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  • If you *had* to choose....

    ...between flowers and veg in your growing space - which would it be?
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    Suzie

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    Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
    ...between flowers and veg in your growing space - which would it be?
    Well, I do love flowers, but if I could only have one or the other, there's no question about it - it would have to be veg.
    Forbidden Fruits make many Jams.

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    • #3
      Veggies, no competition although I would (as I already do) choose varieties which have pretty flowers - you can get a lot of pleasure from pea and bean seeds and I love the bright yellow of courgette flowers. And that's before we even mention the beauty of a bed of different types of brassicas, all those different colours and textures...........

      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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      • #4
        And there was me thinking you were going to ask me something hard like choosing between my children! Or chocolate and wine...

        I choose veg as they can always be left to set seed and flower - best of both worlds... and you get some very ornamental vegetables

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        • #5
          That's why I got a lottie , didn't want to lose the flowers from my garden .........but if I was forced then I'm guessing now that I've been growing veg for a while the veg would have to win.
          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
          a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

          You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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          • #6
            It may be that I'm having a mini crisis then - cos if I had to choose (right at this moment) it would be ornamental.
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            Suzie

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            • #7
              Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
              It may be that I'm having a mini crisis then - cos if I had to choose (right at this moment) it would be ornamental.
              But what would you eat!!???!!!!!

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Alison View Post
                But what would you eat!!???!!!!!
                Would you stone me if I said I would use the Farmers Market
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                Suzie

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                • #9
                  Veg have flowers, but flowers aren't always edible.

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                  • #10
                    I don't grow anything in mi little garden that I can't eat, so I would definitely say veg.

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                    • #11
                      Veg every time Piskie - some of them are sooo beautiful! With a few edible flowers thrown in.
                      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                      • #12
                        Veg., no contest. Apart from the main edible reasons, I really like the constant change and renewal of veg gardening. Perennials, while a lot of them are lovely, annoy me with their permanence

                        Although I must say, there's no reason why anyone should *have* to choose - even in a little space you should be able to mix the two things together. Tall peas mixed with sweetpeas, alongside runner beans and clematis, etc..

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                        • #13
                          We tend to compromise with front garden ornamentals, back garden edibles (fruit and veg). Fortunately the back garden is larger than the front, so there is more room for edibles.

                          valmarg

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                          • #14
                            Veg with nice foliage and flowers!
                            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                            Diversify & prosper


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                            • #15
                              You can't eat flowers.
                              My garden at the back of my house has a few flowers though.
                              Lottie strictly veg.
                              The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
                              Brian Clough

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