This is an extraordinary perennial, with a look and color I’ve rarely seen. This one (with orange calendula in the background) I started from seed two years ago, and planted it in the vegetable garden (everything goes in my veggie garden). The first year it did nothing, as with most perennials, but this year that baby stood up and demanded notice.
Grow from seeds, people. Elsewhere this book will show you how. Just don’t be afraid — of that or anything. Ever.
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Peter V. Fossel has been gardening since he was nine, and has been an organic farmer for the last 20 years. His most recent book, “Organic Farming, Everything You Need to know” was published by Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, 2007. He’s written numerous gardening articles for Organic Gardening, Horticulture, Country Journal, Out Here, and American Profile among others. He was Gardens Manager for The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson in Tennessee before returning to Cape Cod to start his newest organic venture, Swan River Farm in Dennisport, MA.
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