One More Garden for the Road

I've been doing a lot of late season project before the harsh winters hit. And according to the local news people this is going to be a tough winter ... or at least an early one. It all started when I was cleaning out some plastic containers and sweeping the floor etc. I dropped a Christmas cherub ornament that I have had for years. It's one of those items that I've had for years: It's too special to just toss into the garbage can. I wanted to give it a proper ... resting place?

I was thinking that i could place it into the garden area. Like my old neighbor growing up that used to take old glass and broken plates and make arrangements on her vegetable gardens. They looked pretty cool, actually. And then I remembered. I wanted to finish planting my succulents. There is an area by the front door where I need to fill in the dirt and I believe it would be a good spot to plant some succulents and maybe some other plants. I did some quick research on winterizing succulents. Chickpea Succulents allegedly don't survive the winter. That being said, I've literally seen them growing in giant pots around here [and it snows a lot in my area]. Challenge accepted.

I'm not a succulent expert, so I brushed up on #funfacts like succulents prefer East facing plots. Before anyone jumps down my throat, like I said I've seen Chickpeas grow through hard frosts. Also, this is going to be an experiment. I'm going to also plant some indoors. And I have a beautiful "bouquet" of succulents in a large pot I'm also going to place indoors. This is my first year seriously growing succulents. I've done a few small pots before. But, this time I want to keep propagating them. I think I need some winter strains too. Succulents are great for the garden for many reasons.