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Nikkilee_B
Farmgirl at Heart
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Nichole
Melrose
Wisconsin
USA
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 Posted - Feb 22 2009 : 4:30:57 PM
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Is it easy to grow heirloom plants? I have never tried but would like to! Any tips would be awesome!
Thanks!
Nikki
"A person is a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Suess |
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2009 : 4:45:46 PM
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Heirlooms are awsome! Check our thread "Danger of Extinction" We are the Mavens and this is what we do!
By the way welcome Nikki! It is always nice to "see" a new face here.
Lillian |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2009 : 07:44:10 AM
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Nikki~
Some yes, some no.... I highly recommend Lynn Coulter's book "Gardening with Heirlooms".. Also,Carrots love Tomoatoes which isnt about heirlooms so much, but about companion planting which makes ALL gardening easier..... I hope you take Lillian's lead and jump over to the "danger of Extinction", there is so much great info over there..
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/http://renenaturallyspeaking.blogspot.com/
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
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DearMildred
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Amanda
Tulsa
OK
USA
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Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 06:12:22 AM
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Like any plants, some heirlooms are easy to grow and some are not! But heirlooms are definitely worth any small amount of extra effort. I second Rene's book recommendations. :D
~~~Amanda in OK~~~
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. ~Will Rogers |
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
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Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 06:22:47 AM
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And I second everything written here. You can also look around the mavens' henhouse http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/HenHouseSnitz/default.asp?CAT_ID=51
Lots of good information there too especially the links page in the Book Discussion forum http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/HenHouseSnitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=540 This has a lot of websites, books, etc. with information about heirlooms.
Browse around, Nikki, and then come over to the Danger of Extinction thread and post your thoughts, questions, whatever. We love talking heirlooms. http://www.maryjanesfarm.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24908&whichpage=1 (I’m sending you to page 1 of the thread so you can see how it all started. Then just jump in – think of us as an heirloom swimming pool!)
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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milkmaid
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Heather
Higginsville
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 06:37:37 AM
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I love heirlooms... it is wonderful to go out to the garden and bring in something that you can't get at the grocery... and the taste is heavenly!!
http://goodfarm.blogspot.com/
Mother to five awesome kids, wife of 17 years and milk maid to two beautiful cows. Living the good life!!! |
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