Garden Club V: Herbs, Vegetables, and Blooms

[Madeliaette]

in an allotment, yes..

[scottydog]

Now that our weather is warming up dramatically, we're buying veggie seeds -- green beans, black beans, carrots, spinach, and tomatoes

[Elara]

I ordered $71.00 worth of seeds. I got: Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato, Zucchini Green Bush Squash, Early Prolific Straightneck Squash, White Scallop Squash, Easter Basket Mix Radish, Bonny Best Tomato, Red Welsh Bunching Onion, Muncher Cucumber, Marketmore 76 Cucumber, New Kuroda Carrot, Table Queen Acorn Squash, Golden Butterwax Bean, Jade Bush Bean, Purple Teepee Bean, Red Express Cabbage, Little Gem Lettuce, Little Marvel Garden Pea, Laxton's Progress No. 9 Garden Pea, Golden Cal Wonder Pepper, King Of The North Pepper, Lilac Bell Pepper, Orange Bell Pepper, Free Seed Variety 1, Black Nebula Carrot and a free packet of White Tomesol (tomato) seeds (there's like 5 seeds in the packet. woohoo! ).

I love the idea of purple beans and peppers, and blue/red/orange/green tomatoes! White squash, red cabbage, purple carrots, radishes of many colors... it's just such a whirlwind of color!

How about honeysuckle? I love honeysuckle?

Right now I am trying to rip out the invasive non-native honeysuckle plants, then eventually I will add in some native ones.

Or what about a buddleia? Butterfiles love it

They are pretty, but no non-native plants (except veggies ). I have a few non-native, but they were planted by family years ago, and they can't spread where they are, so I am keeping them. Besides the honeysuckle to rip out, there is burning bush to rip out. They are pretty, but invasive. I've grabbed seed from a lot of native flowers to see which ones will thrive. The only one I missed getting seed from is Bee Balm. We have it everywhere, but I want some safe in a garden (a lot of it is in the ditch where it gets cut down by the county).

[RJDiogenes]

I ordered $71.00 worth of seeds. I got: Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato, Zucchini Green Bush Squash, Early Prolific Straightneck Squash, White Scallop Squash, Easter Basket Mix Radish, Bonny Best Tomato, Red Welsh Bunching Onion, Muncher Cucumber, Marketmore 76 Cucumber, New Kuroda Carrot, Table Queen Acorn Squash, Golden Butterwax Bean, Jade Bush Bean, Purple Teepee Bean, Red Express Cabbage, Little Gem Lettuce, Little Marvel Garden Pea, Laxton's Progress No. 9 Garden Pea, Golden Cal Wonder Pepper, King Of The North Pepper, Lilac Bell Pepper, Orange Bell Pepper, Free Seed Variety 1, Black Nebula Carrot and a free packet of White Tomesol (tomato) seeds (there's like 5 seeds in the packet. woohoo! ).

No Goofy Grape?

[scottydog]

We've planted beans, spinach, asperagus, and potatoes

[Madeliaette]

ordered $71.00 worth of seeds.

i dont think i have ever spent more than £5 a year on seed myself....
i plucked the last of the b sprouts today - one was rather big...almost a mini cabbage!.

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[Cayla]

The crocus, hyacinths, and daffodils are coming out of the ground. Our daffodils have buds.

[Madeliaette]

^ ours have bloomed. i currently have daffs, violets, primrose, camelia, and those spotty leafed pinky purple thingys i like in flower. its nice to see color other than green!

[scottydog]

Yes, it's great to see spring springing!

[Elara]

Ordering peat pots tonight so I can start my seeds.

No Goofy Grape?

I got Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato, how much goofier can you get?

i dont think i have ever spent more than £5 a year on seed myself....

It is a lot, but most years I spend about $30.00 on plants, and maybe a few dollars on whatever seeds I am out of. This year, I am growing my own plants, so needed that seed, plus I am almost out of everything I normally plant, and bought some need kind of seeds. Next year I will be buying more new kinds of seeds to try, because I will be putting in even more beds.
I still have fruit trees to purchase. And rhubarb, plus some blackberries.

The crocus, hyacinths, and daffodils are coming out of the ground. Our daffodils have buds.

The only ones coming up so far, are the stick flowers. The rest are still hiding under the new snow.

[RJDiogenes]

I got Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato, how much goofier can you get?

Good point.

[Cayla]

^ ours have bloomed. i currently have daffs, violets, primrose, camelia, and those spotty leafed pinky purple thingys i like in flower. its nice to see color other than green!

I just want to see green, again. Everything here is still brown and dead.

[Madeliaette]

there is always green here - we have evergreen shrubs!

[RJDiogenes]

We have a few evergreen trees around. There's a couple in the woods behind my Mother's house. Nothing else is showing any sign of life yet, though.

[Cayla]

The crocus have finally bloomed!