Then Laughter Returned to the Garden
Season 5, Episode 22, April 12, 2023
Thank goodness it’s spring! I’m full of 14 carat gratitude today.
On this week’s episode, Carol and I discussed columbines, perennial kale, a different kind of foraging book, and more!
I gave a quick fire recovery update. You can also see a video of my back garden on Instagram. Carol shared about her Easter egg hunt, and you can see her eggs here.
I got some Muck Boots which I’m excited to try.
Our flower this week is the humble columbine. Carol grows columbines in abundance. I can only get them to stay in my garden for a year or two. If you listen to the episode and look at Carol’s photos, you’ll probably want some columbine seeds. Select Seeds sells a packet called National Collection Mix. Eden Bros also has a mix of European columbine seeds.
Nan Ondra at Hayefield also has some seeds for interesting columbines. Her seeds are always interesting varieties.
You can also read about columbines in last week’s book, The Story of Flowers and how they change the way we live, by Noel Kingsbury. (Amazon link)
We continued our series on perennial vegetables with perennial kale, which we read about in The Guardian. We’ve pretty much decided it’s sea kale that we can’t grow. Oh well, who wants to grow another kind of kale anyway? Can you tell I’m sick and tired of kale? Give me some garden lettuce, please!
On our bookshelf, this week is an English book, The Flowerpot Forager: An Easy Guide to Growing Wild Food at Home, by Stuart Ovenden (Amazon link.) Who knew you could grow your own foraged plants?
Our dirt is my post on Dr. John Cho and his elephant ear breeding. Many new cultivars are coming to market this year. If you live in a hot climate, elephant ears are your friends. Plus, did you know April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month? I didn’t.
We hope you enjoy this week’s episode. We laughed a lot, and we hope you laugh too.
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I usually get a third year out of columbines, but not more. Luckily, they have reseeded very freely and I also started some from seed in Fall 2022, so they should continue in my garden. I have discovered that I don't care for the Black Barlow variety (too dark to show up well and not the bright colors I want this time of year), which has done well in my garden, so will probably pull that out in the next couple of weeks as I don't want those any more.