tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post1569436864832195668..comments2024-03-28T14:37:45.575-04:00Comments on 5 Acres & A Dream: Weeding and Gathering: HeartseaseLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-1332125248141434492014-04-17T21:23:37.491-04:002014-04-17T21:23:37.491-04:00Stephanie, that's the best way to do it. Every...Stephanie, that's the best way to do it. Every couple of years I get an identification book from the library and learn a few more!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-16915800303687823542014-04-15T10:36:44.981-04:002014-04-15T10:36:44.981-04:00I am trying to be more like this as I learn more a...I am trying to be more like this as I learn more about the plants that grow naturally around here.<br /><br />http://caffeinatedhomestead.weebly.com/blog.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-17979046481516417032014-04-11T21:45:35.801-04:002014-04-11T21:45:35.801-04:00Ell Ford, hello and welcome! I love the trend in m...Ell Ford, hello and welcome! I love the trend in more natural gardening. Anything that can be used is worth letting grow!<br /><br />Chris, well put! The other benefit (besides they look pretty) is as living mulch. I find a nicely crowded bed stays so much happier. <br /><br />Tanmay Roy, thanks!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-35754454142682899252014-04-11T08:04:09.744-04:002014-04-11T08:04:09.744-04:00Love those little flowers! Wonderful.
www.roysfarm...Love those little flowers! Wonderful.<br /><a href="http://www.roysfarm.com/" rel="nofollow">www.roysfarm.com</a>Tanmoy Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002507998371265820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-72276811429027597532014-04-10T19:06:29.615-04:002014-04-10T19:06:29.615-04:00I don't see weeds, I see beauty personified. :...I don't see weeds, I see beauty personified. :) You're courageous to welcome them into your garden and find a good purpose for them.<br /><br />I'm in love with that image, more so than a neat row of anything you could plant without competition.<br /><br />You should feel very proud of that patch. I see green productivity and that's what every gardener wants. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-74197883136309912852014-04-10T14:53:09.119-04:002014-04-10T14:53:09.119-04:00Oh I love those little flowers! so beautiful, I...Oh I love those little flowers! so beautiful, I've let them volunteer anywhere they please. I didn't know they were medicinal as well-I will have to try them! My garden has gotten messier as well, with the acceptance of "weeds" like purslane wood sorrel, catmint, salsify, lambs quarters and more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750585279257054123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-43621480325349733342014-04-10T05:58:28.907-04:002014-04-10T05:58:28.907-04:00Barb, it's amazing how useful plants can be, i...Barb, it's amazing how useful plants can be, isn't it? There are only a few I'd now declare "weeds". Even so, I've been thinking I need to get the herb and wildflower identification books out again.<br /><br />Lynda, violet jelly sounds lovely! I recall seeing a recipe for it sometimes last year. I may have to look into that. It would make nice gifts. <br /><br />Mark, I just discovered Tracy's blog recently; another fantastic resource. I noted her recent post of purslane, but I don't think I've ever seen that here. I need to go back through the rest of her herb posts.<br /><br />Kev, I would love to have lots of clover growing in our veggie garden! I have a small patch which I'm going to leave be. I love a good living mulch.<br /><br />Nina, by the time you're enjoying spring flowers, I'll be complaining about the heat, LOL<br /><br />Fern, thanks! Mark mentioned another blog, <a href="http://processdriven.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. She is also doing a series on wild edibles. <br /><br />Renee, I need to know if this works! We recently bought a couple of those solar blinking lights for the garden to see if they would deter deer. I haven't blogged about them yet 'cuz I wanted to see if they worked! My best time to find new deer tracks is right after a rain, and there were none after our rain on Monday! I'm not counting my chickens before they're hatched, but it would be wonderful to not have deer wipe on my beets and sweet potatoes this year!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-77218056736350251572014-04-09T22:09:31.442-04:002014-04-09T22:09:31.442-04:00I love violas and pansies but getting them to grow...I love violas and pansies but getting them to grow here is difficult. I think the birds or the mulch keeps them from reseeding here. I'm going to keep trying though.<br />I got a idea today to try for pest control. I got the idea from the news...that pepper poisoning that happened at a school near me. I'm going to try getting the peppers and spreading the oil from ground peppers over my mulch to see if that keeps the deer and neighborhood cats out of my flowers. I'm also going to try it on areas that we want our dog to stay out of as well. I hope that she isn't too dumb and ends up hurting herself with it.Renee Nefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167893445846427824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-7194843408642984402014-04-09T13:16:19.369-04:002014-04-09T13:16:19.369-04:00Great information! Thank you. I am trying to learn...Great information! Thank you. I am trying to learn more about the common plants in our area and their uses. We have both of these here and violets in abundance - purple and yellow.