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What are your garden goals for 2025? (self.greenspace)

submitted 3 days ago by LallyLuckFarm to c/greenspace

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Are you planning big changes, or minor tweaks to a working system? Are there new-to-you plants you're excited to try your hand at? Let's share our dreams and goals and inspire each other!

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[–] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am hoping this year to get my second set of raised beds built as well as a few more planters and even a set of trellises this year. I have improvements to attempt from last year's tomatoes, peppers, onions, and okra, to make it better this year, and will be including as well some corn, beans, and even maybe some lettuce in the later part of the season.

Also going to grow flowers including wildflowers for pollinators, and milkweed. I want to begin working on the yard moreto make it nicer. This will be my third summer and third year that I've had this house, I intend to do more.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 17 hours ago

Wildflowers for pollinators can be super easy to grow if you got the space and patience for them. I get my seeds from Prairie Moon if you live in the USA. The website has seed kits of recommended plants that go together depending on your needs. Moreover you can sort by bloom time, color and native zone. Finally most native plants need cold stratification to grow so its actually a great time to directly plant native seeds in the areas you want them.

We have had great success in getting bees and butterflies with just a few native plants over the last two years. Our neighbors have even mentioned it to us. I think we are seeing more birds as well from the natives. We did see a hummingbird last year visit our Cardinal Flower which was amazing. Good luck and it is totally worth while