Recent content by Crunchie

Well, my decision was made for me when I went back to the store and all of the super cheap holly was gone! :lol: That's what I get for taking the time to think about it. You should never think that hard about a really good deal, huh? The holly was the type with oval-shaped leaves w/no...

I was looking at shrubbery today, with the assumption that it was boxwood that I was after. I'm going for a random, cottage garden-like look along the walk to my house, and was thinking about letting a few boxwood go wild & ungroomed to fill in space & add texture. Not really after the...

Thanks, obsessed! I actually have quite a bit of seed (and my boss has quite a seed stash and always passes a long a ton of seed before spring), so I should take inventory of what I've got first before I go getting more... :lol: But I will keep that in mind. Thanks for the suggestions...

Thanks for all of the suggestions thus far,everyone! :D Yeah, I don't mind much if a variety is not a good fresh/snap bean. Quality as a dried/soup bean is priority. And yes Steve, our climates are very different...:lol: I had great luck last year with long season-loving black eyed peas (I...

Hi y'all, I'd like to have some ideas with varieties of beans & squash to plant this year. I know what I would like in a variety, but looking at all of the seed catalogs is just overwhelming! So if anyone as a favorite variety, or good/bad experiences with any particular varieties, I'd love...

:lau I was thinking the SAME thing! As in, "HEY! I'd wear those shoes!" :lol: Y'all haven't seen my paddock boots. I have a friend who, at every horse show, swears that the next time I bring them out in public she's gonna pretend she doesn't know me. :gig But I LOVE them! I just can't...

Woohoo! I've got some started leeks and Lavender is my favorite....:D I 'm SO planting the leeks in the flower bed instead of the veggie garden when I plant the lavender that I want all along the edge of my walkway... Companion planting rocks. :cool:

Thanks for all of those wonderful links, Hattie! So many great ideas out there...and CityChook, your gardens are beautiful! So, I have planted a couple of things here and there, but haven't done too much yet. I do have some pictures of the area that I took the other day. Excuse the huge...

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw your topic, Pat. Not because you have a squirrel issue (I have one myself, and I don't find it particularly funny), but because I just got off of the phone with my father and he was telling me all about his recent squirrel trapping adventures. So...

Thanks for all of the info, Hattie!! :D And I can access those sites from "over here." :P The list of "top 10" plants on the BBC site is fun. A lot of the plants on the list are ones I already have! Cool. :cool: Those garden pics on the first site you listed are gorgeous. :drool Great...

So...I have a somewhat large bed on one side of my path to my house that I decided I would like to plant cottage garden style...I love the seemingly totally random, mish-mash tangle of flowers and plants that a real cottage garden is. :) (I posted a thread a bit ago about tilling up my lawn to...

I just started some Lemon Cucumbers. Yummmm-ay. :D I could eat them all day long! How about peppers? You say you have the basics, so I assume you already have bell-type peppers...but what about the hot ones? :) There are sooooo many varieties of fun (and pretty!) hot peppers. Or plant...