When I originally built my first set of garden beds in 2008, I had a brilliant idea. Every web site and book I could find was telling me that I wanted my garden beds to be 4 feet wide, for the convenience of reaching the crops easily and the benefit of never having to set [...]
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4 May
Lettuce in the square foot garden
This year I am growing Tom Thumb and Tiny Tim Lettuce in the square foot gardens. The catalog says that these grow 4 to 6 inches wide and tall. I guess they are ready to eat now. In another location I have planted several more. I put a Kale plant in the middle of a [...]
26 Mar
Another tray of seedlings
Here are a few other things that I have started inside this winter. The purslane is an upright garden variety. If you have not tasted this ‘weed,’ try some from your lawn this summer. You don’t treat your lawn with chemicals do you? No, because if you did, you probably wouldn’t have any purslane. Ha!
22 Jan
Kale, Kale, Kale
I planted the Kale seeds I received in the mail from Robin shortly after Christmas. I had a heck of a time with poor germination, but I finally have a tray of them rising up! Thank you again Robin! I am very much looking forward to trying these. I’m going to give them a [...]
30 Dec
Zone 5 Greenhouse New Year update
The radish seeds I sowed in the greenhouse in a pot on December 5th started to show their heads last week. Yesterday many had come up! There were several consecutive nights of 0 degree weather outside (in degrees fahrenheit, 32 below freezing), and the greenhouse got as cold as 19 by morning once, but the radishes [...]
9 Dec
Wanted: Kale Seeds
Would anyone be willing to put a few of last year’s Kale seeds (any variety) in an envelope and mail them to me? I don’t have any (didn’t try it in the summer garden) and stores around here don’t stock seeds in December. I would really appreciate your time and effort.
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