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barbarienne

Is it Lent again already?

Feb 18, 2013 17:09

Now that I have a yard, I need to start thinking about a garden. I've found a raised garden bed made of recycled plastic online. It's not as cheap as getting lumber and going to, but I really wanted the plastic. It's also 16" high, which is a bit higher than most I've seen available. I want the height because it might help foil the bunnies. (There' ( Read more... )

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dr_phil_physics February 19 2013, 03:43:57 UTC

Chives. Just a clump. Go out with kitchen scissors and clip off some bits. As a kid we'd go get some chives and cut them into cottage cheese. Loved that. (grin)

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barbarienne February 19 2013, 16:45:26 UTC

Oh, yes, for the herb section! I love chives, but I wouldn't have thought to add them. Excellent suggestion!

horace_hamster February 19 2013, 18:25:08 UTC

Ask around at your workplace if anyone has a herb garden. If they do, they'll likely be happy to give you a clump of chives from their patch. Ditto for mint (but, as others have said, grow mint in a closed patch. Preferably with a cement border. Mint spreads EVERYWHERE).

If you have cats, you can grow catnip (which self-seeds wildly, so beware). Dill and fennel also self-seed with profusion.

And if you've got a sunny corner of the garden that needs something big to fill it, consider rhubarb (that is, if you like eating it). They die back in winter, but they are perennials that only need to be split once every five years or so, and they make big handsome plants in summer. And you can easily freeze down the diced rhubarb stems to make crumbles in winter.

barbarienne February 19 2013, 19:15:00 UTC

My previous experience with mint was a neighbor who planted it. Within a year it had taken over the entire block. We all sort of cursed him. I spent time every month or so pulling up enormous runners and trashing them (NOT putting them in the compost!).

Mint for me will never go in the ground. Cement planters above the ground only.

I was thinking catnip, but I don't want to attract other people's outdoor cats to my yard.

My grandmother grew rhubarb, but alas, none of us eat it. They are lovely, but I think I will have no problems filling the place.

rosefiend February 19 2013, 20:58:44 UTC

Corral the chives or they will reseed and rebulb and spread. But if you're crazy about them, let 'em go wild!

barbarienne February 20 2013, 15:41:59 UTC

This first year will involve corraling most things. I don't want to create problems I have to undo later.

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