The Friday Five for April 21, 2023/Just Wondering

1 What is a Rite of Passage for you in the Spring?

2. If you could be guaranteed success, what would you grow this summer?

3. Do you have any famous gardens near to where you live or grew up?

4. Do you think gardening is good for your mental wellbeing?

5. Have you gone organic or do you use chemical fertilizers?


1. Well, spring cleaning comes to mind, and with that, washing windows. But it's also fun to get some pots out and start planning what to plant.

2. I would love to grow pumpkins and actually get fruit on the vines. I have twelve plants in the works, but we'll see what happens.

3. Closest we have is the rose garden in Sacramento, but it's hard to beat the botanical garden at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

4. I do. It always makes me feel very peaceful and connected to the earth. it reminds me of being on the farm and living close to the soil.

5. We have uses steer manure before, but now that we are just doing pots, it's Miracle Gro all the way...