tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post1665118672114855302..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: Planting Up Herbs and FlowersDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-26635634437323114072011-04-30T20:15:13.706-04:002011-04-30T20:15:13.706-04:00Daphne,
Those fava beans will grow fast. Ours are...Daphne,<br /><br />Those fava beans will grow fast. Ours are 2= foot tall and covered in flowers, same with the peas. Looks like your harvest will be yummy.Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-208141948275827392011-04-30T07:24:36.549-04:002011-04-30T07:24:36.549-04:00Granny, I did get lucky with the favas. I usually ...Granny, I did get lucky with the favas. I usually don't really turn the bed over when I mix in the fertilizer. I sort of use my fork to loosen the soil and sift it. So they really didn't move all that much. I've never grown zinnias before. I love them when I see them so thought I ought to try a new flower. Especially since bees like them. I hate earwigs though. Ick. I think this first year I won't have many issues with them, but next year I will as usual.<br /><br />Jody, lol my most resilient award goes to my dill seed. It was composted two years ago. The compost was stuck in a pail to fry in the sun all last year. And this year it is sprouting like mad out of the pails. Amazing. I might just leave one pail like this with dill growing out of it.<br /><br />Random Gardener, lol I have so many plants this year. I'm a bit overwhelmed too. I have about three times the gardening space as I did last year.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-44484447914550681612011-04-29T22:53:05.718-04:002011-04-29T22:53:05.718-04:00Your garden looks wonderful! I'm a bit dizzy ...Your garden looks wonderful! I'm a bit dizzy from the list of plants you have in your garden:)RandomGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00634760100341475864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-31670579098880955802011-04-29T20:21:58.367-04:002011-04-29T20:21:58.367-04:00Your fava beans look great. It's funny how res...Your fava beans look great. It's funny how resilient seeds are. In March we planted several spinach seeds and we thought they weren't going to sprout, so I turned the soil and planted perennials in the same containers. Sure enough, the spinach came up and the perennials too. We kept the spinach, now it's growing now on our deck. It looks like your fava beans will do very well too.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442310215979259623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-9701652118457249442011-04-29T14:36:52.010-04:002011-04-29T14:36:52.010-04:00The gardens are certainly coming together for you....The gardens are certainly coming together for you. I love watching them! You really got lucky with those fava beans.<br /><br />I'm planting a lot of zinnias and cosmos, too. I hope I have better luck with the zinnias this year, bugs (I think earwigs) devoured them last year, and only two of the many I planted survived. Now something is turning my hollyhock leaves to lace.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-43392551267389764572011-04-29T13:54:32.458-04:002011-04-29T13:54:32.458-04:00villager, borage usually reseeds itself here too s...villager, borage usually reseeds itself here too so I'm hoping.<br /><br />kitsapFG, if I had to I would do that too, but I think I'd still manage to get a flower or two in. I like to draw the bees to my garden. I don't know if it really helps or not, but can't hurt.<br /><br />donna, no they can make your harvest faster, but mine is a very light one. It is designed to just keep out the insects. My lettuce isn't even under a cover. The cover you see in the above photo is for the spinach. It keeps the leaf miners from destroying the leaves.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-63787795609153077612011-04-29T11:10:09.475-04:002011-04-29T11:10:09.475-04:00are the hoop houses how you get such an early harv...are the hoop houses how you get such an early harvest? i am just planting out my lettuce now, although i did have some that wintered over under all our snow.donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12659999755051008318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-73596259992665958222011-04-29T09:03:23.208-04:002011-04-29T09:03:23.208-04:00Smart of you to put those stepping stones in. Get...Smart of you to put those stepping stones in. Getting in and around plants in a landscaping bed to do maintenance get's difficult when the plants are more mature. Being able to step into the bed and reach into the back areas is a big help. <br /><br />The garden beds are looking great and you have such a nice variety of flowers you are planting. I used to do a cottage style flower garden at my old homestead and don't bother here as the areas that get adequate sun are so scarce I refuse to use it for anything but the vegetable garden. I stick to the native plantings in the front area and some annuals in the front flower pots. Not nearly so pretty as yours will be but practical for my property.kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.com/apps/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-1235661791082642952011-04-29T08:41:42.645-04:002011-04-29T08:41:42.645-04:00Your gardens are really coming along. I like the i...Your gardens are really coming along. I like the idea of stepping stones in the foundation bed. I put them around in our herb bed and it makes it handy when you go there for a bit of this and that. Borage reseeds here for us, it should be popping up before long.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.com