tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post3374729070508515043..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: The parable of the sower - my versionSue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-85198834077943421132013-07-24T16:18:10.713+00:002013-07-24T16:18:10.713+00:00If I don;t recognise something I just leave it alo...If I don;t recognise something I just leave it alone until I can, MalarSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-2329821155218960432013-07-24T10:03:03.450+00:002013-07-24T10:03:03.450+00:00I seldom can identify young seedling! I always mis...I seldom can identify young seedling! I always mistakenly think of them as weed and throw away! sigh....you are such a smart woman!Malarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421349464010347804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-38656970919937123172013-07-24T08:12:43.182+00:002013-07-24T08:12:43.182+00:00Just read your post, Bilbo and as you say spooky! ...Just read your post, Bilbo and as you say spooky! Have you taken lots of photos of pink flowers too.<br /><br />No apologies needed - I know how things have been for you.<br /><br />Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-65413268414247632502013-07-24T08:11:12.154+00:002013-07-24T08:11:12.154+00:00But as the original parable says, CM the ones on t...But as the original parable says, CM the ones on the drive would eventually run out of steam. Obviously the good drainage from the sharp sand was good for germination though so is there a lesson there too?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-52063417595245487212013-07-24T08:09:34.093+00:002013-07-24T08:09:34.093+00:00It is Janet - why did they prefer the drive?It is Janet - why did they prefer the drive?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-38450421015405951352013-07-24T08:01:07.814+00:002013-07-24T08:01:07.814+00:00Get to know your seedlings.
Yikes Missy. Given my...<i>Get to know your seedlings</i>.<br />Yikes Missy. Given my post yesterday this is more than a little spooky that you too are writing about recognising seedlings. No such thing as coincidence, only connections?<br /><br />Sorry I have been AWOL from GL Allotments recently, bit of a struggle to catch up and keep up in this heat. hugs to you both. xxBilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-62554110600583903272013-07-24T01:22:28.470+00:002013-07-24T01:22:28.470+00:00You'll have verbena b. forever if you let it r...You'll have verbena b. forever if you let it reseed. I let mine do what it wants and then either pull or transplant the seedlings in the spring/fall. The pollinators love them. I've found plants have a knack for sowing themselves where they'll grow the best.Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-37075263832141761212013-07-23T20:31:29.571+00:002013-07-23T20:31:29.571+00:00A most excellent parable, though isn't it irri...A most excellent parable, though isn't it irritating how self seeders go to where they think best rather than obligingly where you have tried to sow them!Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-69149823775034701312013-07-23T19:03:59.154+00:002013-07-23T19:03:59.154+00:00Not all of them though, Snowbird.Not all of them though, Snowbird.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-36027878022008592552013-07-23T18:52:07.247+00:002013-07-23T18:52:07.247+00:00Awwww....what a lovely post. I'm glad the youn...Awwww....what a lovely post. I'm glad the young plants were rounded up from the silly places they chose to grow.xxxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-65570634611677390562013-07-23T14:06:46.239+00:002013-07-23T14:06:46.239+00:00It's a contrary thing isn't it, JoIt's a contrary thing isn't it, JoSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-65538282864328920212013-07-23T14:06:15.662+00:002013-07-23T14:06:15.662+00:00Lady's mantle is like that in our garden, Kell...Lady's mantle is like that in our garden, Kelli and poached egg plants are the same on the plot. We started with six poached egg plants and now have a lawn of them each year and more coming up in the tarmac.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-1521432519890903342013-07-23T12:31:52.474+00:002013-07-23T12:31:52.474+00:00It took me yonks to be able to grow this. I have a...It took me yonks to be able to grow this. I have a lovely self seeded one in the front garden (courtesy of one of next doors plants. I was able to grow some from seed last year though. Jo@awholeplotoflovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525039817338877634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-83118232823124853062013-07-23T12:23:32.661+00:002013-07-23T12:23:32.661+00:00Over the years I've discarded many a young pla...Over the years I've discarded many a young plant as I didn't know what it was. Even now I make many a mistake. On a slightly different thought, two of the big culprits for self seeding for me is poached egg plant and lady's mantle both I find hard to control.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-69938598178270747282013-07-23T12:21:39.294+00:002013-07-23T12:21:39.294+00:00I grew peanuts in a pot once for novelty value, Le...I grew peanuts in a pot once for novelty value, Leanan - fascinating.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-69215072130984528772013-07-23T12:20:32.404+00:002013-07-23T12:20:32.404+00:00Mmm feverfew is a bit like poached egg plants isn&...Mmm feverfew is a bit like poached egg plants isn't it, Mark? Once sown - never without!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-71120081919337968392013-07-23T11:47:30.058+00:002013-07-23T11:47:30.058+00:00Lool clever woman and she has a great memory :D :)...Lool clever woman and she has a great memory :D :) . I can never remember where I planted something. For many years I tried to grow peanuts. They always ended up plucked out cause I forgot about them and took them for weeds. :)--Ana--https://www.blogger.com/profile/04065067119159738087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-16307087673427131642013-07-23T11:36:38.522+00:002013-07-23T11:36:38.522+00:00Some of my best plants are from volunteers. Someho...Some of my best plants are from volunteers. Somehow those ones often seem to have more of a will to live than others that may be carefully sown or planted by a gardener! Worst (best?) of the self-seeders for me is Golden Feverfew, which I have not officially grown for more than 10 years, but which still keeps popping up all over the garden.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-22086451084127625122013-07-23T10:29:40.932+00:002013-07-23T10:29:40.932+00:00Your very welcome Desert Echo. I'm hoping this...Your very welcome Desert Echo. I'm hoping this way I will increase my stock.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-37424073271933603512013-07-23T09:33:14.761+00:002013-07-23T09:33:14.761+00:00Hi, I found your blog via Suburban Tomato. I love ...Hi, I found your blog via Suburban Tomato. I love your photos!<br /><br />We grow verbena bonariensis in our nature strip garden because it is so hardy, one of the only things that has survived!The Desert Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11891255939722192166noreply@blogger.com