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Old 26-05-2009, 04:29 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Lilah Morgan[_2_] Lilah Morgan[_2_] is offline
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Default Nothing like enjoying the fruits of your labor...

I'm not done planting either, now that the weather is finally warming up.
Today planted some more herbs(echinacea, sage, lemon basil, and oregano),
broom corn, sunberries, garden huckleberries, ground cherries, and more
bulls blood beets. I have a baby parsley, and some celery plants(though I
cheated and bought them since didn't have any celery seeds). Stinging nettle
has cosmetic uses, have been considering harvesting it in the wild or just
growing it in containers here. California Wonders as in bell peppers? Don't
have rhubarb ready for picking yet, bought 2 crowns this year though, and
they're doing fine. Tomorrow wanna find my strawberry spinach seeds.
Farmer's market is less than 3 weeks away and I am so not ready...

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I'm a full month ahead of the last two years, 2 tomatillos, 5, inch long
crooknecks on one plant and others blooming, some Brandywines and San
Marzanos in bloom, 2 California Wonders in bloom, lettuce and radishes a
couple of times a week, strawberries, onions, celery, and parsley in
bloom (yeah, yeah I know but it's purrdy), thyme in bloom, potatoes in
bloom, new parsley and cilantro 7 - 13 cm tall, and I learned, to my
chagrin, that stinging nettle is a perennial here. Sage has been going
nuts (1.5 m. in dia.) for 6 weeks now. It's loaded with bees. Oregano is
recovering from transplant, tarragon in full swing, rhubarb ready for
picking. Lots of spearmint and peppermint coming up. Considering letting
the passion fruit out of its container, and 2 Meyer lemons are in bloom.
Ack, and I'm not finished planting.
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- Billy
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