Comments on: Cut Flowers Are the Next Thing to Go “Local” http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/ Gardening Tips for Apartment and Condo Dwellers Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bharat http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-7974 bharat Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:02:11 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-7974 I love flowers as if gives peace . And got happy to go through it. I became speechless for sometime. I love flowers as if gives peace . And got happy to go through it. I became speechless for sometime.

]]> By: Tiny Balcony Bouquet Challenge http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-6112 Tiny Balcony Bouquet Challenge Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:57:21 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-6112 [...] Cut Flowers Are The Next Thing to Go Local [...] [...] Cut Flowers Are The Next Thing to Go Local [...]

]]> By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5929 Fern @ Life on the Balcony Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:10 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5929 Adriana--I don't think Hell has frozen over. Or, if it has, I missed the memo. Flowers attract good guys into your vegetable garden, and marigolds kill nematodes that feed on tomato roots. Seems perfectly logical to me to grow flowers! ;-) Adriana–I don’t think Hell has frozen over. Or, if it has, I missed the memo. Flowers attract good guys into your vegetable garden, and marigolds kill nematodes that feed on tomato roots. Seems perfectly logical to me to grow flowers! ;-)

]]> By: Anarchy in the Garden http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5928 Anarchy in the Garden Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:03:58 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5928 Cut flowers have been forbidden in my house for many many years UNLESS I grew it myself. Needless to say I usually never have cut flowers on my kitchen table. Also, lets not forget all cut flowers go through Holland first, even if they were grown in another country. I met Tara a while back and she breifly mentioned her troubles with the City of Los Angeles. I was floored by the moronic law. PS, I am considering growing flowers. Did hell freeze over? Cut flowers have been forbidden in my house for many many years UNLESS I grew it myself. Needless to say I usually never have cut flowers on my kitchen table.

Also, lets not forget all cut flowers go through Holland first, even if they were grown in another country.

I met Tara a while back and she breifly mentioned her troubles with the City of Los Angeles. I was floored by the moronic law.

PS, I am considering growing flowers. Did hell freeze over?

]]> By: Fern http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5923 Fern Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:18:17 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5923 Carolyn--I am totally loving the idea of a guerilla cutting garden! Melanie--Not all sunflowers are that tall! Carolyn–I am totally loving the idea of a guerilla cutting garden!

Melanie–Not all sunflowers are that tall!

]]> By: melanie watts http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5922 melanie watts Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:19:12 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5922 I wonder if that is true of the flowers for sale in stores in Canada. In my experience sunflowers are taller than me , I'm 5'4", Their flowers are very heavy and they need to be staked. You will need a very big pot. I wonder if that is true of the flowers for sale in stores in Canada.
In my experience sunflowers are taller than me , I’m 5’4″, Their flowers are very heavy and they need to be staked. You will need a very big pot.

]]> By: Carolyn Edsell-Vetter http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5921 Carolyn Edsell-Vetter Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:08:36 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5921 Thanks for bringing this up! Our CSA does flowers as part of the pick-your-own offerings -- they plant easy, tough as nails stuff (cleome, nasturtiums, marigolds, zinnias...) and just let it fend for itself. Brings the beneficial insects & pollinators, draws away some nuisance bugs, and beautifies our tables. The same palette of easy annuals would work in containers or guerrilla-style in tree wells, cracked pavement, etc. Thanks for bringing this up! Our CSA does flowers as part of the pick-your-own offerings — they plant easy, tough as nails stuff (cleome, nasturtiums, marigolds, zinnias…) and just let it fend for itself. Brings the beneficial insects & pollinators, draws away some nuisance bugs, and beautifies our tables. The same palette of easy annuals would work in containers or guerrilla-style in tree wells, cracked pavement, etc.

]]> By: Fern http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5920 Fern Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:48:49 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5920 Shari--The sticking point is that the flowers are being grown on a residential property. In LA it is legal to sell vegetables grown in your backyard, but not flowers. Shari–The sticking point is that the flowers are being grown on a residential property. In LA it is legal to sell vegetables grown in your backyard, but not flowers.

]]> By: shari http://lifeonthebalcony.com/cut-flowers-are-the-next-thing-to-go-local/comment-page-1/#comment-5918 shari Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:43:38 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2552#comment-5918 Illegal? That's completely bizarre. Trader Joe's in my neighborhood tends to have a lot of California grown flowers, all labeled as such. For a rather large chain, they tend to source as much locally as possible it seems. (As an example, they will soon have daffodils and jonquils in bud, which they sell in bunches out of water. You take them home, cut the stem, place in a glass of water and viola! instant spring. These are grown in Humboldt County.) Illegal? That’s completely bizarre. Trader Joe’s in my neighborhood tends to have a lot of California grown flowers, all labeled as such. For a rather large chain, they tend to source as much locally as possible it seems. (As an example, they will soon have daffodils and jonquils in bud, which they sell in bunches out of water. You take them home, cut the stem, place in a glass of water and viola! instant spring. These are grown in Humboldt County.)

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