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Post by James on May 28, 2015 18:37:49 GMT -5
I thought I had planted onion seeds in a flat...... when they came up they just did not look like onions. They looked a whole lot like carrots, so I transplanted them out and they are looking great.
I usually seed carrots directly in the garden where they will grow. Always get good carrots. Plant early.
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Post by Mumsey on May 29, 2015 3:12:06 GMT -5
My carrots are doing well also, they grow fine every year. They came up fairly quickly this year, now 2-3 inches tall. I didn't realize people actually have trouble growing them. Leaving them in the ground til cooler Fall weather makes them sweeter.
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Post by prunella on May 29, 2015 15:20:25 GMT -5
All this carrot talk makes me want to ask if anyone has access to the common Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota? It's easy to spot with big white umbels of tiny flowers. I ask because if you find some, pull one up and snap the white root to give it a sniff, It smells better than a grocery store carrot. In fact, D. carota is the original carrot. 1000 years of cultivating and improvements now have the the name D. carota sativa (sativa meaning cultivated!)
Daucus was the Greek word for a carrot/parsnip. Those carrots were white. Latin carota > Greek karoton, from a root word for "horn" due to the shape.
Now you can tell your friends more about your carrot crop.
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Post by wheelgarden1 on May 29, 2015 15:31:42 GMT -5
Queen Anne's Lace grows everywhere here. I have enough space to let it grow if it's not in the way. I love the incredulous reaction I get when I pull one up and tell people that every luscious colorful carrot they eat is the offspring of that nondescript little white root.
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camochef
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Post by camochef on May 29, 2015 15:54:56 GMT -5
Parsley! I've started it indoors...it dies. I've planted directly into the garden...it dies. I bought a small pot and transplanted it into the garden...it dies.
I can't recall any crop that has given me so much trouble trying to grow it. I guess I'll just buy my parsley from Penzey's. Enjoy! Camo
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Post by wheelgarden1 on May 29, 2015 16:14:36 GMT -5
Parsley is another must-have herb here, particularly for fish dishes. I've always direct-seeded and never had much problem. Before planting, I do prime, or pre-soak, the seeds for 12 hours, pouring off the soak water, then soaking another 12 hours. I need to do that for spinach as well, according to advice here. I love this forum!
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Post by brownrexx on May 29, 2015 22:11:20 GMT -5
Parsley grows well for me here. I just buy a pot of it at the local greenhouse and pop it into the ground and I get parsley all summer. It does get about 1/2 day of shade though and maybe it likes that rather than the full sun all day in the garden.
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canadiyank
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Central WA, Zone 6B
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Post by canadiyank on May 29, 2015 23:35:06 GMT -5
I'm another who plants carrots three times. Yeesh! I got ONE carrot from a package I planted. One! Bah!
Dill is fine, self-seeds everywhere. Spinach bolts although I'm interested in the other variety mentioned.
Broccoli I leave to the professionals....bolts and is amazingly full of bugs. Gross.
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Post by ellenr on May 30, 2015 3:31:51 GMT -5
I'm giving up on California poppies after this year. I love 'em, but they self-seed relentlessly. I've already taken up about a 100 plants, so they will not seed for next year, only left about 10. They are blooming so beautifully, I must leave them.
but I know next year I will be muttering obscenities as I pull up the plants. and they particularly love to grow themselves in the middle of other plants.
what is up with these guys...
unable to bend knee, so pulling them up is back-hurting work, and I've had enough!
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Post by tbird on May 30, 2015 10:23:25 GMT -5
It does get about 1/2 day of shade though and maybe it likes that rather than the full sun all day in the garden. oh - so its not in the garden proper...where are you planting it?
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Post by desertwoman on May 30, 2015 11:19:38 GMT -5
My parsley is in my herb garden right outside the french doors into our private gardens. It gets partial shade too and it reseeds itself. I find parsley starts all over the yard.
ellen- i hear you. Even if I dead head the flowers before they go to seed, CA poppies always show up. But I love them so much I don't care. I just hoe the tiny starts.
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Post by brownrexx on May 30, 2015 14:45:42 GMT -5
Years ago I planted herbs in the garden but I didn't always feel like walking across the entire yard to get a handful of herbs. We also till our garden once a year and some herbs are perennial so that does not work out too well.
I always wanted an herb garden so after we had the sunroom built 3 years ago, I planted my herbs up against the new room. I took a picture to show you. The steps lead to the sunroom which is just off of my kitchen so it is super convenient so snip some herbs when cooking.
You can see my garlic as well as some sage and lavender which is flowering in the foreground.
Close up of my parsley, thyme and some chives. I will cut off those flower heads before they go to seed. I use cocoa pod mulch in the herb garden because it looks nicer than my usual straw which I use in the garden.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 30, 2015 18:47:18 GMT -5
The mulch does look very nice so I looked it up for purchase. There were several articles on the hazards of this mulch for dogs. This is a warning...If they eat it they can die from it just like eating chocolate. I would have gotten it if I hadn't read this. I don't have a dog presently but I am considering it.
Is that a blue toad in the mulch??
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Post by brownrexx on May 30, 2015 19:58:36 GMT -5
Yes, I have heard that about dogs but I don't have one so no problem here. The mulch does smell wonderfully like chocolate until it gets rained on a few times.
And the toad? It's a ceramic one that my mother made for me. It is painted with a bumpy bluish paint. I have a couple of them and I really like them. They look good among the herbs.
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Post by desertwoman on May 31, 2015 0:29:05 GMT -5
What a great herb garden. I love that you have something your mom made, in your garden. That is so special.
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