Re: Stevia Surprised Me!!

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I had planted a lot of plants just after I moved into a house that needed a lot

of work.  My husband and I moved there and we had problems and he was leaving,

though I didn't know before I moved.  Itook my frustration and anger out in the

arden.  I had planted a lot of dahlias tthe time.  I was out there weedig and

pulled out a plant tht had stems like a weed and then I thought about the fact

that this weed had buds on them.  I ended up stopping after I  had pulled one

out and left the other grow soI could see what kind of flower the weeds had on

them.  Well they finally bloomed and they were  what you call inner plate

dahlas.  the one I left was ed and had whie around the edges and it was bigger

than a saucer, just a huge flower and beautiful.  I about cried and didn't know

the color of the one I had thrown away but it was likely a yellow one maybe with

red on it as I sort of alternated colors and I always like yellow and red

together.  I had

some lovely flowers off he plant I left but grieved over the one I had pulled

and threw out. 

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 10:17 AM

Subject: Stevia Surprised Me!!

 

I live in an apartment, so I do my gardening at my son's in town. I went over to

his place to weed several weeks ago, and I pulled up some things that looked

like plan ol' garden variety weeds to me, yanking them up. I forgot I had

planted Stevia the year before, knew they were only annuals, I live in Wisconsin

(where the winters are too hard for them to survive), and frankly was not

thinking with a " full deck " that day. Just wanted the weeds out of the way.

When we went to the local greenhouse over Mother's Day to pick out new starts

for veggies etc, I showed my son Stevia plants, as he had heard about Stevia,

wondering what it looked and tasted like. Then it dawned on me.....yikes, I had

been pulling Stevia! Groan! I did not realize it would re-seed like that.

Thought I had to get new seeds every year. I had used Park Seeds variety from

Israel.

So, I am starting new seeds, and this time will not yank them out in the spring.

It is a fun plant for kids, and a healthy natural sweetener.

Fortunately, I did not yank the Borage start-ups, as I did recognize them. They

re-seed also. Their leaves are very healthy in a tea, and they are so pretty

when they flower.

Never too old to learn, and learning I am!

Have a great week everyone! Phyllis