is great, but I am also getting anxious and stressed about them because I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with them next. I think some of them need thinning? Some of them I probably put too many seeds in? Help.
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Doing these, I’m mostly learning that I’m a truly TERRIBLE videographer. Jeez. I made the mistake of carrying my morning coffee around with me this time, which meant that I was even less effective than usual at actually showing you plants. I won’t do that again, sorry! I should have gotten the phone closer to
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If you’re going to plant the early spring ephemerals, I really do recommend an itty-bitty vase of some kind, so you can do this. Chionodoxa, aka glory-of-the-snow, with the most charming starry flowers.
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