Today w
as a big day today at my favorite nursery, what with their Tomato Taste-off and an open air market where I spent a horrifying amount of money on some gorgeous, dramatic jewelry (you can tell I’m still trying to convince myself I wasn’t a bad girl.)
But we’re mostly about gardening here, so I’ll move on to Topic A – TOMATOES! Who knew they could taste so different? (Local garden clubbers will notice Alice Fransden busily chopping up tomatoes — she’s been president of the Silver Spring club for 14 years now. Did you know she spent her career as a women’s rights advocate in D.C.? Yeah, she’s cool.)
In the plant arena (and this is a huge nursery, after all) I discovered a wheel barrow-filled planting of all sedums that’s to-die-for. Check out the variety of colors in the close-up. I’ve become a bit of a sedum collector myself because they’re the absolute best for pots in the sun! Since my deck has no water source nearby and hauling water is a total pain, these drought-tolerant sweethearts really hit the spot. I’ll be snapping and posting to you when mine bloom soon. It’ll give me an excuse to show off the homemade hypertufa planters they’re in. Hypertufa’s great for those of us stuck in the mud-pie stage in Freud’s developmental analysis. (Did I get that right? My last psych course was a while back – like 1970.)
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From my original site, Sandy says, “I love sedum – they’re really easy to care for.” Kathy reported liking sedums more and more. The ones next to her front door withstand having the newspaper hurled at them every morning. Zoey said sedums are easy. They made 2 wreaths with them this summer. “They never need watering as long as it rains once a week or so.”
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