It was a fallow year for Second Breakfast Gardens in 2024. I returned to college in the fall of 2023. Whenever it wasn’t actively raining, I did my homework at the table in the garden. It was interesting to watch the garden go feral. Cover crops became mature crops, flowers popped up all over the wood chipped in-between places, bugs, birds, and bees were all over all the time. It was messy, overgrown, not a clean line or path to be seen, but it was a beautiful mess. One that was full of wild color and tasty treats for us, despite not having sown anything. Strawberries, blackberries, and grapes put out a bumper crop, garlic popped up all over, as well as lettuces, beets, and plenty of calendula and borage.
I have been learning plant ID, native plants, soil science, sustainable landscaping, plant establishment and maintenance, irrigation systems, and so much more. I can’t wait to share it all with you, once the information is fully digested and contextual to our needs in the home landscape.
So I have a couple of questions for you, my friends.
What do you wish you knew more about in your garden and landscape?
What are your plans and dreams for 2025?
Email me at amy@secondbreakfastgardens.com or post a comment on this blog.
Our 2025 Dreams
- A new catio for our kitten, Sadie.
- Removal of a failing Japanese Maple.
- More strawberries.
- Removal of weed barrier under wood chip paths and transition to a cover of Self-Heal, Woodland Strawberry, and Yarrow. (Mowed, but no water.) If I don’t like it then I’ll sheet mulch and put down woodchips again. Should be a fun experiment though.
- New irrigation system manifold and plumbing with a smart controller that talks with our weather station.
Second Breakfast Gardens 
One response to “Welcome 2025! Embracing the Feral Beauty of the Garden”
Good for you! My time while in school for a Horticulture degree was the highlight of my adult life. But to answer your question, I wish I knew more about the workings of and connections between soil, sustainability, and plant diseases. Soil science was my favorite subject, but it is so complex that I doubt I’ll ever master any part of it.
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