The only thing we as gardeners need to do is provide the seeds and Mother Nature will do most of the work for us. Since I had a number of different seeds and didn't want to start them in home made greenhouses I just scattered most of them in bare spots in the garden. In some cases like the image above I actually went a step further and first plotted out a line where I would plop these seeds. But it's pretty rare that I do that because in my garden I don't necessarily strive for perfect lines and symmetry. Direct sowing seeds in the garden is a lot less expensive than sowing seeds indoors under lights, buying or making seed starting pots.
I really love the floweres that reseed themselves. They make nice filler between other plants and I can dig them up to give to friends or take to the garden club as give away gifts.
ReplyDeletePlants the reseed themselves do make gardening easier. Yesterday I spent a good part of the afternoon transplanting seedings to different areas that had volunteered themselves.
ReplyDeleteMost of our vegetable garden last year was the product of direct-sowing. And we're back at it again this year. I agree, it couldn't be easier. And if the experiement fails, you're none the worse for it, really.
ReplyDeleteEh.. perfect lines are overrated anyway! :) So whatcha got growing there? (I'm bad at seedling identification unless it's something I've already grown--those look like cucumbers or broccoli or any other number of seedlings to me. I need to get better at the ID'ing!)
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ReplyDeleteYou're right about not loosing much if you try it. I wish more people tried it, especially people who are new to gardening.
BSG,
You know I can't for the life of me remember what these were. But they're ornamentals of some kind, and I'm leaning towards Scabiosa because I had a bunch of those that I was trying to use up one day. Although they could be Asclepia because I sowed them in the same area of the garden.
I'm bad at seedling IDs too unless I'm really familiar. I have hundreds of seedlings around and I'm having trouble distinguishing between the weeds and the plants.
I'm glad that you're bad at ID'ing seeds, too--makes me feel a little better about my deficiency! :)
ReplyDeleteThere was a great website that I stumbled upon some time ago... it showed pictures of lots of kinds of seedlings. If I can find it back, I'll send you a link. I wish I could remember it offhand, because it helped me out a lot last year when I started winter sowing and I sure could use it this year, too.
They look like the starts of tomato plants. Am I wrong? Of course I am. hehe. What are these?
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late response BSG and DS but I am not of the opinion that it is maybe Bells of Ireland?
ReplyDeleteNow I can't wait for it to get bigger 'cause now I'm really curious.