Comments on: Give peas a chance http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/ Making a little time grow a long way Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Stopwatch Gardener | A gardening blog for time-poor plant fanatics » Blog Archive » Spring planting combinations that beat the patchy look (and don’t smell like toilet duck) http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-614 The Stopwatch Gardener | A gardening blog for time-poor plant fanatics » Blog Archive » Spring planting combinations that beat the patchy look (and don’t smell like toilet duck) Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:17:05 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-614 [...] is why I was saying last year that I wanted to keep my new vegetable patch in a bit of the garden I don’t see from the [...] [...] is why I was saying last year that I wanted to keep my new vegetable patch in a bit of the garden I don’t see from the [...]

]]> By: The Stopwatch Gardener | A gardening blog for time-poor plant fanatics » Blog Archive » Five reasons I’m ok with growing edibles http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-235 The Stopwatch Gardener | A gardening blog for time-poor plant fanatics » Blog Archive » Five reasons I’m ok with growing edibles Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:42:39 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-235 [...] on the lettuce aren’t a dealbreaker: Deborah once commented that she’s always preferred store-bought lettuce to growing her own, worried there might be [...] [...] on the lettuce aren’t a dealbreaker: Deborah once commented that she’s always preferred store-bought lettuce to growing her own, worried there might be [...]

]]> By: The StopWatch Gardener http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-93 The StopWatch Gardener Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:57:14 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-93 Mike - thank you for the kind comments! Deborah - am definitely going to grow tomatoes this year...Tigerella, a striped variety...and also lettuces, which I'll go thru with a fine tooth comb pre-eating! Janie - it's asparagus peas I'm looking at growing, simply because they look so odd, but normal peas like yours would probably be a better bet, as we eat them by the pound here Nell Jean - thanks very much for camellia advice...I'm determined to get one of these as a present to myself for Christmas. Gail - I tried potatoes in a container and got it wrong...dug them up way too early...but wouldn't rule them out as a container food. Have you seen these absolutely beautiful potato baskets and other containers from Burgon & Ball? http://burgonandball.com/shop/scripts/prodList.asp?idcategory=122 I want them all! Mike – thank you for the kind comments!

Deborah – am definitely going to grow tomatoes this year…Tigerella, a striped variety…and also lettuces, which I’ll go thru with a fine tooth comb pre-eating!

Janie – it’s asparagus peas I’m looking at growing, simply because they look so odd, but normal peas like yours would probably be a better bet, as we eat them by the pound here

Nell Jean – thanks very much for camellia advice…I’m determined to get one of these as a present to myself for Christmas.

Gail – I tried potatoes in a container and got it wrong…dug them up way too early…but wouldn’t rule them out as a container food. Have you seen these absolutely beautiful potato baskets and other containers from Burgon & Ball? http://burgonandball.com/shop/scripts/prodList.asp?idcategory=122 I want them all!

]]> By: Gail http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Gail Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:32 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-86 I grow herbs and a few lettuces and know that I could try to grow more vegies in containers! It's funny, but I've found plenty of bugs on lettuces I get from the produce markets! gail I grow herbs and a few lettuces and know that I could try to grow more vegies in containers! It’s funny, but I’ve found plenty of bugs on lettuces I get from the produce markets! gail

]]> By: Nell Jean http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Nell Jean Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:24:25 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-84 You asked on my blog about a camellia suitable for espalier. Never having tried to train one, I can't really say. Many of the Camellia sasanquas do take well to growing in one direction or another. There is a lovely pink that the nurseries have that grows with a very open habit that I think would do well, can't remember the name. Try growing all sorts of vegetable things, you'll enjoy the growing as well as the eating. You asked on my blog about a camellia suitable for espalier. Never having tried to train one, I can’t really say. Many of the Camellia sasanquas do take well to growing in one direction or another. There is a lovely pink that the nurseries have that grows with a very open habit that I think would do well, can’t remember the name.

Try growing all sorts of vegetable things, you’ll enjoy the growing as well as the eating.

]]> By: Janie http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Janie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:34 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-83 I think you could learn to love them too! I love to grow and eat lettuce! I just wash it good, and have not found any bugs yet. I do grow peas too. I eat them in the garden, no washing involved, except of course, for the rain. I think you could learn to love them too! I love to grow and eat lettuce! I just wash it good, and have not found any bugs yet. I do grow peas too. I eat them in the garden, no washing involved, except of course, for the rain.

]]> By: Deborah at Kilbourne Grove http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Deborah at Kilbourne Grove Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:34:01 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-82 I am always slightly paranoid that if I grow my own lettuce that I would find bugs in it. Tesco would work for me as well. But I do grow lots of tomatoes, they are safe! I am always slightly paranoid that if I grow my own lettuce that I would find bugs in it. Tesco would work for me as well. But I do grow lots of tomatoes, they are safe!

]]> By: Mike Harmon http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/give-peas-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Mike Harmon Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:15:39 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=357#comment-81 I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work :) I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work :)

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