Post by Valerie on Apr 6, 2014 19:49:48 GMT -5
I gotta tell y'all about my comfrey. Last fall, Gayle sent me three chunks of roots. By time they got here the leaves were wilty, but they sprouted new ones in days. I planted them in my lasagna bed, just until spring and I decided on a permanent location.
Well, chickens really do love the stuff! That little naughty that kept getting in my garden chewed them right down to the roots. Then she dug and strewed and the roots got lost, too. I did salvage one, but didn't know where to put it, and I think it might have died.
I planted it and I'm waiting to see if there was any life left in it.
Anyway, I hauled a bunch of what was the lasagna garden to the new raised bed to fill it up. Today I was out and there was a weird looking sprout coming up where I didn't plant anything. I pulled on it and it just kept on coming! And at the bottom, what did I find? A 3" chunk of comfrey root! Yay!!! I put it back in the ground and hope it will keep on growing now that I've messed with it!
Well, chickens really do love the stuff! That little naughty that kept getting in my garden chewed them right down to the roots. Then she dug and strewed and the roots got lost, too. I did salvage one, but didn't know where to put it, and I think it might have died.
I planted it and I'm waiting to see if there was any life left in it.
Anyway, I hauled a bunch of what was the lasagna garden to the new raised bed to fill it up. Today I was out and there was a weird looking sprout coming up where I didn't plant anything. I pulled on it and it just kept on coming! And at the bottom, what did I find? A 3" chunk of comfrey root! Yay!!! I put it back in the ground and hope it will keep on growing now that I've messed with it!
