Seeds, Bushes & Trees

     I've recently received a couple of shipments of seeds, bushes and trees to hopefully improve my edible landscaping.
     My front yard is some grass with a lot of wild onions. As far as I know, wild onions are not edible, they just smell like onions when mowed down, hence their name.
     My back yard is almost no grass but an assortment of what I call for lack of a better name, weeds. I'll be mowing then shaving them both with my mower set to the lowest setting then seeding with clover. I've 5 pounds of white and 2 of crimson seed. I've seen a few honey bees already this year collecting pollen and nectar from dandelion and such. The clover hopefully will make my yard easier to mow (as well as needing less often) and attract honey bees to my yard. Perhaps in the future I can set up a hive and grow my own honey. I don't use much processed sugar in my cooking or anything for that matter as I much prefer honey. If I can grow my own, that would be too sweet... No pun intended!

     Anyway, I red that to raise blueberries and pawpaws, I need at least 2 different varieties for successful pollination. I've no idea why but I went with what I read. Yesterday I received 3 blueberry bushes: Austin, Brightwell & Climax. Two pawpaws: Collins Select & Eastern Seedling. One Reliable mayhaw and one American persimmon.

     I'm still being a bit dainty on myself so I don't blow out my right eyeball after cataract surgery so rather than plant them into the dirt, I merely put them all n pots for the time being. I reckon by the time they are ready to be put in their permanent places I should be ready to dig some holes for them.

     The one plant that I ordered that didn't arrive yet is a palm tree. It is also the only one that I wanted just for decoration. My across the street neighbor, Miss Virginia has the most beautiful palms in her yard Whenever she gets hers trimmed by her landscape guys  always go gather the seed pods, fronds, cuttings, roots, etc... anything I can find to try to start some of my own. So far I've had a 100% failure rate but I'll keep trying until I finally have a palm tree or two or three in my yard.