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| greyghost |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 09:19:21 AM
I had a little tooooo much fun with the seed catalog this year, but here's what I've got started in my windows (and some things, of course, have to be sown directly but we'll do that after Tax Day).
Veggies:
Roma Tomatoes (of course!)
greenleaf lettuce
spinach
leeks
broccoli
eggplant (two varieties)
carrots (nantes and some short ones)
corn - silver queen
corn (some golden variety)
beans
peas
yellow squash
zucchini
potatoes (already out)
garlic (already out)
Herbs, culinary:
chives
genovese basil
thyme
lemon balm
purple basil
Herbs, medicinal:
Echinacea Pupurea
Echinacea Tennessensis (native, endangered)
catnip (good for tummies)
holy basil
st john's wort
calendula
marshmallow
self-heal
black cohosh
yarrow
muellin
elecampagne
stevia
Flowers:
marigolds
black eye susans (to bloom next year)
geraniums
butterfly weed
blue salvia
zinnia (colorful ones)
zinnia envy (green!)
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| Farm Girl 2 |
Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 3:11:36 PM
Wow girls. I am so impressed and envious. We are sooooooo cold here a Zone 6 and I always jump the gun and get my seedlings in too early and thats even harder to deal with I think than too late. This year I have actually gotten sidetracked with the weather and a new job and I have just placed my order for seeds from Seed Savers today. I still have plenty of time to get everything in and up by the time my ground warms.
I have really got the bug now after spending most of the day scouring thru cataloges and online looking at all kinds of sites about seed starting and recipes and and and............. whew I am exhausted!
But I would probably give a crisp green one hundred dollar bill right now for a 1 1/2 pound sunwarmed Mister Stripey Tomato that would be sliced just so and placed between 2 very fresh slices of white (Only white will do here) bread slathered in mayo and covered with salt and pepper. I can feel the warm juices sliding down my arm all the way to my elbows and that's the way I like it. OMG!!!
I can't imagine a home without a garden. The poor souls who live there!
All you girls enjoy all the hard work because it will soon pay off greatly.
Hugs from my tomato drenched arms for everyone,
Becky
Loving Living Simply!
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| La Patite Ferme |
Posted - Mar 02 2008 : 9:28:46 PM
This weekend I planted tomatoes (Roma, yellow pear & orange - forgot the name); green onions, radish, spinach, beets, 3 kinds of beans - some pole and some bush; and when the wind died down this afternoon I planted a bed of peas - sugar snap, shelling & asian). I even got the water lines hooked up, which is a major accomplishment for me.
I started in pots the other night, zuks, cuks, melons, squash, sunflowers, eggplant...I forget what else, but there were 50 pots when I finished.
I got sooo disgusted though running into my neighbors tree (a huge pepper tree) that hangs over onto my side (maybe 15') I drug out my ladder and started wacking away. I've asked before if he can prune it or have it pruned, but all I get is sad stories. He had the tree trimmers out last year to remove two trees, but he couldn't bring himself to ask them to trim that tree because they had worked so hard on the others. I do what I can with my loppers, but some of the limbs are bigger than I can cut. And when the wind blows, like it did today, my yard is littered with dead branches that break off.
I may break down and call the trimmers myself, but it just fries me that I have to go to the expense.
Anyway, back to happier things. Tomorrow the lettuce, broc, and caulflower goes in and the sweet peas on my picket fence. Hopefully, I can get it done this week, DD has a show and we leave Friday.
Happy gardening - spring is here. |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Mar 02 2008 : 12:57:56 PM
in the ground already..peas, mesclun,spinach,lettuce,strawberries,broccoli,cauliflower,brussel sprouts.
I have 102 peat pots full of soil/seeds on my kitchen counter as of yesterday with things like 5-6 different varieties tomato,lemon basil,loads of flowers,huckleberry,dwarf pomegranate.
hopefully things will sprout and grow.
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| Bluewrenn |
Posted - Mar 02 2008 : 12:51:56 PM
Sherry - that's what I'm doing... I found some great catalogs (seed savers, sand hill preservation, baker creek, etc.) and since I like to cook, I like having a variety of vegetable choices to use. So I collected (over the past year) LOTS of seeds. I also traded for some, got a bunch as gifts, harvested a bunch, and so forth. I usually only spend money on the unusual, heirloom or rare varieties as the basics are easy to find or collect from produce from the farmers market.
Lynn, sure come on over! I need help in the garden!!!! Can you handle a rototiller?
I'm planning to do a lot of drying and canning, as well as keeping a bunch in cold storage in a root cellar.
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| chicken necker |
Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 09:46:51 AM
I got caught up in the catalogs also!
Tomatoes ( 3 kinds ) , lettuce, cherry radishes, cucumbers ( 2 kinds ), cabbages (2), snap peas, purple bush beans, brocoli, celery, potatoes, onions, garlic, bell peppers, cantaloupe, jalapenos, (hopefully) strawberries, basil, dill, thyme, oregano, parsley, rosemary... i think that's it.
It sounds like a lot, but actually, we are going to use the Squarefoot thing and only have a few plants of each variety to experiment.
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| Nance in France |
Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 09:23:53 AM
Leapin' lettuce, gal pal! Just how many windows do you HAVE? Wishing you abundance of everything except weeds. Hugs, Nance |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 09:11:31 AM
Do you all save seeds from year to year? I haven't had much luck with that, but I'd love to be able to.
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| greyghost |
Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 06:41:37 AM
oh WOW. Can I come over, Blue? |
| Bluewrenn |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 11:21:00 PM
In the ground already - kale, chard, rutabagas, collards, brussel sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli, and three kinds of onions. And some peas. (not very many of each but I've gotten started.)
To go in this week - potatoes, beans, beets, turnips, radishes, leeks, parsnips, cabbages, and carrots, plus more of the above.
To go in in about 4 weeks - squash, okra, lettuces, tomatoes, corn, more beans, strawberries, eggplant, peppers, etc.
I have more than 210 varieties of veggies and a dozen or so herbs available to plant this year since I missed both the summer and fall gardens this past year. Lots of squash and tomatoes, a ton of different kinds of (soup) beans.
We also planted part of our orchards this year - pears, apples, nectarines, plums and figs and have almonds and more apples ready to go in. And we have tons of blackberries and raspberries coming, as well as peaches, wild plums, wild persimmons, crab apples, and some others ordered and coming soon.
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| greyghost |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 4:32:57 PM
LOL. The garlic went out this past fall, and the potatoes are from a church soup kitchen that gave me all their peelings - surely there are plenty of eyes in those 15 gallons worth of peels to give me a few potatoes!
My marigolds and broccoli came up today! Woohoo! :)
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 10:10:13 AM
Wow! You are WAY ahead of me!! I have two little seedling trays going.
Tomatoes,
Cherry tomatoes
Acorn squash
Brocolli
Basil
Cilantro
You have potatoes and garlic out? - WAAAAA!! I want to live in Georgia!!!
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