oops!

OK, I stand corrected. I guess you can't plant things outdoors in Ohio yet--but it's getting close? Thanks Teresa my Zone 6/Facebook/Peterson Elementary pal!

Teresa, by the way, is starting heirloom tomatoes from dried seeds she harvested from last year's crop. That's hardcore.

I am also very happy to report that my white flax may have survived another year! Those things are hard to get started...I'm pulling out Lewis's (blue) flax like weeds, but the cool white and red kinds? Different story...

This is the time of year I start poking around the crowns of my dormant perennials. Should start seeing new growth very soon and being able to figure out what survived the winter--I tend to lose at least a few plants every winter...but most do live, and it's so much fun to see them come back! This fall I moved a bunch of plants around so am curious to see how many survived the transplant. My theory is: if you move plants around when they're dormant/sleeping*, when they wake up, they don't know they've been moved!

*assuming you haven't hacked off all the roots in the move--a good spade-full of dirt/roots is good--with the new hole already dug and soaked with water.

Wow, I like blogging about plants. Off to First Friday art walk!