2026, My year of Garden Narcissism

[ducks4you]

What Do Hybrid And Open-Pollinated Mean?

There are a lot of terms out there describing seeds, or rather, the parentage and genetic lines of seeds. Heirloom, open-pollinated, hybrid, F1, even F2, and GMO. All those terms have at least something to do with the reproduction and parental lineage of the plant variety in question...

seedsnsuch.com

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I happen to like Minutiae

 

[ducks4you]

Speaking OF...I have started the GREAT CLEANUP, specifically, the house. New shower is Great, but I won't really do anything else to the bathroom this year besides cleaning it and repainting the walls, AND a new window.
Bathroom has an inset cabinet. It's missing 2/4 glass shelves, but they looked groaty and I looked for an excuse to run them through the dishwasher. I pulled up/emptied out 12 pints and 10 quarts of "past it" produce from the basement pantry, cleaned them out, rinsed them out and filled up the rest of the dishwasher, so I could get the bathroom shelves washed, too.
When you can throw lots of money at a problem you look for entirely new. I can live with some old.
I have been hanging on the permanent shower curtain rod things that need a clothes line. There was one when we moved here. The posts rotted out and the location allowed birds to mess on your clothes, so I removed it and have no plans to put up a new one.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I use a fold up laundry rack. No sense running the dryer in the summer and fall.

 

[Dahlia]

I use a fold up laundry rack. No sense running the dryer in the summer and fall.

I hang dry my clothes too! Makes them smell so fresh!

 

[Marie2020]

Companion planting for squashes.
1) nasturtium
2) marigolds
3) radish
4) mint
5) dill
6) Blue Hubbard Squash, plant a few weeks before zucchini
When full of bugs, chop it at the base and burn.
THAT would be fun for me.

Thank you yet again

 

[Marie2020]

The Saskatoon shrub grows in any soil

 

[baymule]

Working on my winter sowing. I have sown 11 bottles as of this morning, the smaller bottles have 2 Alaska Snow Peas in them, the larger bottle has 4. I cut the top off of it. I tested putting the top back on--won't do that again.
This plastic is too fragile and I got a dent in the bottom half putting it on the 2nd time, so I put a piece of masking tape on it to keep in the greenhouse affect. These 3 will go out next time I...go out, since they will join the others in the window well closest to the stairs.
I have been playing at winter/bottle sowing for a couple of years now. In MY climate it is best to leave the cap on. One of my jars last year totally dried out the seedlings, which were about 5 inches tall, bc I had removed the cap. MY advice is, IF you feel like removing the bottle cap(s) save in a labeled ziplock bag in your kitchen gardening area. The caps are Not universal.
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Cut a slit up the side of the top, overlap it on itself and I will fit inside the bottom easily.