How to Live a Relaxed Gardening Life

Season 7, Episode 17, March 26, 2025

Because of all of the good questions we’ve been gettng, in this week’s episode, we paused our alphabetical episodes. It is so hard to wait to plant those tender plants isn’t it? So, we did a whole session on how to live a relaxed gardening life.

While you wait, you could visit a local nursery or order some plants. Here’s what we browsed bought at Select Seeds (NOT affiliate links, we just like them!)

Climbing petunias

Dee grew old-fashioned, climbing petunias last year, saved the seed, lost the envelope and is now buying the plants again. Such is the gardening life.

Ornamental oregano

I like z‘Rotkugel’ ornamental oregano so much I ordered another variety from Select Seeds. Just remember oregano is a spreader, ornamental or not.

Pelargoniums

Nutmeg scented pelargonium is an easy one to grow. It has soft blue green foliage and small flowers.

In my update, I removed six eastern redcedars. This was so momentous I also posted two Instagram reels. Here’s one and two if you want to know why.

Carol’s favorite this week is the first violet. (She apologizes for the poor quality of the picture.)

Carol’s favorite was the first little violet blooming in the lawn. She mentioned some GrootPow Tools she is trying out. She also planted peas and wrote a blog post about it by the garden fairies.

We want you to remain calm about gardening this year. There will be successes. There will be failures. All will be well.

Also, wait a bit before you plant your tomatoes. Even if you don’t get another freeze, if you plant them too early, they are stunted and take forever to catch up. So, just wait.

About stealing plants, a link to Abby’s Garden Parties instagram post tells you why you shouldn’t do it.

Our book this week is Jane Auten’s Garden” A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams and Jessica Roux.

On our bookshelf is Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams and Jessica Roux by (Amazon link)

Our dirt was about wassailing to trees in early spring. Before this, I thought wassail was only a drink.

Links for our Rabbit Holes include:

Link to register for Herb Society of America's program presented by Carol on Lost Ladies of Herbal and Garden Writing. Plus the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing is Helen K. Krauss.

There are new “bad” ticks. We’ve suspected this for a long time, but science has now confirmed it. Insect Shield clothing helps protect you. The discount affiliate link is DEENASHRDR.

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