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Mustard, kale, radishes, parsnips and Swiss chard :)

Thank you! This is exactly the type of calm, levelheaded reporting that I am most likely to listen to. It will be interesting to continue to follow both bills. One great thing about all this outrage is that at least a few politicians are seeing how dearly we hold the right to grow and sell our...

Hey wifezilla--the sweet potato squash is just a heritage variety of acorn. It is cream colored outside, paler orange inside. I think it is much more prolific and tasty than today's green acorn squash.

Oh, geez! I never stopped stopped to consider all the political implications of WHAT they plant :rolleyes:

I found Thelma Sander's sweet potato squash (Seed Saver's Exchange and Baker Creek) to be very prolific and easy to grow. My packet of 25 seeds yielded over 100 very tasty (for acorn squash) squash. Good luck! me&thegals

I once accidentally planted garlic bulbs in spring. They got a bunch of tiny bulbs and lots of shoots for each bulb planted. I call it green garlic now, like green onions, only garlic. I ALWAYS have green garlic. In fact, my green garlic is the first thing up each spring in March. I dig the...

Yeah--I'm one of those dummies who had a 1000+ square-foot garden my first year :) Learned lots, like it's not necessary to plant out the ENTIRE packet of zucchini seeds. I don't think Obama's garden has anything to do with this conversation, although anytime anybody has a garden or hive, I...

I will take the rosemary and offer: red beets dark blue-green curly kale bright lights chard Hale's jumbo canteloupe Bitter melon rutabaga salsify bloody butcher tomatoes Black Krim tomatoes purple Russian tomatoes Sprint sugar snap peas

How very true! Plus, as was pointed out on Sufficient Self, bills come and go. Anybody can propose ANYthing. Doesn't mean it's going to pass. Good time to call one's senator and give one's opinion!

ShadyGlade--Can I take some of the carrots AND radishes, or is that too greedy? I am mailing today your bittermelon plus some African horned cucumber seeds :) I will offer again: red beets dark blue-green curly kale bright lights chard Hale's jumbo canteloupe Bitter melon rutabaga salsify...

I actually get this problem every year. My mold is pinkish. We boil down sap in our basement on the woodstove, same area as I grow my seedlings, so it is moist! Cut back on watering and consider putting in a fan, which is nice for strengtening those plants before setting outside anyway :) Hope...

How about if I add bloody butcher tomatoes Black Krim tomatoes purple Russian tomatoes Sprint sugar snap peas me&thegals

I was at a conference recently where they talked about trained weeder geese :lol:

It means you should not, should not plant like I do. :D I can't stand seeing all that open dirt and keep on tucking seeds here and there, forgetting every single year how big those seeds eventually become! Air movement is about giving the plants a little space so breezes can blow through them...

Regarding the 35 feet, that is not far enough to keep 2 plants you don't want cross pollinated. I've read some plants needing a mile! Many are more like 1/4 mile, if I'm remembering correctly. Regarding squash, there are 4 "sub-varieties" of cucurbitas. If you plant one type of squash from...

Goodness--why didn't I think of that, bid? Great idea. As for the other, it could be dill or carrots. I did grow a fuzzy basil once, but I can't remember the flavor...

If you have established garden going, you could put in a raingauge where you're watering and water until it hits 1" or so, which is what most things need per week. If you mulch a lot, though, you may not even need that much. If you just planted these seeds, consider watering by hand right...

I've always grown mine together with no watersquashes :) Their seeds will possibly have the characteristics of both melons and squash, so you wouldn't want to save the seeds. As far as I know, the only time you have to worry about this sort of thing is when you are saving the seeds for next...

Very cool. I guess I never quite made that connection either. My own recent epiphany was how some plants also take nitrogen out of the atmosphere and fix it back into the dirt. :thumbsup

Ditto. I reuse mine only for dry and freezer storage.