April 27/10 Guess what arrived in the mail today??? !!! Thank you to Urban Farmer Seeds for the following: Butterfly Flower Campanula Verbena Veronica Potentilla Oenothera Digitalis Candytuft and just look at the wonderful packaging they came in!!! I had as much fun looking at the pictures as I did looking at the variety of seeds
In past years, I have not had the best success when sowing flower seeds directly in the ground. I think my layers of mulch (weed control) and periodic chicken escapes have interfered with the germination process. This year I am going to try sowing them in containers first and transplanting them into the gardens after they grow. After transferring some of my winter sowing vegetable seedlings into the garden, I had a few empty milk jugs. I reused those jugs to plant some of the seeds that...
I just had to take pics of my little green ones. I have been sending pics to my mom in florida and now she may have the bug of growing something from seeds. I think she is trying a tangerine tree. She’ll have to wait a while before she can see a harvest. I had 4 containers growing. I hope I will see more sprouts over the weekend. I hope the other newbies are seeing results as well.
February 20, 2010 As I accumulate more containers, I fill them and put them outside. Here are the milk jugs of vegetable seeds I put outside today: 15. Sea Kale16. French Sorrel17. Good King Henry18. Cauliflower Romanesca Veronica19. Brussel Sprouts – Falstaff20. Welsh Bunching Onions21. Lettuce Mix (Romaine, Black-Seeded Simpson, Green Deer Tongue, Red Sails)
I’ like to thank all members who decided to participate in our Winter Sowing Challenge. Thanks to Urban Farmer Seeds company and Trudi Davidoff I can announce random draw on March 31, 2010. 3 random contestants from United States will get seeds from Trudi Davidoff and 3 random contestants from Canada will get $20 gift certificates from Urban Farmer Seeds Company. It’s not too late to start with winter sowing. Here you can find everything about winter sowing techniques and h...
Jan 7/10 Today I stopped in at our local feed and seed store and I was told that they usually have seeds the first week of January—just not yet, this year.I was also told that although they usually have them, they don’t put them out yet because typically people aren’t buying seeds yet. I’ll be stopping in, whenever I go through town over the next week or so and asking if they are in yet (since I won’t be seeing them on the shelves).
I actually began my winter sowing project last year. First, I tracked down plastic containers. This felt a little ironic, as I have worked hard to not buy things in plastic containers. I asked friends if they had gallon jugs and even considered requesting them on our town free-cycle site. My husband reminded me that we had six gallon jugs of water in the basement for emergencies. I decided that I couldn’t use those jugs because they were for an emergency. Right before Christmas, the town...
Dec 28/09 I received my William Dam Seed Catalogue last week and took some time today to go “shopping”. On the list: bush beans dutch brown beans pole beans beets brussel sprouts savoy cabbage kohlrabi carrots cukes onions peas peppers pie pumpkins radish spinach zucchini tomatoes dill luffah And for flowers ….. marigolds I had several flowers checked but once I looked at the list of veggie seeds I skipped the flowers...
Dec 26/09 After a little bit of this and a little bit of that my morning ended up with the potting soil sitting in my back hall calling my name. So, out came the milk jugs! A scan of my seeds left over from last year, I ended up sowing three containers: 1) louffah seeds2) Amish Paste Tomatoes3) Pickling Cucumbers (“Patio”) I didn’t have enough seeds to do the comparison experiment. Hopefully there will be some seeds in the stores soon and I can divide them up for...
Dec 14/09 I was shopping today and thought I’d pick up some supplies for the Winter Gardening / Sowing Challenge. There’s a glitch—the two stores that I stopped at didn’t have any seeds. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen seeds at Home Hardware at odd times of the year.. but I’ve never looked before in the winter time. I still have some seeds from this past year but my options will be limited.
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