It's that time of year! In more northern areas, gardens are just starting, while in the south, they're well underway.

Do you garden, indoors or out? Edibles, ornamentals, or a combination? What are you planting this year?

In Oregon where I live, the early stuff is in the ground -- I've planted my radishes, lettuce, peas, carrots, and some flowers. We're still a little early for some of the later veggies. I also grow carnivorous plants -- it's a big hobby of mine -- and in March I did all the replanting and trimming of my outdoor temperate pitcher plants and Venus flytraps.

This year I'm planting dragon carrots (they're purple!), dragon radishes, and dragon's tongue beans. Notice a theme? Haha. I'm also planting several varieties of snap peas (I loooove peas fresh from the garden), cucumbers, tomatoes (probably Champion II, I find they produce really well for me), hot peppers (my pet parrot loves them, though I don't!), a couple other bean varieties, and green bell peppers. I'll also plant some annual herbs like basil.

In terms of perennial herbs, I have thyme, oregano, lavender, rosemary, sage, and some I'm forgetting, I'm sure. My strawberries are also starting to send out lovely leaves -- I know some people in the south are already getting berries! less

It's that time of year! In more northern areas, gardens are just starting, while in the south, they're well underway.

Do you garden, indoors or out? Edibles, ornamentals, or a combination? What are you planting this year?

In Oregon where I live, the early stuff is in the ground -- I've planted my radishes, lettuce, peas, carrots, and some flowers. We're still a little early for some of the later veggies. I also grow carnivorous plants -- it's a big hobby of mine -- and in March I did all the replanting and trimming of my outdoor temperate pitcher plants and Venus flytraps.

This year I'm planting dragon carrots (they're purple!), dragon radishes, and dragon's tongue beans. Notice a theme? Haha. I'm also planting several varieties of snap peas (I loooove peas fresh from the garden), cucumbers, tomatoes (probably Champion II, I find they produce really well for me), hot peppers (my pet parrot loves them, though I don't!), a couple other bean varieties, and green bell peppers. I'll also plant some annual herbs like basil.

In terms of perennial herbs, I have thyme, oregano, lavender, rosemary, sage, and some I'm forgetting, I'm sure. My strawberries are also starting to send out lovely leaves -- I know some people in the south are already getting berries! less

It's that time of year! In more northern areas, gardens are just starting, while in the south, they're well underway.

Do you garden, indoors or out? Edibles, ornamentals, or a combination? What are you planting this year?

In Oregon where I live, the early stuff is in the ground -- I've planted my radishes, lettuce, peas, carrots, and some flowers. We're still a little early for some of the later veggies. I also grow carnivorous plants -- it's a big hobby of mine -- and in March I did all the replanting and trimming of my outdoor temperate pitcher plants and Venus flytraps.

This year I'm planting dragon carrots (they're purple!), dragon radishes, and dragon's tongue beans. Notice a theme? Haha. I'm also planting several varieties of snap peas (I loooove peas fresh from the garden), cucumbers, tomatoes (probably Champion II, I find they produce really well for me), hot peppers (my pet parrot loves them, though I don't!), a couple other bean varieties, and green bell peppers. I'll also plant some annual herbs like basil.

In terms of perennial herbs, I have thyme, oregano, lavender, rosemary, sage, and some I'm forgetting, I'm sure. My strawberries are also starting to send out lovely leaves -- I know some people in the south are already getting berries! less