Mon, 21 Apr 2008
Gut Feeling Confirmed!
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So, my "biointensive" garden experiment went really well.
I planted greens, radishes and other smaller, fast growing early spring crops in my garden in the early spring. In mid spring I planted my tomatoes, peppers, basil and eggplants in the middle of all of the greens in areas where I harvested them. They are all happily coexisting and I really saved alot of space and got a good late-ish season harvest of greens. By the time I finish harvesting all of the greens the other plants will be big and will start shading them out. By the way, the cat in the picture is one of mine, his name is Remmy. I just sprayed the garden with fish emulsion so he was enjoying a tasty beverage of watery fish emulsion on the leaves of the plants. He's kind of gross, but I love him. However, today I found out that someone has been eating the ends of my strawberries and I suspect it is a rodent. Sounds like Remmy has been falling asleep on the job- which isn't unusual for a cat.
posted at: 18:35 | path: /colleen2008 | link for this entry
A Garden Surprise
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There was a mystery plant in my new bed in the front of my house that appeared a week or two ago. I wasn't sure what it was but it looked desirable so I left it. Today from accross the yard this incredible bloom caught my eye. The picture does not do it justice. It is astonishingly shiny- it looks metalic. I did a crazy garden victory dance when I saw it up close. It's just a petunia, and I have no clue where it came from because I never grow petunias. Must have rode in on a plant from the nursery or something. Anyway, if any of you now what type of petunia this is please click on "contact" at the top of the page and email the garden mavens to let me know. It has unusally round leaves that are very fuzzy too. It is also much more erect than most petunias. There are more buds on it so it's getting ready to bloom more. It fits in great in my new garden bed that is full of white and purple.
posted at: 18:24 | path: /colleen2008 | link for this entry