<br /><br />Thanks for teaching me more today, Leigh.<br /><br />FernFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-82353462182956155542014-04-09T12:36:15.778-04:002014-04-09T12:36:15.778-04:00sigh... it looks like summer there... I'm star...sigh... it looks like summer there... I'm starting to get a bit envious :)Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049476969325691637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-63009945293664397832014-04-09T11:26:08.769-04:002014-04-09T11:26:08.769-04:00I always usex to love to see a field of buttercups...I always usex to love to see a field of buttercups until I had a garden full of them! I've got lots of clover growing in the veg garden which is no bad thing. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-10292675149374044432014-04-09T08:48:57.707-04:002014-04-09T08:48:57.707-04:00I may have to be altering my definition of "w...I may have to be altering my definition of "weed" too. Between you and Tracy at 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' my weeds are turning into volunteer garden crops. I'm not sure we get these here, and it's too early to see them anyway. We're just getting the last of the snow off the north-facing hillsides and not getting a lot of getting a lot of new growing things yet. I'll watch for Heartease when thins start to grow.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08343134852881572900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-53309946663363271732014-04-09T08:45:43.502-04:002014-04-09T08:45:43.502-04:00I don't have wild viola's, so I buy seed a...I don't have wild viola's, so I buy seed and plant them everywhere. I do have violets...tons of them. My aunt gathered some wild ones from Mt. St. Helen's before the eruption and I have those in my yard...a very dark purple color with huge blooms...they make a lovely violet jelly.Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14189157322930654023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-50471849094394549302014-04-09T07:57:49.880-04:002014-04-09T07:57:49.880-04:00Johnny has been Jumping Up around me for decades a...Johnny has been Jumping Up around me for decades and I never knew what it was called or that it could be used! Yea Leigh!Farmer Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07596672416236302171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-85957298641190774062014-04-09T06:41:39.676-04:002014-04-09T06:41:39.676-04:00Mama Pea, LOL. There are also quite a few varietie...Mama Pea, LOL. There are also quite a few varieties of this plant. I have one in the garden which has all white flowers. <br /><br />Izzy, it's a tiny little thing and easy to overlook. They are a sweet addition to the yard. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-91128085664025082732014-04-09T06:28:31.814-04:002014-04-09T06:28:31.814-04:00Can't say I've ever seen the heartease bef...Can't say I've ever seen the heartease before. I'll be looking harder next time I'm at The Compound.Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07750628123685151713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-78157674969547026382014-04-09T06:11:26.733-04:002014-04-09T06:11:26.733-04:00Very interesting! Our johnny jump ups never grow ...Very interesting! Our johnny jump ups never grow tall as yours seem to but rather stay short and spread out in clumps low to the ground. (I know, I can hear you saying, "Because they're trying to stay close to the ground where the warmth is!" Hmmm, maybe that's it.) I rarely see them in our field garden but they are prolific in the raised beds. One year I transplanted each one I found and filled a raised bed of them exclusively. It made a lovely bed.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-84084739617803187252014-04-09T04:58:51.981-04:002014-04-09T04:58:51.981-04:00Jaime, only some are beautiful! And only when in f...Jaime, only some are beautiful! And only when in flower. :)<br /><br />Sarah, they are cousins to violets, actually.<br /><br />Gill, it's interesting how animals can change our perspective of "weeds," isn't it? But like you, my truly weediest weed is a grass too! And it's everywhere! Aaarrgh. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-82136886948374896112014-04-09T04:14:03.010-04:002014-04-09T04:14:03.010-04:00Like you, I have altered my definition of weeds ov...Like you, I have altered my definition of weeds over the years. Some from lazyness I guess, but mostly from a realisation that some volunteers are beneficial to the our rabbits, chicken and ourselves. I love your heartsease.<br />I am unlikely to feel affection for couch grass however, even though the rabbits love it!<br />GillFrugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-23929384638131709432014-04-09T02:18:34.696-04:002014-04-09T02:18:34.696-04:00Those are so pretty! We have violets that are ALL...Those are so pretty! We have violets that are ALL over but I haven't seen anything like this! Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105014798773711886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-31023244658062605912014-04-09T00:42:38.903-04:002014-04-09T00:42:38.903-04:00Well at least your weeds are beautiful! Can't ...Well at least your weeds are beautiful! Can't say that about mine so much ;) <br />-Jaime Ngo Family Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484243776589015749noreply@blogger.com