Questions for End of January Gardners

Borrowing from Compassion Knit.

*Have you gotten a seed catalog yet? No. I end up not ordering from them so I don’t sign up.

*Are you planning to plant by seed this year? Probably not. Not that much space left for more plants, although the idea of Zinnias might tempt me.

*Are you still giving away zucchini bread made from last fall’s harvest? I didn’t plant zucchini last year (or any other vegetables), but I do have bananas even after making banana bread recently for all my neighbors. And there is another bunch on the kitchen counter that need attention.

*When is the last time someone gave you flowers? I buy myself flowers regularly, every time we shop. This doesn’t give my husband much chance to buy them for me, lol, but he still does occasionally.

*Who taught you to garden? My mother, her sister(my aunt from that side) and both my grandmothers (maternal and paternal). Then later in life my dad started vegetable gardening, so take your pick.

*Are you months from these decisions, as I am, and just clinging to the rest of our blog pals photos of greenery and blossoms? Oklahoma will green up pretty fast, but today looks like snow so any bright pictures of flowers are appreciated. Also appreciated are the carnations on the living room table and the orchid that rebloomed for me (See opening picture).

*Did you know you can get gorgeous anemone in a flower bouquet? I love anemones and when I lived in Europe/Germany would regularly buy them at the Saturday markets.

*Have you ever knitted or crocheted a flower? Not that I can recall. I have embroidered and used flower colors in two different afghans and I have a crocheted afghan a friend made that has ‘flower’ motifs at the center of each square.

This is the time of year that I really need color. Even Oklahoma, which isn’t currently under a blanket of snow, is kind of colorless. Mostly I’m getting my color fix through the birds at the feeder. We potentially could have snow this evening. Not sure I’m cheering for that or not. It does make everything look clean and beautiful, until it is churned up.

Shutterstock picture – not my own.