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What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

Yep. A lot of that stuff happens here, too.Sometimes plants appear from nowhere (passing birds, I imagine) and I can't identify them until they start producing flowers or fruit!
it is when tomato or strawberry plants turn up in the chook's area that gets me... I know where they have been and up to what then!
 
The wind blew all of tomato seeds in the ground. I have to start over today, I’m going to leave them inside a plastic bag, maybe inside a wet paper towel.
 
I just inspected my lettuce bed and I found some cilantro, I never thought they would sprout here, maybe the warm wing. I also have some dill too. Some of winter vegetables are bolting, not a good sign, that means the temperature is too warm for them.
 
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I just inspected my lettuce bed and I found some cilantro, I never thought they would sprout here, maybe the warm wing. I also have some dill too. Some of winter vegetables are bolting, not a good sign, that means the temperature is too warm for them.
I picked this shipping box up at the Ball factory and as of this spring it'll have been sitting outside for two years. This year it'll become an herb/spice box.
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I picked this shipping box up at the Ball factory and as of this spring it'll have been sitting outside for two years. This year it'll become an herb/spice box.View attachment 140211
Great use of something you already have for the garden. My front yard is very hot, best for herbs and spices, i just saw oregano baby seedlings sprouting up. I’ll see if I can sow sage. Some years I have too many and some years I have nothing.
 
Great use of something you already have for the garden. My front yard is very hot, best for herbs and spices, i just saw oregano baby seedlings sprouting up. I’ll see if I can sow sage. Some years I have too many and some years I have nothing.
That factory, Ball, lets me have whatever they're already going to put in a roll away that they have to pay for as long as the receiving crew gets a bit of veggies or melons from my garden. It works. I have to go by there when things dry out and get some wood for the legs.
 
I’m thinking of growing artichoke plants in my front garden, here is a series of pictures from one year.
The flowers are stunning, I didn’t how to eat artichokes except to boil them and drink the water.




 
I’m thinking of growing artichoke plants in my front garden, here is a series of pictures from one year.
The flowers are stunning, I didn’t how to eat artichokes except to boil them and drink the water.




Do you know how to eat them now? They're very good!
 
I’m thinking of growing artichoke plants in my front garden, here is a series of pictures from one year.
The flowers are stunning, I didn’t how to eat artichokes except to boil them and drink the water.





A favourite of mine. You can microwave them. Easy!
 
I love artichokes, but as stupid as it sounds, I can’t figure out how to get from a whole globe artichoke to what you find in the little jars of artichoke hearts. All the recipes seem to favor stuffing them and eating them whole.
 
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