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!
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...