June
2004
Well,
somewhere along the way, three volunteer Nasturitums made
it into my yard, and they've been thriving in the spots they
chose for themselves. So I guess all I can say is that if
it ain't broke don't fix it--and--free choice rules!
2001
Well, these aren't technically herbs, but I've included nasturtium
in this area because they are a colorful & tasty addition
to salads (adds a nice mellow, peppery flavor), that's for
sure. A great plant to eat. If you don't let aphids kill
them, that is... I admit it, I got busy and lazy and by the
time I motivated to motivate my husband to put on the Pyola it
was too late. But the fact that my honey is working on spiritually
healing his childhood gardening baggage and has been helping
me more and more with what was kinda sorta, unofficially,
my project, is really great. He's really been liking sitting
outside and seeing all of the flowers and plants around him
instead of walls, fence and dirt. Plus, he figures, at least
in our garden, unlike in the garden of his youth, there are
some things he'll actually eat, so it's not like he's doing
all this work for no tangible return for it. The enjoyment
he's getting on the flip side seems to have made him be able
to enjoy the process more, and his engineering skills are
quite useful for problem-solving in the garden too. He's
the one who found the moisture meter that completely fixed
the trickiest issue we had going-- figuring out how much
to water in certain areas that had been previously hard to
accurately judge. Most non-obvious to get but excellent spontaneous
choice item we bought this gardening season. Hands down.
So it took a while for us to commit to a level of caring
about your garden that involves more than just sticking the
plants in the ground, watering them and hoping for the best.
In retrospect, it's really not as big of a deal as it seemed
before actually doing it. And in the end, that Pyola stuff
really worked for killing aphids, and has since saved many
another plant. Besides, my friend from Farmers' Market's
Maggie's Farm made me feel better when he mentioned to me
that nasturtium draws bugs away from other plants, so o a
lot of time, these become, on purpose, to farmers, what in
gardening lingo is known as "sacrificial plants".
May all four of my poor little dearly departed nasturtium
pals rest in peace.
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