Anybody into growing native plants? It's a whole different game. Especially for getting your seed starts going cuz a lot require cold stratification or scarification, so you gotta plan ahead quite a bit.
I'm pumped because I've been starting to grow natives around our house. I've got a bunch of coreopsis, a few wood lilies left that the gotdamn rabbits didn't eat, cardinal flower, columbine, obedient plant, joe-pye weed, anise hyssop, liatris, some goldenrods, great blue lobelia and some canada anemones in the ground already. Waiting for some of my plug trays to get a little bigger to add more. I supplement with other non-native annuals that aren't invasive to fill in while my plugs and younger perennials are getting going. Plus there's a bunch of other dope flowers that aren't native that I like, but I'm trying to make it so when society collapses, my yard will help contribute to restoring the natural world lol.
I'm gonna build a raised bed from these old tree trunk posts used to hold up the floors from our basement after we took them out to install floor jacks. I miss gardening for food, but I work on a veggie and flower farm so I have all the fresh produce I need in the summer. It's just nice to go out to the yard to grab some herbs and veggies for dinner. I've got some Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes going along with some sungold cherries ready to plant. Gonna steal some herb starts from the farm, maybe some cayenne peppers, cucumbers and a few herbs too. Just the basics.
Gardening is dope