- Sun flowers- Mammoth Grey Striped (for my peas to grow on... they are so much prettier than the metal stakes!)
- Wando garden peas
- Spinache-Bloomsdale Long Standing
- Peppers-Emerald Giant (when I bought them online I thought they were red)
- Artichokes- Purple of Romanga
- Eggplant-Ma Zu Purple Chinese
- Asparagus- Mary Washington
- Spinache- Bloomsdale Long Standing
- Pack Choy-Oriental Greens EXTRA Dwarf
- Tomato-Cherokee Purple
- Cassabanana--This is a tropical fruit that can also be used like a zucchini before it is ripe. I have never tasted it.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
My Tiny Urban Garden
My mother was a gardener. When I was a child I always wondered why she did it... our family had corn growing in the front yard before it was "cool", and I was always embarrased about it. Because we always turn into our mothers when we get older, at age 44, I started a garden last year, by planting plants that I had bought at some local hardware stores. I had so much fun that I decided in 2011 I would plant from seeds. I went online to see what I should plant. I found a site called www.rareseeds.com and bought some seeds. Here's what I bought (everything is heirloom non-GMO):
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I love the idea of using Sunflowers as stakes! Let us know if it works!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathe! Thanks for inviting me to your garden blog! I have been gardening since I was 14....My favorite plants are fragrant flowers. Some of them are edible--daylilies, for instance! Last year, I planted seeds I got from www.ParkSeeds.com of Datura metal plentiflorum fastuoso. Park calls them Ballerina Daturas. They are tropicals. The plants grew and flowered but did not set seed, so I ordered more seeds of the yellow variety because those flowers smell of Jasmine, and that is my favorite aromatherapy!! I am waiting for the dandelions to bloom [which will be garden time here in zone 4] to plant them.
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