Comments on: S&R asks: What are your 2010 gardening plans?

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:17:28 +0000

I don’t know for sure if tiger lilies are, but regular day lilies are edible and if you catch them at the right time (soon after opening) they’re quite sweet. The unopened pods are a traditional ingredient in hot and sour soup.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:53 +0000

Since we finally had to put my dog to sleep I this summer is going to be a lot of dirt to fill in the holes she used to love and dig. Lucky for me there’s tons and tons of tiger lilies and tulips, so spring and late summer are taken care of without any effort.

By: libhomo

libhomo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:40:31 +0000

I keep putting off ordering seeds. I need to get cracking.

By: Lex

Lex — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:37:51 +0000

Yes, and blog.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:54:14 +0000

A slight correction. Your life will be definable in FOUR words: eat, sleep, garden and blog.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:36:00 +0000

I have a question. We live in a townhouse and our patio faces south. We don’t have much space, but we do have a little. The problem is that there’s so much concrete and brick around any little patch of dirt or pot we can attempt to grow something in, and when it gets hot, it’s a feckin’ bake oven out there.

We had a little success with tomatoes last year and also got some lettuce and cabbage to come up, but is there anything that should really thrive in these conditions?

By: Lex

Lex — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:06:34 +0000

It’s strangely warm here too, but not quite growing like mad yet. If the groundhog’s prediction of six more weeks manages to hold true for the UP, i’ll dance a little jig. So far, it feels promising and our last el Nino cycle produced some amazing summers (like breaking into the 90′s by Memorial Day weekend), so hope is running high for me.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:56:29 +0000

How cool of you Lex to do this. I will send you my questions, since it appears to be the way to create future articles, and I’d love to see this take off.

Today’s garden work is almost entirely clean up and prep, but stuff is growing already like mad. We had the warmest January on record and February appears to be following suit. It’s a bit unnerving to have everything on fast forward out there.

Ok, off to ask my questions.