Garden Notes

In 2018, my wife and I purchased a 4-in-1 plum tree. You know the kind: all the rage for plum lovers because the fruit ripens per variety over a longer period than a single varietal tree. We chose a spot in our backyard and planted it where it would be bathed in sunshine.

Miner's lettuce gets its name from the workers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush. Needing a source of vitamin C, gold miners learned from the Native Americans that this wild growing green would prevent scurvy and other vitamin C-related issues.

Allelopathy: noun: a-lee-low-pathy. the ability of one plant to produce and release chemicals that inhibit the growth of other plants either by inhibiting germination or growth; a form of chemical competition.

Spring is either here or just around the corner, dependent upon your Hardiness Zone (those of you in the foothills still have a little longer to wait).

BULBS: Bugle Lily, Watsonia pillansii which is in the Lily family. It is native to South Africa and is grown from a corm much like gladiolus. The flowers rise on spikes from thick sword-like leaves about 18 inches long.