I love allium bulbs! A hearty bulb will grow wherever you purchase it!
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Wondering how @DrGoogle123 âs garden is doing?
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For anyone wanting a raised bed without spending lots of $$$, these are an easy solution. You can do a single layer or stack. My H used this process a few years ago for my DIL and itâs still in great shape.
(If you canât see it I can try a gift link)
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Our neighbor decided to put up string lights under her pergola. In addition to the super bright lights she already had installed under the pergola. This is night #2 of this. Neighbor & neighborâs spouse are not actually outside at all during any of thisâŠlights stayed on until about 11 pm on night #1. Holy cow.
I think that I probably need to plant another bamboo here.
That is ridiculous!! 
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YIKES my eyes hurt just looking at the picture! I donât mind subtle night glo but those look like BRIGHT WHITE security lights! They at least need a lower wattage and a softer light. Plant 2 to be safe!
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No chance of stargazing, huh?
Sometimes (definitely not always) I am glad I live in the woods. We see no houses at all when the trees leaf out (only 2 when itâs winter, b/c we are seriously in the sticks).
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I shared the above photo of my propagated geraniums in Spring thread and had request to give more info here. But first I should say this is a Labor of Love⊠probably not worthwhile to others. . I started with geraniums that mom had going on her window sill when she passed away in 2020. My methods are NOT all that successful (probably less than 20% survive). But it gives me something to do in the winder. (There are more plants under a grow light in the den).
I use two methods, starting new shoots every few weeks with one or both methods.
Dry (soil) method: Take clipping, dip in water and then Rooting Powder. Stick into potting soil.
Water method Take clipping and put into water with Potassium Permangate. (Use vase or other vessel such as water bottle on side with cutouts). When/if roots are growing, stick in potting soil
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So basically youâre propagating them - in the water at least? What time of year do you do that and how long does it take did the. To develop roots ?
Perhaps propagating is not the right word(?). Basically I am just making new growth from the old plants, which get woody and too-tall as time goes on.
I do this every few weeks while the plants are dug up and brought indoors (approx Oct to May). Then after frost I replant them all outside.
It takes a few weeks to see roots (if it happens) with the water method⊠then put them in soil. But I do about half of the cuttings with dry method, directly into soil. Not really sure which methods works better because most of them die either way. But by springtime I do have a lot of new plants going.
I watched a bunch of videos when figuring this out a few years ago. This was probably one of them
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Love your successes! Itâs not easy - I propagate - regenerate, really - veggies, but have little luck with cuttings from my perennials and shrubs (I donât try hard enough, just stick them in water.) Veggies - I regenerate scallions and leeks all the time.
This was a geranium variety I saw when I was in Seattle last year and loved so much that I hunted it down and bought five tiny plants on Etsy. Hope I can keep them going for a good long while. The variety is Vancouver Centennial. Have never seen them on the East Coast.
Iâve potted them up and they are doing great, currently basking in the shop lights on my seedling shelves until itâs warm enough to get them outside. The full-size plants are just glorious!
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Ahh⊠plant propagation. 
My husband is obsessed with growing conifers from seeds. We have pots of seedlings he babies with grow lights! And buckets with willow cuttings⊠to be planted in our wetlands. 
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The geranium looks familiar!
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See they call it propagation too! I do this with many house plants but did not know that geraniums were a candidate - Iâll have to try next fall and see if I have luck generating a new indoor plant.
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My husband does the same with Jack in the pulpits. Itâs a labor of love. 
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Love those plants! Does he grow them from seeds?
He does. Itâs a big process and he stores them in the refrigerator over the winter and then plants them inside in the spring. Has a whole plant seedling table with grow lights in the basement. Heâs given dozens of seedlings to friends.
My husband loves a science experiment! He loves to breed and grow things 
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Transplanted a creosote bush from a raised bed to the front yard. The other one I planted in the front yard 3 yr ago is flowering now. When it rains here in the AZ desert and you can smell that lovely rain smell, itâs the creosote bush that produces that scent. It smells like relaxation.
AND it has very low water requirements! It wonât do much for the first year or 2, but starting year 3, I think itâll take off. We had some at our old house in Tucson and I just loved it.
Also transplanted some lady slipper to the front yard.
Both of the fig trees in the backyard continue to leaf out! And the dwarf everbearing mulberry has the beginnings of fruit on it.
I admire people who are able to propagate stuffâŠI havenât ever had success with that!
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I think you need to invite the neighbors over for dinner! Not only is it nice neighborly bonding, but I bet they have no idea how obnoxiously bright their lights are from your house. Nothing better than them seeing the issue for themselves! But also smart to see this as an opportunity for more planting!