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A Peek of Wonderfulness
Imagine my surprise when I opened the blinds this morning and saw this:
About an hour later my daughter awoke and was equally surprised and incredibly excited! Looking at the weather widget on my iGoogle page, though, I know we shouldn't get too excited as snow is predicted all week long. But wow! To see grass in our backyard is truly wonderful. As we said this morning, "This means that Spring isn't TOOOO far away!"
And, of course, the very notion that Spring will be here eventually, spurned me on to go remind myself what I'll need to do to my lavender plants. I had read late last fall to just leave them as-is and deal with them in the Spring.
Here's what I found (again) from various sources:
Lavender (Lavandula) Many areas have a hard time over-wintering lavender. The problem is more often moisture than cold, but cold is a factor. Don’t prune lavender late in the season, as new growth is extremely cold sensitive. Wait until new growth appears in the spring before removing winter die back. (USDA Zones 5 - 9)
Spring pruning encourages thicker growth and more flower production so do trim the plant in the early spring just when the buds start to swell on the stems.
So we'll see. Last year was the first time I ever grew lavender, and frankly, I've no idea what kind of lavender planted. (Whatever the local Home Depot was selling that day!) We'll be moving from here in another 1.5 years or so.... so getting 'attached' to my plants isn't something I can afford to do anyway. If they survived the winter and thrive this year, great, if not... well, it will have been a learning experience.
Do you know what growing zone you live in? You can zoom in on you area and find out by clicking the image below.
I imagine with a lot of snow you would get tired of it! We just got our first snow of the season and the children are so thrilled - mentioned you and linked to your site! Drop by sometime!
I am so glad that you are getting at least a little relief from the snow. In our neck of the woods, spring has come early. The trees are all pushing out leaves and the fruit trees are blooming a little.
I love lavender, all kinds. I have it all over my front yard, three different kinds. When I go out in the yard, I always rub my hands on the lavender leaves and they smell sooooo good for a long time.
Dreaming of summer...we can skip through spring and all its allergies. Sniff sniff.
Your new header is lovely. :-)
When I saw the picture, I focused on the SNOW not the grass. You can tell I live where it never snows, huh? Rejoicing with you! To be excited about that patch of grass must mean that it's been a LONG time under snow!
I just voted for your blog @ hearts for homeschooling.....and you should be Number One! I Love your new background and banner and such. I was checking out some of the top homeschool blogs....and umm, not so much. :) I am a fan of YOURS. (am i biased? lol) Anyway- glad to see the snow is melting....hope it gets nicer out. I will be calling you in the AM (Friday evening for you I believe) Look forward to talking with ya. I miss you seester. And I miss my DN too.....Love to you all.
In your research on lavender did you see anything about why it might now grow? I put one in about 3 years ago and it lives but looks exactly like when I planted it. Never bigger, smaller, bloom or anything.... This year I was thinking I might move it somewhere else just to see if it helps? Any thoughts?
hi! i've really enjoyed looking at your site. i came here to check out your notebooking pages--but was delighted to find gardening, guinea pigs, crocheting...i had to double check to make sure i wasn't on my own blog site! anyway, you mentioned that you don't want to grow beans this year. if that's because you don't have the space, consider planting them in hanging baskets. i plant green beans (scarlet runner beans are gorgeous!) and wax beans in hanging baskets which hang on my deck. i usually plant 5-6 plants around the edges of the basket and something like swiss chard or lettuce in the center. the method makes for a lovely vining plant, easy to harvest, and very easy to clean up at the end of the season! also, because it doesn't touch the ground, you won't be bothered with slugs or dirt on your produce. :) this year we also planted vining peas in baskets. have an awesom growing season!! jenny
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