Hattie, I got the brooder mix from a seed swap at BYC. But it is from Sandhill Preservation. If you go to their website they have info on the sprin gand fall brooder mixes. They list some of what is in it.
I dont know if you can get it over there, but you could get a good idea of what is...
Wow! I still have so much to do! Here is what I would like to get planted this week:
Tomatoes
Beans
More lettuce
More carrots
corn
5 kinds of winter squash
3 kinds of summer squash
4 kinds of melons
zinnias, cosmos, and mexican sunflowers in a cutting bed
marigolds
Nasturniums
New Zealand...
I have potatoes coming up! I am very excited, this is my first time growing potatoes. I am also growing peas for the first time. I was outside planting onion sets and some flowers, but it is SO hot today, I thought I would go back out tonight and try it when it is cooler. I am also going to...
I have heard you can eat it fresh. I thought it was kind of bitter, but they were big leaves. Maybe if you pick them small they would be better.
I cooked it like spinach. It was SOOO good! And it turns a emerald green color, very dark and rich, not ugly and brown like spinach. I also...
I planted 6 tomato seedlings out yesterday, and we are supposed to have cloudy weather all weekend. THat is a rare thing in Colorado, so I am going out now to set out more seedlings.
If I can ever get off of BYC and TEG. :lol:
Edited because "tomato" does not have an "e" in it.... Unless...
I am so excited to read this! So I will compost the chicken poop and put the rabbit poop on now. :weee
Who would ever have thought we would all get excited over a bunch of poo??? :lau
Wifezilla, my 3 year old DS says "Mom, those look so beautifull!" about your snapdragons.
I diddnt know they were that easy to grow, I love them!
And I love this new term. subtractive gardening. Any more plant ideas for it, anyone?? I am learning alot!
Great Idea Wifezilla! I am planting poppies, globe thistle, blanket flower....
DH says I am planting WEEDS. I say, maybe that way they will survive me!! :lol:
I also found a lot of books about it in our library. I am in Southeast CO, And I know exacly what you mean. In fact my Mom says it is impossible to have flowers here. I am setting out to prove her wrong, but so far, havenot been able to. :)
I am hoping to set out my tomatoes, peppers and zucchinis ( I know that is not spelled right...brain fart....) today. It is overcast and cool. But I may not get around to it, it is so much nicer to stay inside, :lol:
AAAHHHHH Tha makes more sense..... I read that and have always thought that sounded like a lot. I read it when I was reading about saving rain water from your roof.
Becasue corn is a CROP not a veggie, so you plant it outside in LONG rows, and then you harvest it with a combine..... lol I have a farming hubby too, and he always asks why I over-think this stuff so much.
The problem with watering every day is the roots will not grow deep. You want to water deeply, and then wait, and then water deeply again. Especially with corn, which tends to have shallow roots anyway, and is so tall, you want to encourage those roots to go as deeply as possible to anchor...
I am going to try zinnias, cosmos, marigolds and mexican sunflowers. I am SOOOOO hoping I can do it... i tend to over-think things, so I am trying not to think about it. :lol:
I have jelly melons gowing nicely in pots! I am :fl they make it after transplanting, they will be so cool!
And I LOVE the Bakers Creek catalog, everything in it just has me drooling. :lol:
Wow! There are sure a lot of different ways people like to do things! I love to see all the pictures. Mine is a work in progress right now, I am working on beds. I am digging them as I go, since its so much work. I am doing 4 ft x as-far-as-I-can-go-before-I-run-into-the-field-ditch. :lol...