0:35 What’s For Dinner? Planting and foraging for a continual harvest
6:25 For the Plant Noob Sending houseplants to “summer camp.”
13:00 Eat/Drink/Grow We talk about Rosa rugosa, aka the beach rose or wild rose. Why Ellen loves it, why C.L. is a bit less enthusiastic, and how to care for this rose.
21.51 Story Plant theft!
27:24 Questions or Love Letters Quinn wants to know how to keep a hanging basket looking good all summer.
Lambs quarters variety that Ellen talks about. The common weed is Chenopodium album.
Here is Ellen’s Summer Camp protection for her houseplants as they stay outdoors in New Mexico.
Your houseplants might spend their summers adding pleasing greenery to your deck or patio.
This picture illustrates what Ellen loves about Rosa rugosa: the rose hips.
I’m with you Ellen, it’s my favorite rose. The fuchsia color and the scent is the best. It does not however, like my yard – grows great in the dunes, but not in my yard. So, I get my dose at the beach. I also agree with C.L., if you have to get weeds out of it, it’s a killer. I did see a hedge up at Roosevelt’s Campobello in New Brunswick that was gorgeous, and I’m so glad I don’t have to maintain it.
Thanks, Terry! I need to remember to wear long sleeves the next time I weed under the rugosas.
I could relate to your stolen plant story—feeling violated and trying to understand people. I came home last month to find a plum tree (loaded with fruit) in my front yard sloppily hacked (almost in half) with a chain saw. The branches were thrown in my neighbor’s driveway. I live in the East Bay of San Francisco near the Berkeley Hills in a fairly busy residential neighborhood and know most of the neighbors on my street (including folks who walk their dogs, etc….). Admittedly, a huge branch hung over the sidewalk and if you weren’t paying attention it could wonk you in the head. I realized I should have pruned the tree last fall but left it until it …planning to prune after it finished fruiting. Folks in the neighborhood always walk by and grab plums when it’s fruiting. I was taken aback because it was cut on a day I wasn’t home, and felt like someone waited and knew I wasn’t home. The hack job had to have taken a fair amount of time to accomplish. It felt very invasive. I asked neighbors if they heard or saw anything. I wished someone would have simply left me a nasty note telling me to trim my tree. I’m still in shock. Thanks, and I love your podcast!!
Mr.Peacock,
Unbelievable! Someone could have left a polite note saying “Please prune this plant so that it doesn’t hang over the walk.” I know how personal this feels because that’s how it felt to me too. In your situation, I’d be tempted to put a sign near the sidewalk saying “To the person who hacked my plum tree: If you find it difficult to find a parking space when you need one, or you hit ever red light when you are most in a hurry, think of the time you cut my tree. If your shoelaces constantly come untied, or no one talks to you at parties, think of the time you cut my tree. And if someone steals something from your house, car or garden, think of the time you stole something beautiful from me. Karma in action.”
And THANK YOU for loving Plantrama. Keep in touch!
So sorry to hear that happened to you, Mr. Peacock. That kind of behavior is absolutely unforgivable. I love C.L.’s sign idea. I hope that what went around, comes around.