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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Unseen Parts of Our Garden

There are quite a few plants in our garden that I've not posted before now because I found them boring.  Most of what I've been showing was planted from seed and I found it exciting how they changed so quickly.  These plants were put in the ground as plants and they just looked the same for so long.  Now they are starting to produce.

This is one of our broccoli plants. We really like broccoli in our family and are happy to see it doing so well.


Here is a lettuce plant.

More lettuce of a different variety. We are already eating this in salads. We did plant this from seed but I've never posted it here before.

Do you find particular plants more exciting to watch than others?

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  1. Oh no! Broccoli and lettuce are never boring! :) Can't say that I think of any of them as boring to watch. On the other hand, I am finding my strawberries particularly interesting this year.

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  2. I think peas are the most interesting to watch. Something about the way they curl up and unfurl, I think. I also like watching pumpkins grow - from a small flower to a small green blob to a huge orange pumpkin. The kids think those are the best to watch. Really, they like to watch anything that goes from flower to fruit.

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  3. I am jealous that your garden is producing already!

    I like the "big leaf" plants like broccoli and cabbage. I always think about using the leaves inside in a flower arrangement.

    I haven't done that yet, but this might be the year..

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  4. Exciting stuff! What kind of lettuce is that?

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  5. What wonders gardens are! Thanks for sharing your produce of your garden! We will over here in Colorado will start seeing some sprouts once it gets warmer... It's may and it's still 30-40 degrees out :))

    Take care now
    Simranjeet Singh
    www.simranjeet.com

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