Colorful Garden Chat Picture Thread

Ah Haydee, I’m getting jealous. I had to leave my dearly loved roses in our apartment garden behind. Now I was only able to plant one rose, the rest will come in the fall (two more roses in the perennial bed by the street and a climbing rose).

But I’m really happy right now about my flower meadow, which I sowed on the small patch in front of our garden (that is community land, which we of course restored after the construction – but no longer with boring grass like it was, instead I sowed a flower meadow). So it’s about the little piece of earth in front of the fence:


I only sowed there last Wednesday – so not even a week ago. And it’s already sprouting and greening a lot:


*jooyyyyy*

Then you will have the first blossoms next year.
I planted 13 in November, one of which has broken.
In 18, a rambler rose and a Scottish hedge rose.

That's what I hope for!

As placeholders this summer, there are annual perennials (Levkojen and Cosmea). But I look forward to having roses again!

This year I want to grow vegetables for the first time. For this, I have already created beds "without digging". Simply lay down cardboard, which is supposed to suppress the old lawn and the weeds, and then a thick layer of compost on top. We (still) have plenty of that.

Hello , may I ask how the cardboard worked out? I've read the trick several times, but it rarely says anything about the time frames... how long did it take for the lawn to rot? Thank you in advance! (And a huge compliment on your/their taste. You have built a beautiful house, with so much greenery!)

Hello Smialbuddler... It actually worked great. I only did the cardboard this spring. There was one spot in the bed where I didn't have cardboard, and that's exactly where the old couch grass came up. I have to weed it out again and again. In all other places, the cardboard prevents it. The vegetables themselves root through without any problems.

That sounds very good, thank you! So the cardboard is still there and you just planted the vegetables directly on it? Or did you dig it up again? I plan to create a larger perennial bed in the fall and after the experience of the same action last year, I dread cutting through the old, very dense sod.