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@ Thursday, 24. Jan, 2008 – 11:12:12
I love to grow nasturtiums
So clean and crisp and bright
But something comes and eats them
In the middle of the nightThe leaves they are so green
And the flower colours glow
But as they eat them in the dark
The pests will never knowI'd put lots in my salad
They're just like watercress
But as something finds them moreish
I must make do with less
I eventually discovered it was cabbage-white caterpillars!
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jenray
Pro Hmmmm... if only the things that ate them was good eatin'...
menhir
I adore pert, not too sprouted, nasturtiums in my salads. The flavour and the combined crunch are a unique experience.
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Oh, sympathies...gave up trying to grow anything that we can eat...the slugs and snails get there way way before me...