All The Green Things
By Mitch Berg
I have a black thumb; if plants talked, they’d call me “The Terminator”.
But I try. I’m going to the Friends’ School Plant Sale this weekend and loading up on annuals for the front flowerbed and the flower boxes along the front walkway, as well as jalapenos, tomatoes, habaneros, cilantro and onions for salsa. I’m going to try my hand at canning the salsa in such a way as to make it not intensely poisonous.
So it’s good to see that not only is my neighbor MidwayPete blogging about gardening stuff, but that my old college friend Jackie (who is married to my high school acquaintance Brian, formerly “Mr. Cheer Or Die” of Vikings fame) is done some writing again for her garden/lifestyle/diaryblog “Through The Garden Gate“. Jackie has solid potential to be the next Martha Stewart – and I mean that in a good way.
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:14 am
Mitch, thanks for the link.
The Friends’ School Plant sale is next weekend. This weekend you’ll find the Living Green Expo at the State Fairgrounds.
I’d be happy to set you up with some perennials so hardy that you can’t kill them, even if you try. Don Engebretson, the Renegade Gardener, calls them “space invaders,” as they will spread and attempt to take over.
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:44 am
I plan on attending the FSPS. I’ll be there Sunday, when whatever’s left goes to half price!
The perennials on the east side of my house are mighty hardy; they’ve had to be. But I’m thinking about doing something with my boulevard.
My big question; why can’t science invent a perennial jalapeno, onion, cilantro or tomato plant?
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:58 am
I’m hoping that the GMO scientists will come up with a rabbit that eats nothing but creeping charlie and dandelions.