by greendawn 49 Replies latest jw friends
I noticed that too Clam about BA!! Though he is 107 yrs. old. Perhaps he can't remember?
You must have a mini farm BA. You grow sorrel?? What is that? Isn't that a color? I've heard of sorghum cultivated for livestock.
Hmmmmmm.................... cranberries? Perhaps you have a bog around you? Interesting.
Juni
When I was growing up we always had a huge garden. I haven't had one in years, but this year I'm growing my own tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, bell peppers, and some herbs. My tomato plants already have a couple of small tomatoes!
Swalker
Yes I love gardening. My favourite is dabbling with marginal aquatics and bog gardens. They attract lots of wildlife, such as newts and dragonflies. This time of the year always has me wishing I'd done more at the beginning of March, but I never learn.
Clam - who's noticed that BA has moved from Pembrokeshire back to the US of A.
All forms of water gardens interest me as well.
This year, I hope to have the time to install two ponds with underground recirculation plumbing to prevent stagnation during dry periods.
I currently have a few streams through the property, with water irises and peruvian daffodils, and arum and asarum species growing under baldcypress trees in a boggy section of the property. I want to try growing a great gunnera (Gunnera manicata) in that section as well.
BA- Who has relatives in Pembrokeshire, but lives in the US of A.
Thanks for the answer Greendawn.
Juni
Garden Greetings Greendawn!
Your garden sounds lovely! I love gardening, having learned how-to from both grandmothers. When I go on my daily walks, such as this morning, I talk to those outdoors working about. Instead of "this Good News of the Kingdom," however, the talk centers around the flora and our destructive fauna - browsing deer, perverse squirrels and loopy turkeys. I do yard work as an odd-jobber, so sometimes I get work through the conversation.
Please tell us more about your up-and-coming jardin!
CoCo
Top Hat-
Well, I also love wildlife---I would probably plant lots of stuff just to attract the deer. I enjoy seeing them so much.
BA, you are amazing! How do you find the time to care for all of your veggies, flowers, berries and trees.
Passion, sweat, mulch, indoor growing racks with heating mats and lights, coldframes, seeds, soil. I got "the bug" in my teens working for a landscaping company- it's been a hobby of mine ever since. As far as how I make the time, I've been fairly fortunate to have had a good career, as well as being a fairly successful enterpreneur and investor
Brother Apostate you must be a professional gardener by now.
Never wanted to go "professional", as I felt it would take the enjoyment out of the hobby.
I noticed that too Clam about BA!! Though he is 107 yrs. old. Perhaps he can't remember?
You must have a mini farm BA. You grow sorrel?? What is that? Isn't that a color? I've heard of sorghum cultivated for livestock.
Hmmmmmm.................... cranberries? Perhaps you have a bog around you? Interesting.
Juni
Of course, I'm much younger than 107 (just my sense of humor), and you could call it a farmette if you like. Sorrel is a (fairly invasive) vegetable that tastes of nuts and lemons, very good in a salad:
http://www.landscape-america.com/herbs/sorrel.html
True cranberries are grown in a bog, which, yes, I have, as well as the shrub Cranberry Viburnum, which is from a culinary perspective nearly identical.
BA- Crazy about gardens.
BA I have a Gunnera in my garden. I covered it with straw over winter and it popped up in the last couple of weeks. It's planted quite near a large pond and I'm hoping it's ultimateley going to give a backdrop like this. .
Otherwise a big favourite of mine is the water forget me not ( Myosotis scorpioides ) which looks wonderful in the streams you describe.
Clam
Clam,
Yes, that is what I'm talkin' about!
Glad it made it through the winter for you.
I will also have to use straw bales to protect mine next winter- more at risk here in zone 7a or 6b, depending on what ag-map I look at.
Awesome plant!
Cheers,
BA
Also looked up the water forget me not (Myosotis scorpioides):
Looks familiar- There may be some wild ones growing here. For those interested, here is a fine shrub that is both decorative, flowering, with brillinat fall colr, and edible "cranberries" to boot: Cranberry Viburnum (Viburnum trilobum): Peruvian daffodil: |
Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema species)- another great palnt for wet spots:
And water iris:
BA- Glad winter is over already!!
