ninnymary
Garden Master
Are the oak leaves already broken down in the compost? How much compost do you have? I'd say if you have lots of compost already made to go ahead and mix that in.
Mary
Mary
They didn't survive anyway Mary... I have a few, but am about to dig up the few I have tomorrow..the soil needs replacing...I can't imagine that 5,000 california poppies would only cover 100 sq. ft. The plant gets kind of medium size, maybe about 1-2 ft wide. You surely do not need 5,000 seeds!
Mary
There are sure to be better things around for free than buying bags of dirt!
Any boarding stables nearby? Llama or alpaca farms? Friends with bunnies?
If the oak leaves are pretty well broken down they should be fine. Can you rake them against a fence and run over them with a mower to chop them up? (The fence is to keep them from blowing all over kingdom come.)
That's a great idea! Thanks!There are sure to be better things around for free than buying bags of dirt!
Any boarding stables nearby? Llama or alpaca farms? Friends with bunnies?
If the oak leaves are pretty well broken down they should be fine. Can you rake them against a fence and run over them with a mower to chop them up? (The fence is to keep them from blowing all over kingdom come.)
How to sow poppies
I bet poppies would be a good choice! We have poppies just growing wild in many places here in the Pacific Northwest. Seems they live by themselves just fine with no help from humans!Ok, now that I'm sure I have a flower bed full of weeds sprouting rather than petunias, I've hoed out my beds and am trying to decide what to plant. I'm an extremely busy nursing student, wife and mom of 3 littles, and graduation is in MAY! Hooray! With that being said, I was thinking of sowing seeds in my beds and pretty much ignoring them until after graduation. I'm thinking poppies? Gosh,they are just so pretty to me! I have zero experience with these, but I've heard they're easy growers and thrive in sandy, rocky, poor soil which is exactly what I have. They get 6-7 hours of sunlight a day.. I need something I can use and abuse so to speak! lol! Any suggestions?
Thanks guys!!