Twelve days ago I told @biffybirdcam I would post some gardening tales and photos "soon." For me, today still qualifies!
In the fall of 2017, my sister gave me $20 with which to buy daffodil bulbs for my birthday, since she had been unable to find any where she lives. My success was not much better, and I ended up with an assortment of narcissus, hyacinths, and mystery plants that did not bloom last year and have not yet bloomed this year. I have no idea what they are. In the photo above, they are on the right of the hyacinths. I would be pleased if someone could identify them!
I love daffodils, but they don't grow well for me. This one escaped my attention when I dug up all the flowers I used to have along the side of the garage. At least it bloomed!
My son gave me this bleeding heart twelve years ago and it has flourished in this shady spot under the stairs. A few years ago I attempted to build a retaining wall around it, but had no idea what I was doing. Although the wall lasted for a while, it has recently caved in. I intend to watch some YouTube videos on how to build one correctly. But I'll have to do it immediately, or else wait 'til fall, because this plant gets HUGE.
Rhubarb is one of the first plants to come up in the spring, making it an automatic favorite of mine. My husband helped me dig up the original plant in the fall of 2017 because it had gotten 'way too big and overgrown. This is the section I kept. It didn't look healthy last year; we'll see how it does this year.
Here is another mystery. I was pleasantly surprised to find all these lovely green things growing underneath a pile of dead raspberry canes I heaped up last fall. I supposed it's something my husband planted. Maybe bunching onions, which I never have understood how to grow, harvest, or use. I guess I better figure it out!
Last, but not least, is the strawberry bed. It, too, had gotten overgrown; last year half the berries rotted right there on the vine, probably because they couldn't get any air or light. So I have been digging it all up, a section at a time, and replanting a modest number of starts. I actually finished that project earlier today, and it is looking really good.