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29-04-2008, 03:04 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in yourflower beds?
Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always
sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? |
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29-04-2008, 03:38 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
"Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in
: Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? I've thought about putting some onion in my mother's flower bed (more for bug and pest control than anything else), but I've got my own garden to tend. I did plant marigolds in my "edible" garden, though. They seemed to have lots of positive things they did for the garden with very little negative. Breaking the rules? I guess, if you believe in pure flower and vegetable gardens. Gardeners for years have planted flowers as companions to vegetables. We might still plant onion in the flower garden, if we start getting too many pests... Puckdropper -- You can only do so much with caulk, cardboard, and duct tape. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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29-04-2008, 05:37 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
"Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in message ... Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? Globe artichokes, great geometric folliage for the ornamental garden. David |
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29-04-2008, 09:28 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
"Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in message ... Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? WHAT rules? Mary |
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29-04-2008, 11:59 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in yourflower beds?
Laura from MomsRetro.com said:
Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? I like to tuck herbs and edible* ornamental peppers in my container arrangements. The only edibles in my flower beds (these days) are the daylilies. But I do grow my giant zinnias (for cutting) in one of the beds of the veggie garden, as that's the only place they are protected from the local herbivores, who have demonstrated in the past that zinnias are on their "to be eaten first" list. *Not by everyone's standard. They are hot, hot, HOT -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) After enlightenment, the laundry. |
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29-04-2008, 03:50 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
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, "Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote: Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? Okra... ;-d -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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29-04-2008, 03:51 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
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Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote: "Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in : Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? I've thought about putting some onion in my mother's flower bed (more for bug and pest control than anything else), but I've got my own garden to tend. I did plant marigolds in my "edible" garden, though. They seemed to have lots of positive things they did for the garden with very little negative. Breaking the rules? I guess, if you believe in pure flower and vegetable gardens. Gardeners for years have planted flowers as companions to vegetables. We might still plant onion in the flower garden, if we start getting too many pests... Puckdropper A mix of garlic and marigolds actually seems to work pretty well. -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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29-04-2008, 03:52 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: "Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in message ... Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? Globe artichokes, great geometric folliage for the ornamental garden. David I've never been able to get artichokes to stay alive. :-( Not even potted 2 year old plants from the nursery... What conditions do you give them? I live in South Central Texas near Austin. -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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29-04-2008, 03:52 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
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"Mary Fisher" wrote: "Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in message ... Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? WHAT rules? Mary snicker -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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29-04-2008, 07:44 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
Every year, my parents have a "mystery plant" come up in the flower bed near
their side door. They toss kitchen scraps into this garden. Some years it's squash. Some years it's gourds of some kind. They've had okra & usually a few tomatoes every year. It's all volunteer. Robert "Laura from MomsRetro.com" wrote in message ... Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? |
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30-04-2008, 01:50 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables inyourflower beds?
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:04:32 -0700, Laura from MomsRetro.com wrote:
Who has a few veggies tucked in their flower beds? My mom always sneaks a container with a tomato plant into her side yard. She grows a bush variety so it doesn't take up too much space. It gets watered by the sprinklers automatically so she doesn't have to worry about it. I've got a pepper growing in a side plot too. You don't notice it's a veggie until the peppers start turning colors. I've also got culinary sage growing, it has beautiful blue flowers in the spring too. Who else is 'breaking the rules'? What are you growing? Most of my decorative plants are edible. stonerfish |
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30-04-2008, 02:56 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
"Omelet" wrote in message news  mpomelet- Globe artichokes, great geometric folliage for the ornamental garden. David I've never been able to get artichokes to stay alive. :-( Not even potted 2 year old plants from the nursery... What conditions do you give them? I live in South Central Texas near Austin. -- -- Peace! Om The climate here is warm temperate but can be very hot in summer (100F or more is fairly common) and cool in winter (around freezing) but it never snows or freezes. Artichokes quite like the cooler months here but go backwards when it is very hot. They also dislike it when it is very dry and I have to water carefully then. The soil is heavy and fertile. The flowers are also rather attactive but if you leave them go that long I would have to come and scold you for inattention and carelessness. David |
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30-04-2008, 04:11 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: "Omelet" wrote in message news mpomelet- Globe artichokes, great geometric folliage for the ornamental garden. David I've never been able to get artichokes to stay alive. :-( Not even potted 2 year old plants from the nursery... What conditions do you give them? I live in South Central Texas near Austin. -- -- Peace! Om The climate here is warm temperate but can be very hot in summer (100F or more is fairly common) and cool in winter (around freezing) but it never snows or freezes. Artichokes quite like the cooler months here but go backwards when it is very hot. They also dislike it when it is very dry and I have to water carefully then. The soil is heavy and fertile. The flowers are also rather attactive but if you leave them go that long I would have to come and scold you for inattention and carelessness. David I'm guessing the mistake I made then was leaving them in a pot. ;-) I'd rarely let flowers mature. Too tasty! ;-d -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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30-04-2008, 05:09 PM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
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Omelet wrote: In article , "David Hare-Scott" wrote: "Omelet" wrote in message news mpomelet- Globe artichokes, great geometric folliage for the ornamental garden. David I've never been able to get artichokes to stay alive. :-( Not even potted 2 year old plants from the nursery... What conditions do you give them? I live in South Central Texas near Austin. -- -- Peace! Om The climate here is warm temperate but can be very hot in summer (100F or more is fairly common) and cool in winter (around freezing) but it never snows or freezes. Artichokes quite like the cooler months here but go backwards when it is very hot. They also dislike it when it is very dry and I have to water carefully then. The soil is heavy and fertile. The flowers are also rather attactive but if you leave them go that long I would have to come and scold you for inattention and carelessness. David I'm guessing the mistake I made then was leaving them in a pot. ;-) I'd rarely let flowers mature. Too tasty! ;-d I would guess it would be a good time to call the Ag advisor, to ask what you can do to remediate your garden to the likes of an artichoke. -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related |
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01-05-2008, 02:24 AM
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Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in your flower beds?
In article
, Billy wrote: In article , Omelet wrote: In article , "David Hare-Scott" wrote: "Omelet" wrote in message news mpomelet- Globe artichokes, great geometric folliage for the ornamental garden. David I've never been able to get artichokes to stay alive. :-( Not even potted 2 year old plants from the nursery... What conditions do you give them? I live in South Central Texas near Austin. -- -- Peace! Om The climate here is warm temperate but can be very hot in summer (100F or more is fairly common) and cool in winter (around freezing) but it never snows or freezes. Artichokes quite like the cooler months here but go backwards when it is very hot. They also dislike it when it is very dry and I have to water carefully then. The soil is heavy and fertile. The flowers are also rather attactive but if you leave them go that long I would have to come and scold you for inattention and carelessness. David I'm guessing the mistake I made then was leaving them in a pot. ;-) I'd rarely let flowers mature. Too tasty! ;-d I would guess it would be a good time to call the Ag advisor, to ask what you can do to remediate your garden to the likes of an artichoke. Probably a good idea. I did also once try putting them in one of the raised garden beds. They still died. North side of the house tho', they might not have gotten enough sunlight. I should probably amend one of the "free" areas up front in the driveway and try some there. -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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