1059 Faithful Garden Companion

 

For the past several years, I've had a love affair with nasturtiums.  I have discovered that there are a lot of people who love them too.  This Spring I read up on companion planting for my garden, and discovered that nasturtiums are beneficial to many garden vegetables, so they kept company to my zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, eggplants/peppers,  and tomatoes.  As some of those crops are waning, the nasturtiums are still going strong.  Did you know nasturtiums and their leaves are edible?  I haven't tried them yet, but should.  Many thanks to my friend Roberta for sharing her seeds. with me.

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984 The Optimist, the Pessimist and the Realist

I was given some fancy sunflower seeds in the Spring, and was so happy to watch them grow tall in their pot on my roof, so every time I climb the stairs, their unruly petals greet me with sunshine.  Each stem has 3 or 4 flowers in a clump, but this was the first bloom, so they aren't visible.  While painting this, I made many trips up to the roof to get the colors right.  

I notice some of the seeds are missing, so I am assuming I have had visitors to my garden.

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