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Seed abuse in the name of cool plants

March 21, 2023

There is a tendency to think of plants as delicate things that require coddling, but some demand the opposite treatment. That’s how I found myself in a full-on assault a couple weeks ago as I… [Continue Reading]

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seedlings
Garden, Plants

7 ways to start seeds

February 25, 2022

Is there any task that has so many rules and yet so many people tackling it in different methods more than growing plants from seeds? It can make the whole process even more confusing. Each… [Continue Reading]

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Three nicotiana flowers
Garden, Plants

My brief but thrilling brush with plant breeding

July 23, 2020

I’ve always been a reluctant seed saver. Even though I’ve been growing flowers, vegetables and herbs from seed for many years now, I save seeds from very few of them. In some cases I’m not… [Continue Reading]

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Garden

The problem with panic sowing

April 23, 2020

When the world was busy panic-buying toilet paper, I was busy panic-sowing.  As it became clear that the novel coronavirus pandemic was going to change life, at least for awhile, I was in the middle… [Continue Reading]

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seeds
Edibles, Garden, Plants

Seed basics: Organic, GMO & how to read those packets

January 30, 2020

 This post is sponsored by Jung Seed Company but, as always, the words and opinions here are my own. Is it just me, or are more people into growing plants from seed? In the past couple… [Continue Reading]

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Annual border
Garden, Plants

The great seed-grown annual show

August 10, 2019

Me in February: I’m going to grow an entire garden from seed this year! I will grow all the things I’ve grown in the past and add in at least 20 new varieties because I… [Continue Reading]

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Sweet peas
Garden, Plants

How to grow great sweet peas

March 12, 2019

According to my seed-starting spreadsheet, which I make every year to tell me when and how I’m supposed to be starting seeds, March 14 was the day to start my sweet peas. But I couldn’t wait… [Continue Reading]

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Do you love gardening? Me too! I'm Erin and I garden in Southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5. The Impatient Gardener is all about real-life gardening: the good parts, the bad bits and even the funny stuff. It's part information, part inspiration and a little bit commiseration. Thanks for visiting.

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Well you’ve seen simple, this is clearly not tha Well you’ve seen simple, this is clearly not that. Let’s just say I threw a lot at this window box. 

Metal ring (inspired for years by Deborah Silver) was made by a local metalworker. 
Greens: fir, cedar, juniper and magnolia 
Branches: budded willow, cardinal dogwood and fantail willow
Garnish: pinecones, faux berries, faux amaranth and faux fuzzy ball things

My takeaway from this container is that I need more windows and a much bigger window box. 😀
This is what happens when it’s nice enough out t This is what happens when it’s nice enough out that I can actually feel my fingers. One minute you’re hanging garland like you do every year and the next minute you’re pilfering dried flowers from your hydrangeas and sticking them everywhere. 

This all started because the bay that I bought in the cartload sale at the nursery in August is still very much alive and looking good, so I transplanted it to the pot outside the garage (last picture). But it needed a little something to fill out the pot and I glanced around for what I might have and the next thing you know, I’m harvesting hydrangeas like crazy. 

If I had given the garland even a couple minutes of thought before I started throwing things in there I would have gone for an asymmetric look, but when you’re working outside in winter in Wisconsin, done is done.
If it were only this easy.😀 If it were only this easy.😀
Are you on Team Simple or Team Elaborate? For as Are you on Team Simple or Team Elaborate?

For as much as I love creating somewhat elaborate winter containers, I’d still never be without the simple ones. This is why the front of my house looks like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were decorating. I simply can’t restrain myself to a theme or design concept. 

Anyway, this trough planter is in a spot that’s not easy to get electric to, so I don’t bother with lights. Cardinal twig dogwood, fir and magnolia are all it takes to give this the simple look I need after going nuts with other containers.
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