Chicagoist: Gardenist: Doing the Grunt Work Sucks.

guest

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:47:28 -0600

Too many pricks involved with the mention of needlepoints.

guest

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:46:09 -0600

#12, there are a lot of people in Chicago that needlepoint, too, perhaps there should be more posts about that?

guest

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:10:14 -0600

#11, Maybe because not all of us live in a Wicker Park studio and hang out at Danny's every night. There are people with back yards, back porches, and decks that would like to try these things. If we live in a self-proclaimed green city, what good is it to talk about bricks and mortar and the Pitchfork Festival every day?

guest

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:46:10 -0600

Sometimes I'm still lost at why these "home and garden" posts are on a Chicago-centric blog.

Chuck Sudo

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:38:23 -0600

I meant "classic Stax." It's a link. We are, after all, a blog. Thanks for the rare kind words, everyone. Truth be told, though, this has been a complete learning experience. Sometimes I'm still lost in that garden.

Di Urrea

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:56:03 -0600

You are lucky. Everything I touch turns brown.

guest

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:55:23 -0600

Didn't you mean classic Styx? Actually I think he meant "classic Thax."

Ferdy

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:42:25 -0600

Stax was a recording company that promoted a lot of soul and roots music. Great stuff. I'm the anal retentive type who loves to weed. I only wish I had a garden as big as yours to muck around in. As for outdoor plants, take your pick, from flowers to herbs. I suggest going to a nearby garden center and finding something you like and asking about it. Most plants in containers have to be brought in for winter.

guest

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:37:41 -0600

classic Stax Didn't you mean classic Styx?

guest

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:37:08 -0600

If you plant the pepper plants early enough in the year, you get a couple rounds of peppers from them. I'm on my second round. They might not be as large because daylight and weather are changing. But it is nice to have a plant that is not a one-and-out. F herbs. They are cheap enough to buy in the store, and grow more like weeds than edible flora. They are not gratifying like vegetables and fruit either. One missed watering and you could be lost. Rosemary is probably the better of the indoor herbs. It is hardier than most because of its lack of leaves.

Zack

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:28:06 -0600

I have a windowsill planter where I grow rosemary, basil and parsley. The parsley seems too be going on me but the other two are going strong.

Shannon

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:23:37 -0600

anyone know a good, small plant to grow indoors? i got a pot for my sis's bridal shower, but the seeds that came with it look to be of the outdoor sort, grown more as a carpet. i thought about ivy but am open to suggestions.

uremindmeofthebabe

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:59:53 -0600

Fuck you! All my plants fail.

guest

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:14:25 -0600

you growin da' herb mon? gotta share, good rasta karma.....