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av8rdave

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9. I don't, but my wife certainly does

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:05 AM

Apr 4

I couldn’t name most of what she grows, because plants are just a smudgy, green background to me (a defect, I know).

She has our yard full of healthy plants. My favorite is one I actually know - a lush lavender growing under our hummingbird feeder. I have no idea whether or not it attracts the hummers (we get a lot), but what I love about it is that all summer it literally vibrates from all the honeybees. I wind up watching them as much as I do the hummingbirds.

Weird aside on plants: Bev is a wonderful cook and loves to use fresh herbs, so I got her one of those indoor herb gardens. Unfortunately it doesn’t produce enough of anything to be useful. Except for dill, which is the one herb she never uses. She has to cut that one back every 2 or 3 days. Guess I should start making pickles.

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Do you have a green thumb? If so what are you growing or going to grow in your garden this year? I will grow lavender. [View all] debm55 Apr 3 OP

I envy your lavender. I do petunias and amazon dianthus in winter and salvia, purslane, portulaca, and vinca in summer surfered Apr 3 #1

Thank you very much for sharing your selection with us. surfered. debm55 Apr 3 #2

No green thumb here! CrispyQ Apr 3 #3

HAHAHHAH. Thank you very much for your virtual garden.CrispyQ debm55 Apr 3 #5

I will grow whatever Mother Nature allows me to grow. Ocelot II Apr 3 #4

I have my seedling growing in garage Thank you, Ocelot II debm55 Apr 3 #6

Grow a garden for mental health, good food and my cat likes to help. PufPuf23 Apr 3 #7

Wow, You must have a large yard, PufPuf23. Your selections are great. That is what I use my lavender for . debm55 Apr 3 #8

I don't, but my wife certainly does av8rdave Apr 4 #9

Half new seeds; half last year's. quaint Apr 4 #10

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