mat daisy, white flax, chocolate flower, yarrow, sweet williams. And more tulips are poking their leaves up.
The wild red poppies (oriental I believe) that grow in masses along my hillside have started to come up too. Sweet! They're huge--like 3' tall. I seeded a few in my regular garden spots and they completely dwarfed the other plants--had to move them--so I dug them up and ran them to my neighbor--I hope they come back for her!
Last few years I've been trying to get some spots in my landscape to grow flowers only from seed. I'm having decent success with that. I'm also trying to seed some of my hillside with low-water wildflowers--flax, poppies (smaller variety), bachelors buttons, larkspur, sunflowers. I seeded a huge area last year and it looks like I'm getting some clumps of seedlings coming up. Yeah! We have sunflowers that don't need any water in the summer--they grow wild on the benches (and along the highway)--take some seed heads from them in the fall and scatter them in your yard--totally awesome, easy sunflowers.
How do I seed? I cut the flower stalks off the old flowers once they have dried out, take them in big bunches, and smack them around a new spot that I'd like to seed. Then I leave the stalks right there as kind of a cover/mulch and let the rest of the seeds fall out naturally. It seems to work!
OK, back to it! Nancy
About Me
- Nancy Goodman, MSEd, LPC
- Hello! I am a licensed counselor living in beautiful Pocatello, Idaho and am a two-time layoff survivor and thriver. I love working with individuals and organizations on career, wellness, workplace, communication, motivation, self-esteem, and spirituality issues. I draw my influences from Joseph Campbell, Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Psychology, Existentialism, and additional wellness and spirituality models. I consider my life to be a living laboratory where I apply these principles personally on a regular basis, and so far they're all holding up quite nicely! I like to keep myself busy in the community as time allows; I have served on the board of the Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services and have coached Girls on the Run/Girls on Track. When I am done stretching myself in a million directions (no worries, it's a good stretch) and planning my conquest of the universe, I like to hang at my cozy and historic home (translation: small and old) with my husband, baby girl, and 4-legged menagerie where the biggest drama comes in a red resealable envelope.
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