tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post564618089992039322..comments2023-08-12T07:55:06.441-04:00Comments on Rhymes with Javelin: VolunteersS.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-11401800324330441652007-08-08T15:28:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:28:00.000-04:00PK, I've never planted zucchini for exactly that r...PK, I've never planted zucchini for exactly that reason!<BR/><BR/>Furrow--I forgot about volunteer herbs! Yes on basil and dill!S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-91657222005455403892007-08-08T12:26:00.000-04:002007-08-08T12:26:00.000-04:00Not bad at all. The best I've ever gotten is volun...Not bad at all. The best I've ever gotten is volunteer basil. I thought it was a self-sown salvia for the longest time.Furrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617566957749784387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-14634415334336633952007-08-08T00:07:00.000-04:002007-08-08T00:07:00.000-04:00Lovely veggies. I'm hoping my cucumbers will get s...Lovely veggies. I'm hoping my cucumbers will get some cucumbers on them soon. I have plenty of green and yellow zucchini, though--enough to feed the whole neighborhood.purple_kangaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543172194041505144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-82265255048142956232007-08-07T14:36:00.000-04:002007-08-07T14:36:00.000-04:00Magpie, I'm a good zone south of you and this is t...Magpie, I'm a good zone south of you and this is the first time I've gotten ripe tomatoes off a volunteer! <BR/><BR/>Niobe, I love the color shift--my blackberry lily volunteers aren't true to their parents, either. (They look like the species in the link, but their parent is all yellow.) <BR/><BR/>Lo and Phantom, ailanthus counts as an invasive weed tree. I have one growing through the deck of the store and it's time for chemicals. <BR/><BR/>And Phantom, I'm smiling, too, but I'm not sure it's delicacy. I think the larger question needs some time for the hindbrain to work on it, while comment fields invite the top-of-the head reaction. Maybe I should have told everyone to go do some dishes and then come back and comment. :)S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-38803838897014002762007-08-07T13:57:00.000-04:002007-08-07T13:57:00.000-04:00Oy, I've got ailanthus in two places in my yard. ...Oy, I've got ailanthus in two places in my yard. I think I'll only eradicate them with explosives, frankly. But I do love my volunteer spiderwort.<BR/><BR/>(I'm chuckling slightly at how we're all delicately ignoring the larger question here. I suspect your question will reappear as a volunteer in other people's blog posts down the line.)Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-51518994648942047072007-08-07T12:51:00.000-04:002007-08-07T12:51:00.000-04:00Does ailanthus count as a volunteer? I have alway...Does ailanthus count as a volunteer? I have always admired their tenacity. They grow *everywhere* here, including out of subway grates.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507793708832982682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-22114384631415725132007-08-07T12:24:00.000-04:002007-08-07T12:24:00.000-04:00I like pretty much everything about volunteers exc...I like pretty much everything about volunteers except the name. I have some beautiful volunteer day lilies in various spots around my yard -- purple, instead of the expected orange.<BR/><BR/>I have to say that your picture makes me almost wish I was home tending to my own (decidedly non-volunteer) tomatoes and cucumbers.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-71309859983804943762007-08-07T11:31:00.000-04:002007-08-07T11:31:00.000-04:00That is impressive!I have a volunteer tomato, but ...That is impressive!<BR/><BR/>I have a volunteer tomato, but I don't know that it will fruit - the vegetable garden is all screwed up because of the drainage work around the house.<BR/><BR/>I've always liked purslane and lamb's quarters - two common weeds that are both edible - they're a sort of volunteer, appearing unbidden as they do.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.com