tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post1203787372815239024..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): Mid-spring in the small city garden.chuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-26686162226197130042010-03-23T14:27:10.677-07:002010-03-23T14:27:10.677-07:00I got some big red tulips in January and now I hav...I got some big red tulips in January and now I have a few yellow inside, red outside nectarine colored ones going strong. It's always nice to be surprised over what blooms when... definitely your garden inspires me.TheSquirrelfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537085402801330419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-29981075661726137342010-03-21T21:05:41.876-07:002010-03-21T21:05:41.876-07:00I'm with Kim-the leafies are mighty nice! (Fra...I'm with Kim-the leafies are mighty nice! (Frankly ALL your stuff is!)lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-38328466722420270772010-03-21T18:34:41.317-07:002010-03-21T18:34:41.317-07:00Ceanothus. I was just near San Diego and wondered ...Ceanothus. I was just near San Diego and wondered about that. Now I know what it is. Love it.EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-45815371406105163892010-03-21T11:40:15.743-07:002010-03-21T11:40:15.743-07:00Pretty is right, Chuck! Everything is looking qui...Pretty is right, Chuck! Everything is looking quite nice, lots of large leaves too, hooray for them. We have artichokes in the greenhouse that keep getting brown spots on the leaves. It is still too early to let them be outside, but perhaps they are getting too much water. Will set them aside and neglect them. Our littles tulips do have some overlap of bloom most years, but the pinks are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-53215286845811760582010-03-21T08:54:11.453-07:002010-03-21T08:54:11.453-07:00Yay for the artichoke! That delights me so. Maybe ...Yay for the artichoke! That delights me so. Maybe even scrape any surrounding groundcover back a bit so the soil around the 'choke can get dry and crumbly. I love stuiff that thrives on neglect. I have lots of Comfrey divisions going great-guns around the place now and none of them will get any help from me, no sir. Make it or fake it or yer outta here... Maybe the deer will let me enjoy the Bonnie Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10500058929186043543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-26356861865355387512010-03-20T20:29:47.879-07:002010-03-20T20:29:47.879-07:00I don't know, I have a soft spot for the big l...I don't know, I have a soft spot for the big leafy greens. And the way that heuchera/heucherella (I think?) picks up the red in your phormium. (Or was it a cordyline?)<br /><br />By the way, is that an echium in front of your tomato cages? They're growing some at the botanical garden this year, and I always think of your posts showing them on your neighborhood walks when I pass them inAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-81453531356332645042010-03-20T17:14:34.226-07:002010-03-20T17:14:34.226-07:00The ceanothus is prettier than any lilac I have se...The ceanothus is prettier than any lilac I have seen. I haven't seen a lot of lilacs. It just looks fuller with bloom. Our lilacs might not be completely happy way up here though.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-22827971295757917122010-03-20T13:59:21.919-07:002010-03-20T13:59:21.919-07:00Your Ceanothus are absolutely gorgeous! One of th...Your Ceanothus are absolutely gorgeous! One of the things I loved best about growing up in CA, was how easy it was to garden and how many different plants just thrive there in the coastal climate.Noelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.com