There Is Always Something New To Try

I LOVE gardening! And I especially love that I have 30+ years of gardening experience and I am still experimenting with growing new things. With gardening, there is always something new to try.

This past winter I spied rhubarb seeds for sale online and I was like, there is no way growing rhubarb from seed is going to be easy.

Because if growing rhubarb from seed was super simple, then why on earth would people be willing to pay $45 for a single rhubarb plant at the nursery?

Well, I’m here to tell you, I should have tried growing rhubarb years ago. If I had, I could have turned pro, retired and had a farm in the Cotswold’s by now.

Yada yada yada…

Last month I started 2 packets of rhubarb seeds {about 60 seeds total} and yesterday after repotting them into Solo cups, I ended up with about 50 rhubarb starts.

I couldn’t believe it. I don’t even have a clue where I’m going to put 1 rhubarb plant let alone 50 but I just HAD to give it a try.

So if you’ve never tried growing rhubarb from seed before {or you want to start a rhubarb growing operation} I say GO FOR IT!! If I can do it, so can you. 🙂

In other gardening news…

The chives and English lavender are doing beautifully. They are currently spending about 8 hours a day outside right now.

The sugar snap peas are almost ready for their first overnight.

The HH couldn’t figure out why Rosie was “so dry” and I told him she was probably rootbound in the pot and sure enough… She was.

She’s much happier in her new container.

Current view of the side yard, my tulip “cutting” garden and some arborvitae trees we picked up at Costco {$32.99 each!}.

We’ll plant them next door once the fence is installed {which won’t be for a few more months} as part of a privacy border.

We’ll have to plant them inside the fence though because deer like that particular variety. Costco also had some really nice 3 gallon size boxwoods for just $21.99.

I prefer the dwarf boxwood varieties though so we didn’t get any.

Costco always has fantastic deals on plants from early April to about mid May so be on the lookout. You can save some seriously big bucks if you can get there before they all get swooped up.