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Rosalind, So we have the same varieties. One of mine got destroyed by construction workers and also came back, apparently true to graft. I wish I knew which was which right now. The one came back (the following year; I had given up on it), and in a few years had caught up with his friend, who...

Oops, I forgot to say lemon cucumber also seems to do well. Though it's not my favorite lol.

I will try to be brief. Apparently everything is in the family curcubit, and therefore potentially suseptable, from what I read now. But though many are not a different family, they are a different genus from our regular garden varieties. (If I mixed up my science, please straighten me out.) Or...

I've ordered from Harmann's before and their stock was always fine; any losses were definitely my fault (gory details not necessary). Oikos also sells lingonberry, and I think his stock is good, too.

Last year red worms/compost worms wintered over outside in z 5 in a 3 foot pile; we'll see about this year. I have an indoor multi level worm composter; they are supposed to crawl upstairs to the new food source as they complete a lower level, but they don't; we just wind up with tons of worms...

How do the low bush ("wild") blues taste? My teenage daughter is sure they won't be good, like apparently nothing is until you're at least 21 :). Me, I like weeds and wild, so I know I'll like them. But I'm trying a few varieties, and some half-highs, too. Thanks for YOUR info!

My paw paws took a few years to get going, but we had more than we could eat last year, and looking forward to sharing (and freezing) even more this year. Everyone wants to try them; we actually have a "waiting list" from last year! I got mine (Sunflower and Wells) from Raintree, all the was...

If you email hartmannsplantcompany.com with your question, they will email you back the same day (in my experience). They sell a pair of lingonberries I was considering, but I think I'm going with all blueberries (found several low bush blueberry groundcovers, including some at Hartmanns, for a...

I should not be in front of the computer right now. But this is my kind of avoidance. Iowa used to be fruit orchards until an unseasonal freeze in the 40's. Then it was easier to get the quick return of annuals, and there was no going back, apparently, the corn and soy megolith had its rule...

Well, my sister is 45 minutes from Madison, but don't ask me which direction. I was just happy when I learned I spent 13 years of my adult life in southEAST Iowa. I also know up from down, usually. Okay, I found your old thread, I'll spend time with it later. I find self seeders (often...

I got those in Iowa last summer when we were super rainy and cooler than normal (probably like Seattle most of the time). At least I'm in "pond country"; Iowa City and other river towns fared way worse. I also thought they were "wild" seeds of my geraniums--when they finally made tiny...

Wow. I started so many beds with newspaper or cardboard and mulch. My whole front lawn, for example:D. Your crab grass has a power my annual vegetable starts can only dream of.:/

I'm curious, anyone try a hula hoe for weeding grass around raised beds? I bet it'd be perfect. (I borrowed one for a while once, it seemed like a great tool).

I read that article but forgot to send for seeds. :rolleyes: Maybe I will now. I'd love to hear your other "unusual, perennial, healthy, and easy" plant success stories. Cuz that's the proverbial sandbox I'm playing in. New thread, maybe? My sister is on a farm in New Glarus. Anywhere near you?

How about the Carmine cherry bush, developed in Canada, supposed to make big sweet cherries on I forget 7 foot bush. I've read the Hansen's and Nankings are too pitty or too sour or both (if I recall, Nankings are sweeter). I planted a Carmine from Gurney's I think last fall (only place I could...

Hi, couldn't resist responding, though I just noticed this conversation took place last year, not last weekish, oops. Anyway, re other early greens to add variety to purple orach, how about magenta variegated lambsquarters??? They come up around the same time and more prolifically for me than...