So. Much. Liriope. Beds and beds of it. Borders, everywhere. Random clumps. The chickens won’t eat it, either.
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I can smell it from here!
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Already ordered mine! Lots of new stuff this year. Why not try, you know?
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already getting seeds from my favorite supplier. really looking forward to this little gem:
supposed to be sweet/hot with a scoville of around 25,000. kinda mild by my taste, but the reported flavor profile interests me keenly!
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Those do sound lovely and not too hot for me. I’m A spice wimp
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Thank you for reminding me that I am late to order seeds (from the same outfit). Baker Creek has been my go-to for about 15 years.
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I’m planning for this year’s garden. Because I won’t be working remote as much this year I’m going to need plants that won’t need a lot of attention. Climate change has also caused summers to get hotter earlier so I’ll have to dial back on the plants that need long spells of cooler weather. I’m also going to concentrate on crops that will store well, and crops that can be processed into soups, salsa, and sauces.
So, this year I will be skipping large cabbages, Brocolli, and Brussels sprouts completely. Probably skip carrots too because of the care needed to ensure germination. No more bush beans because they require too much care, but pole beans will stay. Arugula will also be removed. I’m still debating whether to bother with eggplant because they are kinds hit or miss with yields and dont preserve easily.
I’ll go heavy on peppers and tomatoes as usual, but I’ll also plus up on onions and leeks. Red cabbage will stay as they make compact smallish heads that refrigerate well. I’ll also plus up on kale and add a few more varieties. I’ll also set more squash and be more deliberate in their feeding.
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Doing a lot of construction at the house, so this year will not really see a garden as such. Transplanted aronia, blueberry, black red and white currants and honeyberries to new, sunnier locals and will focus on the orchard and mushrooms. Pink oysters for summertime heat, but i think i will try lion’s mane and king oysters for the early spring before it gets very warm. Always trying something new!
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I have made a new friend in my new location and she’s quite the (amateur) mycologist. We’re going to search the property in April & May to see what might be here naturally, and then she’s offered to help me set up with one or two favorite types to ‘farm’.
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If you come across any Psilocybe, do tell!
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Inquiring minds! How is it doing?
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The preserved lemons are hanging out in the fridge, looking content and waiting for a weekend when I can experiment with cooking something with them, roasted chicken maybe, that won’t scare off Kiddo and spouse. I have @ClutchLinkey ’s hummus recipe on hand too.
To keep it somewhat gardening-related, roasting chicken without rosemary seems wrong. The Xmas week single digit temps wiped out my rosemary bushes, including my big gorgeous “Arp”. Birds and buzzing creatures loved it, it was blooming when the deep freeze hit, and I can’t bring myself to cut it back to the ground and/or dig it out because I am still hoping the roots survived and will send up new growth this spring 
The two others I did cut back last weekend were both unsalvageable.
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We had a couple of days of freezing rain lately. The trees in the neighborhood look really damaged. Because my spouse is so careful about pruning ours, It seems we have escaped with only one broken branch a few feet from the trunk. The ice is very thick on branches.
But the roses look bad. They did survive the big freeze where we had no power for several days and single digit temps a few years ago. I’m hoping they survive this. I’ll do what I did last time and wait until the usual pruning in late February. I really didn’t expect ice this thick or for this long
I have to wait and see if the poor Mexican red bud survived. 
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ooh! pretty!
reckon your guess is good. looks like cherry to me.
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If it is, and you don’t get a frost or snow in the next two weeks, you will have at least 30 lbs of cherries from that tree this year. Wow, that’s a lot of blooms!
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Gah! So envious.
Meanwhile, we’re looking at a low of -20F tonight. 
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A friend just sent me this seed catalogue she has used and really likes:
Among other areas of interest, they have a good Asian vegetable catalogue and lots of edible flower options.
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