do not wait there are free things out there waiting for you to claim them!
craigslist.com (a friend gave me mine they are 55 gallon plastic drums that were used for foodstuffs) but you can post an "I want for free willing to pick up" ad on Craigslist and see :)
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this is such a wonderful thread I have been following it and learned so much from you guys ..thank you!
if I could give a ribbon for a great thread this would get one!
one word
"no" I love San Marzanos for sauce and grow them every year for sauce..
other words
I have also tried other paste tomatoes and had wonderful success with the sauce..mixing them is great as well
so my final word would also be YES!!!
go for it ..grow whatever you want and see how...
oh honey can you edit your article ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiculite
vermiculite is not organic worm poo
otherwise looks good.. Catalina's photo really helped ..maybe next year you will have your own ..all things take time but this is a good start
be careful with peat moss it is a...
I am not even sure where the heck I got it from but have been planting peas for Presidents Day for about 30 years now! Wow when I say that it is hard to believe I have been doing this for all this time! Even when there is snow or the ground is frozen I will put some in a pot just to be sure I do...
Sending you tons of empathy now I am in a swamp myself! but my greens are growing great and nothing is rotting ..just doing the back stroke
and I have all raised beds and tons of containers still everything is soaked ..later when my water bill is through the roof I will be wishing for some of...
Hi there C! .. this really is miserable but getting better so thank you thank you!
as far as the beans go ..no one notices I put anything different in the beans ...but they do really like my beans because there is never any left!! it is the secret little something and when you use just a tiny...
Hey Lady I have been offline with horrible tendinitis
so I avoided looking at boards because I knew I would feel compelled to type and then the cycle of this crap would continue
today is much better however
I love this herb and did make a thread someplace on here about it
I did not look at...
I will say it "Albuquerque" I love and miss Santa Fe and Albuquerque. ...I am feeling a great loss right now my sister passed away last May she lived in Santa Fe and spent a lot of time getting treatments for her cancer in Albuquerque....you live in one my other homes :) I have a had a rough...
YAY SEED ORDERS!!! :weee :ya
I store my seeds in the envelopes they come in in a big plastic bin they are completely a mess and all out of order I just have a huge bin I toss them all in .. I do tape them shut so the seeds do not fall out after I dig into them ....then cool dry place ..(under...
I always put several inches of gravel or pot shards in the bottom of my big pots to help with drainage
clawing in some compost and some kind of vermiculite or perlite or something helps as well
then feed the pots a few times during the season with organics . or use time released ferts for...
other than my mandatory San Marzano's for red sauce and salsa as well ..
I try new tomatoes every year and sometimes just do one color a year
all yellow ..all red ...all black ..all orange ...this year I am going to try for a roaster and half ultra sweet tomatoes ..and half as sour as...
I planted spinach ..lettuce and some carrots
President's day I am going to plant the first big time seeding of peas greens onions carrots beets and ..thats it I think :)
lots starting inside
lots growing in the covered beds!
I nothing more to add but ..I just keep seeing this post and thinking ..gosh darn I wish you could come over and just dig up what you want! all of my garden has become somewhat of an herb garden ..I grow herbs in and round everything and what bounty and hard work they do for me! ....once you...
LOL I am yearning for a crab maybe this weekend
I have a rough day ahead so wish me luck
a crab at the end of this crappy week would a wonderful carrot to chase!
I love me some high scovilles :) really high ..my husband says my mouth is made of asbestos!
grow poblanos they are wondeful chiles and fun to cook with that would be my first choice for a nice pepper to grow if you want some but not too much heat!
right now the only thing I have planned is to first do a
HUGE SPRING CLEAN!!!!
it is appaling out there right now and if it is nice tomorrow I am going to start having at it!!!
after the sping clean then I can focus on any changes or things I need to do but for now all I can...