The first step...

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

heh, YOU have a problem? you do realize you are on a message board for gardeners right?

guess i need to post a pic of my 'collection' i have in many LARGE coffee containers. last year my oldest seed i planted was from 1998 and i got a few of those seeds to grow for me.

 

[so lucky]

Jared, what all did you do to get your new garden space prepared? We know you moved, and had to "make" a garden from nothing. What did you add to the soil?
(I don't think you have a problem, either, but then I could be called an enabler)

 

[digitS']

I think we are waiting for Jared and his alter ego to sort things out. Nifty has offered professional help but you know how it goes. Jared may still be harboring a stigma and a seed stash, not admitted even to himself.

It just goes to show how there is always a vulnerable human behind these seed orders.

Before anything truly effect can be done, however, intelligence services will have to bring in several outside contractors to assess the political stability of Jared's backyard and the larger geopolitical ramifications of full-scale intervention.

digitS'

 

[Smart Red]

Jared, what all did you do to get your new garden space prepared? We know you moved, and had to "make" a garden from nothing. What did you add to the soil?

Like the rest of us, Jared is a gardener. That means he doesn't have to do anything to get his new garden space prepared. He merely needs to have plans (in his head) for working at his garden space early and often until it is ready to plant. Anything he did last year is just a bonus.

 

[the1honeycomb]

love Love that my garden gets bigger every year! I am putting square concrete blocks on the top of the hill by my house and planting melons, and Pumpkins there will keep me from having to mow the grass and make harvesting EASY

 

[so lucky]

I think we are waiting for Jared and his alter ego to sort things out. Nifty has offered professional help but you know how it goes. Jared may still be harboring a stigma and a seed stash, not admitted even to himself.

It just goes to show how there is always a vulnerable human behind these seed orders.

Before anything truly effect can be done, however, intelligence services will have to bring in several outside contractors to assess the political stability of Jared's backyard and the larger geopolitical ramifications of full-scale intervention.

digitS'

Oh, jeez, did we open a can of earthworms?

 

[Jared77]

I'm back I've got my house & affairs in order. Paid hush money to those requiring it & asked mercy from those who wouldn't take my money.

Seriously though everything is good. Why now all the sudden it took issue with my old email I have no idea but it's fixed now.

The reason I said that was my coworker saw my list of seeds as I was mapping things out & that was their comment (admitting you have a problem is the first step). This year I've been pushing the wonder/fun factor. That's why I have the glass bead/glass gem corn, the bird house gourds, and so many colors of carrots. My oldest daughter is 6 and LOVES to garden with me so I've been trying to grow more things for her to enjoy too. Why not it's just another pass or 3 with the tiller is how I look at it.

Far as prepping the ground I haven't done anything yet. New house & literally 1 week after getting in my 2nd daughter was born so by the time I had a free moment the snow was already coming down.

If I can get everything in planted (plus my edible perennials), mulched, and my compost bins/frames built this year Ill be pretty darn pleased with myself. It's going to be a marathon to get everything done but I really want to get things established because I know it takes a while for both perennials & compost so that's why I'm trying to get those going this year.

And that's without touching the landscaping. Other than a strip of double blossom orange day lilies, a small patch of iris reticulata in with the day lilies, and a misplaced VERY mall burning bush (I couldn't ID it till fall it was so darn small and surrounded by thistles) I literally have nothing but grass/yard. The good thing is it's a blank slate, and I keep reminding myself of that.

 

[Hal]

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is admitting you have a problem.

These are what Baker Creek sent me. The Lemon Squash was a freebie too.

For those of you keeping score at home from L-R & top to bottom

Lemon squash, Berkley Pink Tie Dye tomatoes (originated from Wild boar farms), chocolate pear tomatoes, birdhouse gourds, Snow White carrots, atomic red carrots, jumbo pink banana squash, Red Marconi peppers, Hungarian heart tomatoes (becoming more & more of a fan of ox hearts lately), Jaune Obtuse Du Doubs carrots, albino bullnose peppers, Glass Bead corn (from Native Seed search expensive yes but a darn good cause I want to support), Delicata squash, Danvers 126 carrots & black Futsu squash.

Not pictured are King of the North peppers, another 8 or so tomato varieties (again mostly ox hearts or very early varieties in an effort to replace Early Girls in my garden) all from from Glecker Seedmen, cool crops, and the seeds from Journey from here @ TEG.

Yep I just might need an intervention

Those Lemon Squash are excellent!

 

[Jared77]

Good to know Thanks Hal. I admit I did raise an eyebrow when I saw them. I'll be sure to start some this year.

 

[Hal]

You

Good to know Thanks Hal. I admit I did raise an eyebrow when I saw them. I'll be sure to start some this year.

Your welcome! Under my growing conditions here in Eastern Australia they turned out well flavored and everyone who we gave them to was insisting on getting more.
You seem to be growing a fair few vegetables that I like.