peppers are golden marconi and emerald giant
tomatoes are mama leone and tonadose des conores
brussel sprouts are long island improved
broccoli are calabrese green sprouting
melons are amreican melon honeymoon and melon iroquois
the melons say to start inside 2-3 weeks before last frost...
i dont have enough window space :(
i have two of those little plastic window starters.
thats all the window space i have room for :(
i'm gonna have to move my sisters globe collection.
plants take priority over dusty globes... :D
so i need three more window things :P
i have lots of plants that need started but i'm not sure when i should start them...
tomatoes
peppers
amaranth
broccoli
cauliflower
melons
spinach
quinoa
and the herbs:
mustard
anise
basil
catnip
chives
cilantro
echinacea
feverfew
chamomile
lavender
thyme
yarrow
calendula
mugwort
and anyone...
:celebrate just got the seeds out the mailbox!!!!! :celebrate
YAY YAY YAY!!!!! i'm so excited, and i just cant hide it, i'm gonna loose control, and i think i like it! :rose
ha ha ha!!! :weee
:woot :woot :woot
got everything i ordered except lemon balm... they ran out :smack
but i...
thanks! i have like a gallon jug of pumpkin seed i've saved... i have some indian corn to spare... uhh.... were you looking for anything specific? i have to see what extras i have...
i am wanting to put up a little stand somewhere myself. i live out quite a ways so i cant have one in the yard. if i do have a stand it will be a card table and beach umbrella. ha ha! then you just load it all up and come back tomarrow. i could make a sign to keep there. but i need to find...
hm... today there is lettuce and radishes growing in a window box that arent doing too well :hu and a little lime tree in a pot in the window as well.
i put up my greenhouse and ordered my seeds though!!! :love cant wait for them to come in so i can start some plants!!! :weee
its only 5x5 foot wide and 6.5 foot tall. i have a silver tarp??? i'm gonna see if we have black paint...
:coolsun please, please, please, please! :coolsun
i'm so excitied!!! :weee
i also have tons of indian corn and pumpkin seed to grow with the beans. and zucchini seed. been starting at my garden plan and trying to make more stuff fit. ha ha! i already have most of the garden. i hope dad knows i'm using half of the corn area too... :D
so...
thanks. i ordered from baker creek. i got things that i wouldnt have from the other site but i want these things too.
there is some red clover growing in spots here on the farm but i'd never thought to get seed from that. and when i did think about it there was about 2 foot of snow... my dad...
i wanted to put it up on christmas! i just love it! well i put my window box in the greenhouse last night. it had a few green bean plants in it that were from a sprouting test i did.
well they died... :( so that means its freezing in there at night right? because they were 100% dead.
what can...
YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!! :weee
ordered my seeds just now from baker creek! i'm so excited!!!
i was going to order from a different site but the are not taking more orders until march. so i ordered from baker creek. they have some things the other site didnt have (amaranth, quinoa) but there are quite...
dad took forever to order my seeds so he went to order them today and the company was overloaded with orders and wont be taking more orders until march! i need to start my plants before then (some i should have started already) and now this! so i'm ordering from rareseeds.com now. but the other...
well i put it up yesterday. yesterday the temp was upper 30s and the temp in the greenhouse was 60* F. this morning at about 10:30 AM the temp was 60* F. so that means the temp stays about 20* higher than the outside temp. me and dad are gonna build shelves for it today. i have a little...
well i'm putting it up today. all the snow is melted. putting in 4 metal t-posts at the corners and adding more tie downs. i'm keeping my fingers crossed!
:fl :fl :fl
goats, chickens?
here is some things i have so far:
carrots
parsnips
turnips
parsely
comfrey
nasturiams
peas
mustard
radish
sunflowers
indian corn
pumpkin
and of course, spent plants and split tomatoes, etc. but those are the major ones. any suggestions?
and what about millet, amaranth...
i put white potato peels in a window box and now they are popping up everywhere. they were store potatoes. i want to try some sweet potatoes like that, but i think i'll do cut chunks with eyes on them. good luck!