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Spring Planting
This spring we planted ranunculus, celosia, feverfew, and plenty of zinnias—then learned, again, that Colorado spring weather has its own plans.
This spring we added ranunculus, celosia, feverfew, and more zinnias to the garden. We started seeds under lights, worked manure into the beds, laid drip lines, and planted what we could.
Then a late frost caught a row of zinnias we had planted early. Most of them blackened overnight. The ranunculus did not look promising either, until we gave the beds a thorough watering and small plants finally began to emerge.
Bindweed is the other spring project. We do not use herbicides, so we pull it by hand and keep after it as the beds fill in. It is slow work, but it is part of growing flowers here.
The garden is planted now. We will keep watering, weeding, and see what the season brings.
