[Magdalen] weather + garden

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Just munched on some leaves and flowers of my garden's Violet's earlier today as per Sib's post. Very nice
Lynn 

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On Mar 21, 2016, at 6:07 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:

Long ago a friend who was house-sitting installed some violets in my garden.  They prospered and are absolutely everywhere.  Honking great plants infesting the shadier beds and all through the 'lawn'. Pretty when they were in bloom for a very short time, but that was it.

Marion, a pilgrim

> On 3/21/2016 5:29 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
> I don't think I've ever seen violets growing on a slope. Sounds pretty,
> though.
> 
> They seem to prefer boggy conditions.
> But maybe that's just in New England.
> -M
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've been trying to get them to take over a slope here with little success.
>> Apparently they don't like the soil or something. I brought them from
>> Tennessee where it isn't much different.