Search results

  1. H

    city street to gardening district

    LOLOLOL!!! so funny sometimes I think I need ritalin when I am online because I will open an post ..follow the link ..then somehow 2 hours later I am down a very strange road of info on this crazy highway!!! then I wander back thanks Steve I got off track too a and I am not on medication!
  2. H

    too all Valentines

    In this very nice garden forum I wish you a a Happy Valentine's day :love in spite of the weather in spite of all the sadness in the world war ..earthquakes ..Haiti ..omg poor poor Haiti ..our cops being blasted off our streets..unemployment ...homes lost..personal tragidy ..illness..grief...
  3. H

    Seed Lot found, any good?

    pretend they are new and plant them I have collard green kale and scarlet runners that are very old and still have no problems germinating them old seeds do fine! seriously I dont worry about the age I just plant them .. you can kind of tell if they are dead they smell flat and look dead
  4. H

    Growing potatoes in straw or hay instead of planting

    so just butting in because it the same but different ... what if I do a vertical cylindrical cage straw compost bed potatoes straw compost bed potatoes straw compost bed potatoes top with straw compost (I think it will end up six feet high? will my potatoes grow out of the cage like...
  5. H

    Seed train like on BYC?

    Ok I can not resist cosmos please here is my list again :) want the daucus carrots too? scarlet runners mammoth sunflower escarole cilantro bulb fennel New Zealand spinach rattle snake pole bean Kentucky wonder wax pole bean Vermont cranberry bean Yard long beans epazote purple cauliflower...
  6. H

    ~ QUIRKY GARDEN FENCES ~

    so many ideas so little time :) thanks Hattie!
  7. H

    Seed train like on BYC?

    I will take the small summer ball pumpkin and I have some yummy carrots see below :) scarlet runners mammoth sunflower escarole cilantro bulb fennel New Zealand spinach rattle snake pole bean Kentucky wonder wax pole bean Vermont cranberry bean Yard long beans epazote purple cauliflower...
  8. H

    do you have some Chervil seed to trade?

    I am working my way through two Alice B Toklas cookbooks and chevil is a very popular ingredient in every recipe I want to try! I do not have any in my garden and apparently should because it sounds like a very nice herb to have! so this is my list of seeds ..if you have chervil seed and like...
  9. H

    Weedless Gardening

    I use the pine shaving litter from my chickens around my plants after it has cooled down a bit if you are talking about freshly chipped chips from a wood chipper sure I have used those as well you can seriously "mulch in" with anything that will build your soil including gravel...
  10. H

    time to start thinking about purging your larder

    I dug deep into the freezer and came up with some tomato sauce with roasted eggplant ..made kind of a parmesan casserole with tons of olive oil fresh grated parm and provolone last bit of the garden garlic ....mmmmmmmm my house smells like a pizzaria back east now :) what else you eating...
  11. H

    Seed train like on BYC?

    LOL absolutely just pm your address and I will get them off to you :) thanks for letting me know wife :) the sprouted really fast for me! this is the first year I am growing it myself
  12. H

    Attracting backyard ... Birds!

    Just beautiful to me :love
  13. H

    Weedless Gardening

    Thank you for posting this ..I really truly need to practice this with my flowers!!!! my raised vegetable beds are pristine ...but my poor poor flower beds are absolutely atrocious with weeds ..I still can not get all the grass out and everything needs deviding moving rearrainging all the time...
  14. H

    composting rhubarb leaves?

    mmmmm rhubarb is about to come up now :) I have to go check today and see Did you check out the recipe thread Big Brown Horse has a great thread going there Yes they are fine to compost ..in fact I will put them face down between the raised beds and find it the best way on the planet for me...
  15. H

    GROWING VEGETABLES IN DRY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY~extended to add plants

    UM yeah almost did not open this thread because I am ..as you know in a swamp!!! but our poor folks east and you Hattie with all this crazy snow this year ..I can not say anything bad about my swamp in comparison I am sorry it is just hitting you one after another! OOOXXX you have to put...
  16. H

    Seed train like on BYC?

    sure thing Old Fashioned but read this thread if you would before you commit and then if it still sounds appealing just send me a pm with your address and I will send the seeds off right away the taste and fragrance are not for everyone ;) I love the stuff but I adore pinto beans and do...
  17. H

    I am going renegade...

    I do think it is wonderful to be a rebel and plant where seeds will sprout ... but have to admit having just had my son loose his house to foreclosure I am kind of sad at the same time but have at it ..it is just sitting there I guess
  18. H

    Getting started on a Greenhouse kinda thing with pics

    what a great job! good for you and welcome :) I have a shameless addiction to dirt
  19. H

    Seed train like on BYC?

    Ok seriously I have to have a cow tit tomato! just because it is called a cow tit btw my current tomatoes are already sprouting :) here is my same old same old list I will try to see what else I have to add to it scarlet runners mammoth sunflower escarole cilantro (the seed on this...
  20. H

    Who plants peas for Presidents day?

    I am confused about if it is Presidents (plural to be inclusive) I think that is right) or President's (giving honor to the presidents?) Day? someone tell me I was talking my dear friend Hattie just this morning and could not figure out what was correct? either way If you would like let's...
Top