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Did I see amaranth growing?  May have been something else. I'm trying some amaranth this year, it just looks so beautiful in the seed company photos, but I'm not sure what it will look like.

Our roof isn't suitable but we're using plenty of the front yard (where we get the most sun) and planting gardens that are sort of funky, ideas we got from "Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots" such as a teepee garden (for climbing things), pizza garden (round with sections, growing ingredients for pizza) and a Japanese-style container garden which isn't from the same book.  I've been taking photos and will contribute to someone else's garden diary in the future when the fruits of our labors come in.  We planted an olive tree several years ago, which makes a nice addition to the pizza garden.

We're trying to get a trend going in our neighborhood.  I'll let you know how that works out, too.

Karen in Austin

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Fri Mar 14th, 2008 at 01:53:57 PM EST
There might have been some growing wild on the ground, though we didn't plant it in any of the tubs.  Maybe it was the fennel fronds that you saw?

Around here something called Lambs Quarter grows wild.  It's tasty and will pop up anyplace, like mint.

Tastes a little like spinach and makes a nice salad.

by Bruce F (greenroofgrowers [at] gmail [dot] com) on Fri Mar 14th, 2008 at 04:03:21 PM EST
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Actually, it looked something like what I saw on this site:  http://www.tmseeds.com/product/4567.html
but now that I look at the seed catalog photo again, it may have been rather different, but just as beautiful.

Thanks!  And I'm crazy about your set-up, looks marvelous and makes my mouth water.

Karen in Austin

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Fri Mar 14th, 2008 at 09:18:03 PM EST
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Well I spent the morning finally finishing off the greenhouse: I put in the second 4' x 2' bed, and an improvised shelf for holding the bonsai I'm trying to resurrect after it suffered gross neglect and the spill-over seedlings from the top shelf.

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The peach tree isn't doing anything yet. I must check if it should be.
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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Mar 15th, 2008 at 10:05:04 AM EST
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