life is a chaotic mixture of different movements.
I did not plan for this. Impromptu, I travelled to my fiance. Travelling is the worst for gardeners, as you leave behind everything. As expected, the garden was overrun by chickweed and other plants. Thus started my clearing journey.
The once beautiful Swiss chard was now only a small weed overrun patch. Nothing looked like it had when I left.
These weeds or unwanted plants have a beauty of their own. The luscious green is so alluring, and I love to walk through them. The small drops of water always stick to my feet. But as per the definition of a weed - plants growing in the wrong place - these plants are overcrowding the plants that I planted. And their seeds will drop to the ground only to sprout again and come back with vengeance!
But even though this is the case, the succulents that I planted in the walls did take root and some of them are even beginning to flower!
I pulled about two buckets full of "weeds" from the garden.
It was a lot, and I am sure the hungry compost heap will love it.
But even though this is the case, I am not always a fan of doing this. But I have to think about the health of the plants I want to grow.
Chickweed, left untamed, will take over everything and produce so many seeds that you will never get rid of it again.
And this is the situation I am dealing with, trying to safe the plants that I want to keep for the summer, which still has to arrive!
Peeking through the weeds, there are some Swiss chard and Garlic chives. But the situation is not looking good...
None of the basil that I planted survived...
But luckily the wild rocket survived and flourished. The leaves look so good, tempting me to place them into a salad!
And the salad rocket immediately started to bloom, flowering without me having one single harvest... But that is just part of rocket gardening... I will let it drop some seeds, maybe I can grow some for the summer.
Interestingly, between the chickweed, I found some scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) growing. This is a toxic plant and one we cannot eat, according to my research. A while ago, I also wrote about these two similar looking plants and how to distinguish between them. This is quite scary that they grew next to each other, but luckily I saw this.
With this in mind, I also made some salad for lunch with the chickweed! What a nice fresh salad in the afternoon sun. I hope that now that I am back, I can get the garden back in shape.
For now, happy gardening, keep safe, and stay well!
All of the musings and writings are my own. The photographs are also my own, taken with my Nikon D300 or iPhone.
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Oh, for sure! I am going to do this tonight, as I have so much chickweed and wild rocket out in the garden. Sorry for the late reply, things have been a bit crazy on this side, my phone got stolen and getting things back in order takes so much time.
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Leaving our gardens is the worse for gardeners. I hope you manage to get the chickweed under control. Our tenants weeded my entire veggie garden so none of my self seeding chard or kale came up this year - I'm suffering a severe lack of greens.
Sorry for only replying now! Got robbed of my phone over the weekend and things are a bit of a mess at the moment.
Oh, that is seriously not cool. I feel the same, as some of the people who garden with me does the same. Luckily, the chickweed returns each year. I am patiently waiting for the purslane to return once the summer heat arrives. Luckily, over the years I have managed to save so much chard and rocket seeds that I will never really run out.
Ha they do provide seeds, don't they. Shit, sorry about your phone.
My condolences to your loss. It does not even compare in any way to the phone, so screw it. I am so sorry for your loss.