Wondering - are home grown potatoes much better than store bought? I’ve never had one that I know of. Some things, I just can’t tell a difference so I don’t grow them - like onions. I doubt I could grow potatoes here but I’ll bet the home grown ones are worth the work!
Ive picked zucchini and green beans for dinner. My husband said they tasted much better than store bought. Picked some volunteered dill for a mushroom omelette. Tons of little citrus fruits. I have a few Lisbon Lemons but waiting for an opportunity to use it before I pick it. My Mexican lime has been a disappointment. Lots of blooms but only one tiny fruit survived on the tree. What’s wrong?
Homegrown are a lot better, even though I always buy organic.
You also can get other varieties. They do take up space though, so I don’t grow them every year.
Heavy feeders too. I’m still in the process of using the sun in my yard to best advantage, and balancing ornamentals with veggies.
Herbs are easy, cause I can grow those in pots, and many like it hot and dry so I can put them in Australia.( in front of the garage, down a long driveway on the other side of a cedar hedge.)
Did I hear this correctly that mini now sells veggie starts, EK? Cool. His past garden descriptions sounded fantastic. 
Mini sent me seeds once. That was pretty cool of him.
If you look up Friendly Water for the world on Facebook, it should link to the starts that he will have.
Sales will benefit Friendly Water.
I told him I will pickup the orders for other Seattle people.( he lives in Olympia)
What are your favorite annuals? I need to plant in my flagstone patio.
An annual in one area, might be an invasive perennial somewhere else.
My annuals reseed. Foxglove, Lupines, Nicotiana, sweet peas, poppies…well the nicotiana doesn’t reseed.
In patios, or cobblestones in sun, I like thyme. Especially wooly thyme. It is very low growing.
I also like the sand or beach strawberries.
In shade I like Irish moss. It is greener than Scotch moss.
Are you looking for something around the edges? How tall?
If you amend the soil if needed, I really like heathers and heaths too. They are evergreen, many have flowers in winter and change color through the seasons. They are good under roses. Not an annual though, they are a ground cover/shrub.
Anyone know anything about bees?
A friend has an extra hive that he wants to place, but H I s hesitant because I have allergies, and the dog already bothers the ones we have.
I love heathers and heath. Used to have them on the patio. They died after a winter buried under deep snow. Wooly thyme is an interesting idea. Not tall about 18" or under.
My favorite annuals are lobelia, alyssum, and geraniums. But that may not be what you want to plant if it’s IN your patio area.
For annuals, I love lobelia for the color and snapdragons, because I am a kid at heart. And this time of year I stick in pansies. Oh, and I grow nasturtiums every year and put them in my salad every day all summer long.
I love zinnias. For the last two years I just shook out a couple of packets of seeds into a sunny bed and the result was a zinnia hedge that went on for months! The bees and butterflies loved it too.
It depends on the location. I love candytufts for sun and cyclamen for shade. I also plan lots of thymes, snapdragons and alyssum. I want the bees to come and they do love these plants. I have tons of them.
Ditto on the zinnias!
I’m heading to the nursery! Ya’ll have inspired me!
I’m hardening off some starts for weekend planting - Malabar spinach, New Zealand spinach, parsley, and celery. I did some winter sowing this year of kale, Swiss chard and lettuce and some of that is ready to plant. I’ve already planted leeks, peas and fava. I’ve also added two apple trees (one honeycrisp and one columnar variety that I can’t recall.) Oh, and I added some asparagus crowns this year.
Still waiting for my Honeyberry and tea plants to arrive.
I have a ton of Mexican sunflower starts ready to be planted out. They are already a foot tall!
Missb, I ordered Malabar Spinach seed and I am waiting for the package to arrive. I understand that it grows like crazy.
My favorites are delphinium, columbine, cardinal flower, etc. Not exactly hardy bunch.
It does! I have a metal rack setup with regular 4’ fluorescent light bulbs. They’ve been winding their way into the light fixtures, so I threw them out in an enclosed unheated porch last week to try to slow them down. They do take a bit to get started - I put their tray on the heat mat to sprout- but once they start growing they really are fabulous looking plants. I grow the red stemmed variety. Beautiful flowers too. I sauté the bigger leaves and only eat the really tiny leaves raw, because, well, texture. Some people use the larger leaves as wraps but I don’t think I could.
Mine are all starting to vine out from the main stem. They should love the sun this weekend.
Oh I love delphinium and columbine but delphinium is very finicky, very hard for me to sprout from seeds.