Comments on: The Accidental Garden http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/08/03/the-accidental-garden/ (Mostly) Organic Gardening in the Durham Region Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Amy http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/08/03/the-accidental-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-14893 Amy Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:27:37 +0000 http://playinginthedirt.ca/?p=542#comment-14893 Hi Joanna, The purple plant you see in the photo above is Bronze Amaranth. Grow it once and it will pop up in your garden for years, unless you deadhead! Hi Joanna,

The purple plant you see in the photo above is Bronze Amaranth. Grow it once and it will pop up in your garden for years, unless you deadhead!

]]> By: Joanna http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/08/03/the-accidental-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-14817 Joanna Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:09:03 +0000 http://playinginthedirt.ca/?p=542#comment-14817 I came across your blog and I'm curious what the purple leaved plant is. I had something very similar slowly growing in my yard. I didn't pull it to see if it would flower but it was in the fall. I'll have to wait till next year. I came across your blog and I'm curious what the purple leaved plant is. I had something very similar slowly growing in my yard. I didn't pull it to see if it would flower but it was in the fall. I'll have to wait till next year.

]]> By: Amy http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/08/03/the-accidental-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-11333 Amy Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:07:38 +0000 http://playinginthedirt.ca/?p=542#comment-11333 @Sigrun, if only I had some sheep! That's interesting, though, I didn't know that they were the only creatures that digest weed seeds. Maybe this coming spring we'll just get a load of sheep manure delivered. Seems like cheating, somehow. @Sigrun, if only I had some sheep! That’s interesting, though, I didn’t know that they were the only creatures that digest weed seeds.

Maybe this coming spring we’ll just get a load of sheep manure delivered. Seems like cheating, somehow.

]]> By: Sigrun http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/08/03/the-accidental-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-11326 Sigrun Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:16:01 +0000 http://playinginthedirt.ca/?p=542#comment-11326 I do the same kind of compost--it's called cold composting, and it does not kill seeds either vegetable or weed. Into my compost pile only go my vegetable trimmings and potato vines, and tomato vines. The weeds go through the sheep. And one day I will spread 4-5 years of rich sheep poop onto the garden. Did you know that sheep are the only animals that digest the weed seeds--any other animal manure will also spread weed seeds. .-= Sigrun´s last blog ..<a href="http://sproutsnknits.blogspot.com/2009/08/good-bad-and-ugly-and-very-beautiful.html" rel="nofollow">the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (and the Very Beautiful)</a> =-. I do the same kind of compost–it’s called cold composting, and it does not kill seeds either vegetable or weed. Into my compost pile only go my vegetable trimmings and potato vines, and tomato vines. The weeds go through the sheep. And one day I will spread 4-5 years of rich sheep poop onto the garden. Did you know that sheep are the only animals that digest the weed seeds–any other animal manure will also spread weed seeds.
.-= Sigrun´s last blog ..the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (and the Very Beautiful) =-.

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