Groundnut post update

Want to share a comment that evoked strong memories:

Michelle said...

Haha! You gave me so many plants and seeds to try, I'm not surprised that you forgot. Your garden is establishing an outpost in our yard!

November 18, 2008 10:57 AM

Hi Michelle, I can't wait to seed the fruits of your efforts next season!! Isn't it wonderful to be able to join a chain of plant sharing that has been going on forever!!!
My gardens are the accumulation of years of gardeners, going all the way back to the 1040's when my aunts started their first gardens, which supplied my Violets and Lilies of the valley!! These are my most prized plants, as they come from such a great background!! Each year when they bloom, they deliver me back to those days growing up surrounded by extended family. It is so awe inspiring to realize that these gardens are supplying the seeds (quite literally) that will become future generations' sources of similar fond memories.


I would like to invite all to develop their own outposts, with all the plants and seeds which have been shared from my gardens. Become inspired over the years to share with others, to get us all more interconnected with each other and with this great Earth, the one we each sink our hands into each spring, when we welcome the earth into our hearts, yet again, for a new season of sharing this great planet we call our home.

I put up offer for strawberry runners, to see what the interest might be. Had 7 responses in the first few hours - wasn't sure if i could accommodate them all so went out to count runners. Well, imagine my surprise when I could barely walk through the strawberry patch due to so many runners - I counted 177 that had set little plants, and many more are getting ready to set!!! Will be able to share with all!!
One girl who responded wanted to plant strawberries due to memories relating to her grandmother and picking strawberries with her. My grandkids went strawberry picking with all of us last year at a local farm - and had so much fun I moved a bunch of runners that had been around forever into a new sunny patch, and we have been enjoying strawberries for 2 weeks now!! Every time they come, they run to the patch for berries!! I just have to battle with the local catbird that keeps eating them - even when I am within 6 feet of it!!
What a wonderful time of year - Walking around I can hear baby goldfinches in my Blue Spruce, and several other chirping groups in various trees!! Had 2 hawks here yesterday diving to get at something in my garden.