A military spouse's take on blooming where you are planted. I continue to pretend I am living on my dream farm while in reality, I live on a military base, gardening in a plot alongside a Navy flightline, with half of my homesteading supplies perpetually packed in boxes and have a habit of being overly involved in every community we live in. I'm a busy mom to 2 boys and a spouse to a Navy sailor soon nearing retirement. I love this chaotic life wouldn't trade it for anything!
right now
Jan 5, 2010
Vertical Gardening
How cool is this? Would be a fantastic backdrop for the outdoor dining area & dinner parties!
It's called "Malabar Spinach", it's not a true spinach, but the leaves taste the same, can climb all over fences, etc, loves the heat and I learned in MG class that it won't bolt here in our climate! Needless to say, I ordered it this year! I am excited to grow it, since spinach is really hard to grow here, gets warm too quickly in the spring. Look it up, it's really pretty with red stems!
I love that idea! I should learn more about how vertical gardening in general works - not to this extent of course, but I'd like to try a small bit of it, given that I'm gardening in a somewhat limited space.... Practical and beautiful.... wow. I want to try this Malabar Spinach idea too :-)
Oh it's gorgeous! I can't get over her yields the way she has stuff crammed in there, I must go investigate.
ReplyDeleteClimbing Spinach? Is that a misprint or am I just unaware of this new marvel?
ReplyDeleteIt's called "Malabar Spinach", it's not a true spinach, but the leaves taste the same, can climb all over fences, etc, loves the heat and I learned in MG class that it won't bolt here in our climate! Needless to say, I ordered it this year! I am excited to grow it, since spinach is really hard to grow here, gets warm too quickly in the spring. Look it up, it's really pretty with red stems!
ReplyDeleteI love that idea! I should learn more about how vertical gardening in general works - not to this extent of course, but I'd like to try a small bit of it, given that I'm gardening in a somewhat limited space.... Practical and beautiful.... wow. I want to try this Malabar Spinach idea too :-)
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