The sunflowers are a favorite bonus - this one is over 6 feet tall, and stands sentinel in the middle of the garden. A few years ago my husband saw a small sunflower plant in the garden, and kindly asked me if he could weed it out. 'No,' I said, 'it's a sunflower! Let it grow!' DH shook his head and said, 'I don't think it is, I think it is a weed.' Months later, and when the stem had grown into a two-inch diameter trunk, I saw that he was right! It was some kind of weed (with sunflower leaves! I swear!) with thorns, absolutely nasty, and not a flower in sight. I couldn't pull it out myself, so had to ask for his help and admit that he was right.
This picture shows some of the volunteers that came up in last year's compost pile's spot: tomatillos, tomatoes, and dill, I think. It is a big crowded mess, but I will see what I get out of it.
Do you have any volunteer plants this year?
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I'll say I have volunteers! The red mountain spinach (atriplex hortensis var. 'rubra') is a fairly polite self-seeder, as is the purple verbena thus far. However, I obviously need to do a better job of cutting back my bronze fennel... I have seedlings EVERYWHERE! I love that stuff, but when the seedlings are small they blend in with the fine-textured mulch I use. So it's a bear to keep at them.
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