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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 5:40:29 PM
Are you doing anything new in your garden this year? I am especially interested in what you might be growing to EAT and if you are trying new seeds or techniques.
I am adding two new raised beds (36 inches high)in the sunny hot part of my lawn. Saying good bye to a little more turf and making it actually producefor my efforts.
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 7:33:17 PM
I am actually going to try to direct sow some tomato plants. A friend of mine did so in ND of all places. They had a bumper crop in spite of tornado force winds, too much rain, etc.
MA
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| peafarm |
Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 7:33:20 PM
We will be starting all of the tomato plants from seed. Last year we did half and bought the other half from a nursery. All were heirloom varieties. The store bought seedlings all ended up getting blight. The ones we started did not. |
| Lynner |
Posted - Jan 16 2010 : 06:15:45 AM
Jonnie,
Seed savers has nothing but heirloom seeds. They have a great website, and great company.
We too are expanding. Right now we have two hoop houses about 15 X 20, and plan to add more hoop houses. We also used raised beds. This helps so much where we live with so much rain. Hoops are wonderful, the plants stay cleaner because mud is not splashing up on them. Easier picking too in inclement weather.
Sheri
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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Jan 15 2010 : 5:14:53 PM
Here's a photo (not that great, but ok) of the Museum of the American Indian in DC. They have a Three Sisters Garden. For our inspiration!
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| Tanna |
Posted - Jan 15 2010 : 4:33:23 PM
I will. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures. Let me know how it goes for you too Sarah!
Tanna |
| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Jan 15 2010 : 11:01:25 AM
Oooh Tanna!! I'm planning to try that this year too!! Let me know how it works out for you.
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| Tanna |
Posted - Jan 14 2010 : 8:40:39 PM
I am going to try out a 3 sisters garden this year and already have the seeds. I'm super excited!
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/teach/2003045238014436.html
Tanna |
| sonshine4u |
Posted - Jan 14 2010 : 7:34:13 PM
I want to try having some cold frames (hoops) over my raised beds this spring so I can get a jump on my planting! It was so wet and cold last year, that a lot of our plants just didn't have enough time to fully ripen. So...I'm looking into doing this!
I am also considering putting my tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets on the sunny side of my house where we don't have any garden beds, but lots of sun. We'll see what the hubster says!
I got all my heirloom seeds last year from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (http://rareseeds.com/). Their catalog is gorgeous!!!
Playing in the Sonshine
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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 10:15:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by doglady
When should I start seeds indoors for Ohio?
Tina
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Tina, I'd check in with your local extension agent under county office listings in the phone book, or just google, county extension office. They will have the latest info on your last frost date, and how to go back through the calendar to determine your proper seed planting schedule.If they can't help, send me a note.
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| Noreen |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:49:52 PM
Thanks Mary Ann for Doug Green's web site. It looks like it has lots of information on catalogs. I can't wait to look at it in depth.
Noreen
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| doglady |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:49:51 PM
When should I start seeds indoors for Ohio?
Tina
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| Sarahpauline |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:35:40 PM
I use the fresh straw as horse bedding, then when I put it on the garden throughout the winter, the spring rains clean the poo out and you are left with a cover of clean straw. I use it twice that way.
Not all those who wander are lost...
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| lilangelacres |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 7:21:48 PM
This is a great topic! I am so excited for spring to get here and the cold to be gone. A long way to go, but I am getting ready. I have been saving all of the paper towel and toilet paper rolls to start my seeds in (saw this in a different thread here) and checking the post office daily for new catalogs. Nichols Garden Nursery has some great stuff and their website has some information on straw bale gardening that I am going to try this year. My goal for our garden is to grow and can enough that I won't have to buy vegetables at the store next winter!
Leslie
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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Jan 13 2010 : 10:26:00 AM
check out Doug Green's listing of seed companies, from his blog post yesterday:http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/heirloom-vegetable-seed-sources/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DougGreensGarden+%28DougGreensGarden%29
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 12 2010 : 6:18:41 PM
We actually had 4 bales of straw that had been sitting for a year - perfect because they were stuck together and heavy enough that they didn't blow at all!! I found that if I just bought them in fall and stuck them in the back of my pickup they got heavy enough to work like sandbags and then were perfect for the garden by spring. Of course that was not planned - it was because we were busy and never unloaded them, but it did work!!
Farmgirl #224
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| 5 acre Farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 12 2010 : 1:54:14 PM
Kitchen, all around, etc.
Just starting my greenhosue, and grow all I can and ,more....
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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Jan 12 2010 : 12:38:49 PM
[quote]Originally posted by mtngirljon
And, where can get heirloom tomato seeds?
Jonnie
Farmgirl #648
"Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you" - Maori Proverb
Check out www.seedsofchange.com, territorialseeds.com, tomatogrowers.com., and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
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| Sarahpauline |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 1:08:15 PM
I use the newspaper straw technique too, YOu want to water the newspaper down a bit after you lay it out, then water down the staw as well, it wont blow away after that. At least mine never has. The good thing about is that could could till it all right back into the ground down the road. Cardboard boxes work alright too, and paper grocery bags, but I worry about paper chemicals.
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 12:13:19 PM
Jonnie, there are several seed companies that carry heirloom tomatoe seeds. Bakers Creek comes to mind right off the top of my head. But there is also Johnny's Seeds and Seed Savers.
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
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| mtngirljon |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:53:15 AM
And, where can get heirloom tomato seeds?
Jonnie
Farmgirl #648
"Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you" - Maori Proverb
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| Noreen |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:26:23 AM
Hello Amy,
How do you keep your newspaper and straw from blowing away?
Noreen in VT |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:17:46 AM
We are going to add raised beds in the front yard. We have a 30 x 100 foot garden in the back but it seems to have its own micro-climate so my tomatoes never get ripe. Everything else does great back there but walking across the front lawn to the back last year on a super-hot day I realized it was 10 degrees cooler in the back - so the tomatoes are going in front. We double-dug beds last year and put newspaper/straw in between to keep the weeds down which worked really well, so we will expand that too.
I have so many seeds left from last year that I only get to order potatoes and onions this year:( well - maybe one new tomato....and a pepper....and....
Too hard to choose. Thanks for starting this topic - I can't wait to get started!!!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 09:43:12 AM
you all are doing such great things in your gardens! High Hopes, We've Got High Hopes!Noreen, let me go through my catalogs today and see which have the most sticky notes and corners turned back. I'll get back to you this afternoon!
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 09:38:45 AM
I'm expanding my garden to about three times it's "last year" size. And I'm planint dwarf fruit trees! I'm putting together a miniature orchard!
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
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| Ingrid |
Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 08:32:09 AM
I am adding a couple raised beds to the garden for salad fixings and just adding more of what I already grow. Also putting in another greenhouse, I have one for tomatoes only already. Going to try cantaloupe in the new greenhouse as well as other stuff. Already have a herb garden and may expand it.
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