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I am lookng for pics now. I will post pics in new thread..:)

Lorelai, That is a tough one..Hyperion (1925) is one of the most popular heirlooms because of all the qualities i mentioned. But i also like August Pioneer which is a very prolific old fashioned daylily..It is also a diploid with lovely, mellow apricot colored, fragrant, trumpet shaped, 4 inch...

YAY!!!...Have you grown cukes along and up a trellis before? I wonder how tall the Marketmore vines will get..I grew Armenian Cukes up a trellis (well actually two trellises) once, and that baby grew way over the top of my GH..And the cukes (really a melon) were up to two feet long, if I let...

What a lovely and thoughtful gift for your friend Canesisters!! :)

I have grown a lot of different varieties of lilies..Oriental, Trumpet, Asiatic etc..But my all time favorite is the old fashioned heirloom Hemerocallis "Hyperion"..The clumping grass mounds, is attractive, and gets three feet high and wide. The flower petals are like graceful wings in a clear...

I will add to what joz say's. Tomatoes are self pollinating, but odds of cross-pollinating ( wind, insects, bees)..are around 10%, or so. That can be considered high when you want to save seed from heirooms to keep the lines pure.. with heirloom varieties like Brandywine and Cherokee Purple...

Marshall, I also worked at a greenhouse/nursery in our small town , for a few years, a number of years back. I aquired a lot of plants I couldnt resist..You added some others to your list that are good indestructable/easy care plants. And yes, Smart Red is correct. Goatsbeard is the other...

For me easy care or indestructable plants are characterized by: Longevity, resistance to disease and insects, dont need to be divided by more than 4 or 5 years, has a tolerance of growing conditions, such as summer heat and cold winters, dont need staking and wont take over the garden. Long...

I dont grow many really early varieites, but I have grown a Russian variety called Azoychka..It is a heirlloom with fruits that are yellow/orange in color, and the fruit has a wonderful, sweet, citrusy taste .Meaty.. Good acid balance of flavor. Around 3 inches, 8 to 16 oz for me. It was...

How adorable!! :love All of your farm animals are real beauties! Dont you just love this time of year! :) Ginny

Steve and Jared, send me a pm with your addy's and I will send a few seeds out of Pantano Romanesco. I have been growing it for over 10 years and totally love it!! Ginny ATTENTION STEVE: YOUR INBOX IS FULL...TRIED TO SEND ANOTHER MESSAGE!! LOL

Actually, you will be adding three more to your list..I sent some out in the mail to you today!! :) PS: I have grown a few on your list before. Tess Land Race Current is one I had growing near one of my semi dwarf cherry trees. The vines got so tall, and entwined around the tree, so when the...

Steve, Pantano Romanesco is a mid-seaon Roman variety.. It is a realy good , all purpose red tomato. Very productive, ribbed fruit up to12 oz. Very good flavor. I cook with it, juice it, can it, and slice for sandwiches. Been growng many years.. A favorite of mine. Costoluto Genovese Italian...

We are moving soon, so I will cutting wayyyy back on my tomatoe list this year. I normally grow up to 80+ varieties each year. But it is also getting harder to do.. So I am growing some new to me varieties and some returnees I loved.. 1. Couilles De Taureu (return) 2. Purple Dog Creek (return)...

If you would like to try it, I have some saved seeds of Thessaloniki I bagged from my 2010 garden..I can send you a few to try. It is a good canning tomato. Mine were red, baseball size. With a good mild/acidic flavor. Very good production in my 2010 garden. Shoot me a PM if interested Ginny

I only soak seeds for hard shell varieties of vegetables, flowers etc.. For older seeds, like older tomatoes, I soak in a green tea/chamomile solution for 24 hours. It helps to wake the older seeds up.

Same for me.. I had realy good production and it makes a really nice canning tomato. I only grew it a few years, last in 2010. I see Earl Of Edgecomb is on your list. That is another one that I have grown, and that is pretty good. Ginny

Yes, they are not like regular melons..My little Sakata's Sweet Melons, did not get as sweet as the description said, but i might have picked them a bit to soon, to get that sweet flavor..I loved the crispness of the skin and fruit though..Late in the season,the leaves on the vines started to...

.Thank you for the link Jack..I ordered the catalogue. The company is in California..They have a lot of interesting oriental varieites. The Japanese variety of the Chinese Leek, Broad leaved Nira sounds interesting. Have you grown chinese kale or chinese leeks before?. The chinese leek is...

Marshall, I woukld imagine the Kamo Kamo squash @ six months to mature would be for winter squash? Growing it as a summer squash, hopefully it wont take so long. This is my first year growing it. I love to try just about anything, and push the envelope.. D' Algiers I have grown once. If I...