What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

How irresponsible would it be to spend $27 on 4 seed packets, 3 of which only have 10 seeds each

I know this is probably a hypothetical but I’ll poke at it anyway, since I’ve been fantasizing about what I’ll grow next year myself.

• Have you checked other (reputable, reliable) sources to see if you can get the same varieties for a better price?
• Can you wait for a sale?
• Once you’ve grown them can you save seeds for yourself so you don’t have to shell out for them twice?

Last year I tried to hold off buying anything until I’d gone to a couple of seed swaps since the way my luck runs I tend to find what I’m looking for right after buying it. If you go that route I do need to warn you that it runs the considerable risk of finding things you weren’t planning on and don’t have space for but that sound like fun to grow.

 

[Rick589]

I guess it depends on what kind they are. Some seeds are pricey.


Yep, poke weed.


The first poke leaves that come out of the ground in the spring are good in cooked greens. My grandma always had wild greens in the early spring. Poke, dandelion, lambsquarters, curly dock and some others I don't remember. None of us got sick or died, but she did change the boiling water once or twice.

I think the greens were her version of a spring tonic.

Edited to add: Grandma lived into her late 90's.

I remember being sent to the yard to pick dandelion by my grandmother, I was a youngster. I did taste it….and that was as far as I got. My youth most likely had something to do with not liking it, never really had the thought and opportunity align to try it again.

 

[Rick589]

I’m……not…..sure…..but….we may have a third hen thinking about going broody. If she does that would make three in the space of three months.

 

[jerryse]

Discovered AC not working. Checked it out and found breaker tripped. Outside fuses not blown. Best guess is stray lightning during this mornings storm. Went all day before I noticed it getting warm. Working fine now.

 

[WthrLady]

Bindweed has flowers, right? Like morning glory type flowers? Yeah, we don't have that one...

Virginia Creeper is another one that's becoming a real PITA.

Virginia creeper showed up last year.
yes, white, sometimes pale pink little morning glory flowers.

 

[akroberts1085]

When I looked up the pokeweed, it said more or less you have to boil the h@#$ out of it to eat it. I'm gonna just pass on that.

 

[Smokerbill]

That's the only bean I grow now. Prolific, easy to find the beans, tasty, and hubby likes them!

But those aren't really beans, are they?

 

[OnlySympathy]

I found this toad after mixing the compost

This was one I caught yesterday mourning. Probably the biggest toad I’ve ever seen here

 

[OnlySympathy]

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My thumb looks so weird in that last picture

 

[cj2024]

I saw this sweet potato snack video on YouTube and found it on amazon. I just placed an order out of curiosity.