Friday, April 16, 2010
See, I Can Listen
I'm a good listener!
I followed advice and re-potted the broccoli, rabe and leeks (on the bottom shelf). One of the bloggers I read, A Posse Ad Esse, showed tomatoes in plastic cups, so I tried it for half of the rabe and broccoli (yes, I punched holes in the bottoms). On the top shelf are the tomatoes, and I planted basil, lots of basil, and tarragon and sage. I want lots and lots of basil. I don't think there's such a thing as too much basil.
I think this red stuff is horseradish coming up. I'm not sure if the leaf is from the same plant or not. Last spring I knew exactly zero about this area in front of the house, so like a genius I started digging it all up to plant herbs. I'm an idiot. I dug up what I now know are peonies, among other good things. Anyhow - in my brilliant digging campaign, I dug up a few roots that I thought might be horseradish and ... let them dry out. Yeah - idiot. I won't make that mistake this year! I'm not going to let the horseradish get away from me this time!
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I'm going to guess that the leaf belongs to your sunflowery-Rudbeckia-coneflower sort of plant you had last year. Could the red stuff be peonies? I see horseradish growing across my alley (have never done anything with it, yet) and it always seems green. I'll go check tomorrow when it's light.
ReplyDeleteYou ARE a good girl! And you shall be given two Gold Stars for going to the trouble of repotting. I promise your happy veggies will repay you.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Like Linda, I wondered if the red sprouties could be peonies.
Like the girls have already said, the red stuff is peonies. Maybe I need to come over and have a plant identify day? (Subtle, aren't I?)
ReplyDeleteBasil IS heavenly, we plant lots of it too.
ReplyDeleteOh. Hm. OK, peonies are good. I even optimistically tasted the leaves!
ReplyDeleteMelanie - Sue's already wangled an invite to dinner - sometime after work, since the weekends are beginning to fill up. Would that work after it stops snowing (which it is doing now)? Peonies - hah! I wonder if I even have horseradish at all!
You inspired me, I got some chickens. It's all new to me but the other day I packed up the kids and went to the feed store and got 4, on my way home I thought..."what did I just do?" I'm excited!
ReplyDeleteHey Christine - that's great news! I hear that chickens are the "gateway drug" to larger animals, because they're so easy to take care of. Hope you enjoy yours!
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