Do you pull up all of your carrots?
Do you yank out those darn lettuces once they bolt and turn bitter?
Do you spend time "weeding" out old plants that are going to seed?
STOP!
Have you heard of the advice to continually sow successive generations of plants?
This lengthens your harvest period and increases your yield, right?
WOULD YOU LIKE THE PLANTS TO DO THIS FOR YOU?
If you say YES, then do what we do!
Leave in several of each plant variety...and let them go to seed! Once plants
have established themselves "wildly" in your garden, THEY will naturally offer
up several "crops" per season...all on their own!
Right now we have the following, and you can too, after one year of "letting them bolt!"
(1)
We have Strawberries full of ripe berries AND new plants
just getting started (with everything in between).
(2)
We have fully ripened chamomile AND new babies just a few inches tall.
(3)
Some of our "wild" lettuces went to seed back in early April,
some are going to seed now, some are about to go to seed,
and a ton are babies or just perfect for the salad!
(4)
We have parsnips almost in seed,
parsnips that are almost ready to harvest,
and some that are just getting started.
I could go on, but you get the idea.
AN OVERLY CLEANED UP GARDEN IS A LOT OF WORK
& NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST FOOD PRODUCER!
LET THEM GO TO SEED!
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