My boss recently visited Monticello, and brought me back these heirloom seeds collected from the gardens there.
How cool is that?
I’ll have to collect seeds from all 3 of these to keep growing them in years to come.
Perennial Pea. This is a flowering plant, not a fruiting plant. It says it can grow up to 10 feet tall! I’ll have to get a trellis for this, and find a spot where it can grow grow grow.
‘Paris White’ Cos Lettuce. A “Cos” lettuce is like Romaine. It forms tall heads.
‘Tennis-Ball’ Lettuce. This one forms little heads around the size of a tennis ball. It’s an ancestor to the Boston or Bibb lettuces of today.
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The peas are champion climbers. Since the previous photos, I have added more rungs to their ladder.
And since that photo only a couple of days ago, I’ve added 2 more! They’re starting to flower now. Yay peas!
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Last weekend, I made some trellises for my peas. They were getting pretty tall, and had fallen over in the last rainstorm. It was definitely time to give them something to climb on!
I didn’t want anything too big or fancy (like chicken wire) or too permanent. So I got some cheap wooden dowels and some cotton string.
I can just add a new row of string (at whatever height I think is necessary) when they need it.
The next day, they were already grabbing on tightly!
I wish I had a time-lapse camera out there to watch their tendrils wrapping around the string.
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