tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post9094186191963044696..comments2023-10-23T06:41:24.218-07:00Comments on notes from La Mancha: ...news from the gardencatsingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-70528954446075512162009-05-28T14:17:40.792-07:002009-05-28T14:17:40.792-07:00...hi Calico...
I guess that you are seeing the lo......hi Calico...<br />I guess that you are seeing the lobelia [Crystal Palace & Midnight Blue]as the Evolvulous...never heard that name before... or the "blanket flower" either...<br />the picture shows several varieties of marigolds, begonias, coreopsis and<br />cosmos as well as the white allissum & blue lobelia... there's also blue & mixed salvia that's already planted...<br />as well as zinnias... I have one "goblin" gallardia that's going elsewhere... our bumblebees are not the stinging kind so they don't bother me...<br />I also find "dead-heading" tiresome,<br />but a necessary evil, none the less... <br />I've never tried canning... I have frozen things like tomato sauce & berries before... I've also made pickles... the last garden I had was mostly critter food...<br />I'm hoping for better results with this one...catsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-11723264440413737602009-05-27T19:11:52.725-07:002009-05-27T19:11:52.725-07:00I see you bought some Blue Daze (Evolvulus) for th...I see you bought some Blue Daze (Evolvulus) for the flower pots. I used to plant that every year because I love blue and there are so few truly blue flowers. Recently, I've gone more the lavender/pink route. You also have Blanket Flowers. I used to have an enormous patch of Gaillardia around my mailbox two houses ago. Two problems: the deadheading was neverending, and it made for a lot of bumblebees around the mailbox (the mailman didn't appreciate it). I don't know how big they were supposed to be but mine were almost 3 feet tall! I used to attend to the deadheading every morning while waiting for my husband to get ready for work. If I didn't trim all the old blooms off, it stopped blooming altogether. Your vegetable garden is impressive. Does it produce enough to feed you the whole summer? Are you into canning?The Calico Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772374749065425388noreply@blogger.com