AUTHOR: Julia
TITLE: The Color of Spring
DATE: 4/24/2009 05:05:00 AM
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BODY:
I don't grow many flowers, not because I don't treasure them, but because they take up valuable vegetable real estate. I do, however, have lots of tulips planted in the front yard. And my favorite time of spring is when they bloom along with the yellow daffodils. I love the cacophony of color.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)
DATE:4/24/2009 07:37:00 AM
We have lots of daffodils, but only one tulip, in our garden! The tulip is red, and comes back every year, but we did not plant it. I love when "travelers" appear in the garden, and every spring I thank the squirrel who must have brought it.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:
DATE:4/24/2009 06:18:00 PM
Julia, If I sign on to your blog almost daily--as you seem to do--I get to see what is going on with you.
In DC the tulips are still going strong.
We are having a gorgeous spring--cool, and wet, and wonderful flowers.
Love, Mom
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: noble pig
DATE:4/24/2009 08:13:00 PM
My tulips are already gone, so sad!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Katie
DATE:4/25/2009 06:45:00 AM
The tulips around Michigan are just beginning to come up. I usually try to make it over to Holland, MI for the giant tulip festival in early May because it's such a fun spring party (and usually the first one of the year).
I can't wait to move to a place where I can have a garden. I'm sure that I'll focus on vegetables, but I can see myself throwing in some tulips as well :)
I'm so excited that you've adopted me!
Katie
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Heather
DATE:4/25/2009 03:24:00 PM
sigh. i love daffodils and tulips too!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Sylvie, Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener
DATE:4/26/2009 12:46:00 PM
wonderful indeed isn't it!
But you can grow edible flowers: pansies, johnny jump-ups, cowslips and let the brassicas and mustard go to flowers: they are all edible and give a bright yellow jolt of color (mostly - some are white, as you know...)
I know, I know... it's not the same...
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Psychgrad
DATE:4/26/2009 09:00:00 PM
Still waiting for the tulips to bloom here. A couple more weeks and they should be out.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Julia
DATE:4/27/2009 06:41:00 AM
Lydia -- it's nice that the squirrel brought you something... They're usually digging stuff up and taking away from my yard.
Mom -- Spring in DC is definitely amazing! Lucky you to be able to enjoy it!
noble pig -- :(
Katie -- the nice thing about tulips is that they don't really encroach on the vegetable space.
Heather -- do you have a garden?
Sylvie -- I do grow nasturtiums, and have a few spots of color else where... but you're right, it's just not the same. Spring is when I get most of the color.
Psychgrad -- yikes, I guess I should know that Canada is behind Boston in spring colors. Lucky you to be able to look forward to it!
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Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)
DATE:4/24/2009 07:37:00 AM
We have lots of daffodils, but only one tulip, in our garden! The tulip is red, and comes back every year, but we did not plant it. I love when "travelers" appear in the garden, and every spring I thank the squirrel who must have brought it.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:
Katie
DATE:4/25/2009 06:45:00 AM
The tulips around Michigan are just beginning to come up. I usually try to make it over to Holland, MI for the giant tulip festival in early May because it's such a fun spring party (and usually the first one of the year).