The FR Victory Garden/4.21.02

Seeds of Knowledge ^ | April 2002 | Brenda Hyde

[Fintan]

For those of you with pesky deer problems, follow the link...

[Fintan]

You're always on the Finster's ping list, my little snapdragon...

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Thank you my little Pesto Pal.

[ken5050]

I trust I'm on Fintan's list......( BTEW, can we cover radished next time?..LOL)..but I think I'd like to be added to HLL's list..whatever it is.....(G)

[Carolinamom]

The FR Victory Garden thread is a great idea! Please add me to your ping list.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

You can be on my ping list anytime, big boy.

Can you send your deer over to the Clintons? It would totally freak them out. Are they ever home?

[basil]

What a nice thing for you to say! You certainly made my day--thank you.

[KateUTWS]

Ping me, ping me, teacher, please?

[KateUTWS]

Replying to my reply. After 40 years of marriage I finally asked my beloved just which foods he actually liked! Big mistake. He hates Basil.

I can't imagine tomatoes without it.

[AppyPappy]

I shoot the deer with my BB gun. After a while, they avoid the area. A pellet gun works better. A mean dog also helps.

[Corin Stormhands]

Please add me to your ping list. Thanks.

[andysandmikesmom]

With the spring here, and planting fever burning in my brain, I find the idea for this thread to be a wonderful idea...and growing herbs and having recepies for the use of different herbs is a special treat...

Please add me to any ping list concerning this thread...

I was so excited seeing this topic, that I have not as yet read the posts...so need to go back and do that...

I am especially interested in growing herbs in containers..and also will be especially interested to see if 'catnip' will be an herb which is discussed...my kitty loves catnip, so I thought he would enjoy having a few special catnip plants, placed at strategic places around the house...

This is great fun....

[Wednesday's Child]

I've been growing my own vegetables for many years, although I've never grown herbs. I would like to try it.
There's just nothing like walking out to the garden and picking peas or green beans and eating them right then and there! I will definately give the Basil and Tomato Bruschetta a try.
Thank you for starting this thread. Would you please add my name to your ping list ?

[Carolina]

Please add me to your ping list.

In anticipation of Racing Day, we have our mint ready.

[2Trievers]

Herbs rule! What a super idea Fin ... when I lived on the Farm, I grew 45 - 50 kinds. A kitchen door herb garden is so easy and handy! Once you've had one, you'll never want to be without!

We have on board the forum one of the most outstanding and knowledgeable purveyors of gardening seed in the country ... might I say the world. He is too modest, of course, to tell us that ... I'm sure he would be happy to field questions for FReepers ... he has NOTHING else to do all day, right Lone?

Fin ... you have FReepmail ... &;-)

[2Trievers]

My Labs are the best deterrent to those critters ... really. If you have enough property and can let the dogs free, the problem goes away! &;-)

[2Trievers]

"I am especially interested in growing herbs in containers..and also will be especially interested to see if 'catnip' will be an herb which is discussed...my kitty loves catnip, so I thought he would enjoy having a few special catnip plants, placed at strategic places around the house..."

Catnip loves neglect and lots of sun. It can run wild outdoors, like mint. I've not had much luck growing it indoors, it seems to get very straggly ... had an old tomcat who spent the whole summer sleeping in "his" bed of catnip.! Your cat will appreciate you for it! &;-)

[andysandmikesmom]

Thanks for the info about the catnip...I know that mints loves neglect, and gets out of control if let on its own, but did not realize that catnip is the same way....also interesting about its not doing well in the house...

My problem is, I cannot let my cat out of doors...when I got him, he was already declawed(horrors), and we have lots and lots of other cats around, as well as wildlife, and poor Dizzy would have no natural defense, being as he has no front claws...so he has to remain in the house...

But perhaps a few large pots of catnip, with several left outside, and some inside, and then rotating them from inside to outside, and outside to inside, at intervals, may be the way to go...

I have seen a pic of someones cat here on FR, crashed out, in a huge clump of catnip...My kitty is crazy over the dried catnip, so I figure he will be quite delighted with fresh catnip...

Again, thanks for the info...

[2Trievers]

Lots and lots of sun ... and don't forget good drainage in those pots. Rotating them is a good idea ... just make sure they have w-i-d-e bottoms, so when Dizzy climbs in, they won't tip over! LOL Hug Dizzy for me! &;-)

[andysandmikesmom]

Dizzy sends hugs back, hugs for the hints about his favorite herb, the catnip...now he is giving me orders, to get to the store and buy him his plants...ah, these cats, so demanding...