gardening
I plan to plant geranium seeds in February along with scallions!!! I can start tomatoes in March along with peppers....jalapenos and green bells. I might grow cukes and will definitely throw in some sunflower seeds. Might also grow hollyhocks. sweet
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
I'm kind of glad my garden is buried in snow. So much work. Today, I enjoyed getting some carrots out of the freezer though.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
Alexander Den Heijer
Ever notice, "How most people call them green onions but they're really scallions."
@heather shops wrote:
I plan to plant geranium seeds in February along with scallions!!! I can start tomatoes in March along with peppers....jalapenos and green bells. I might grow cukes and will definitely throw in some sunflower seeds. Might also grow hollyhocks. sweet
Anyone else?
I will be growing sweet peas (the flowers) and snap peas, shallots, WallaWalla onions, spinach and some asian greens, 6 varieties of dwarf tomatoes, artichokes, asparagus, strawberries, melons, some pumpkins, leeks, ground cherries and purple sweet potatoes. Mostly I am growing food that i like but has become just too expensive. I also have 7 blueberry bushes and 4 raspberry plants.
Too early. However, tomatoes and peppers are easiest to grow here with some cucumbers, strawberries, maybe some carrots. Farmer across our road usually plants corn or soybean. A neighbor behind us has a small co-op farm and grows many items for an annual fee. They also sell eggs ($7/doz) and have goats.
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@DRJ wrote:
Ever notice, "How most people call them green onions but they're really scallions."
Did you remember this from Christmas Dragnet? btw, "I yain't made up mind about Toledo."
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
I got a ton of tomatoes last summer, some of them were 1 lb by themselves! (Yes, I weighed the big ones lol) I did peppers as well but didn't get as many. It was my first time having enough space for a garden. Its still too cold here to get going but in a few weeks I am going to start some seeds.
Way too early here but I will be planting what we like while avoiding the crops that I have not had success with. Tomatoes (beefsteak is our fav), zucchini, peppers. I always try an herb. Still have frozen basil and cilantro. This year parsley maybe? I did scallions one year. They still grow albeit a bit skinny. I will plant more flowers.
2 years ago when I had the last garden plot...it rained a lot and my cherokee purple tomatoes exploded. It was awful.
I just noticed this discussion. I love to garden as well. I've just started pulling out my seeds, looking at what I've got and thinking about what I want and need. I already planted some snow peas in a pot outside, and I have a few more things to plant in the cold crop line up, mostly various greens and lettuces for now.
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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln
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There are a lot of deer in my neighborhood so I don't grow vegetables but I do grow lots of flowers and I have some flowering shrubs that the deer don't eat. It is 42 degrees today and I was out raking leaves in the sunshine.
I left out an organic onion on the kitchen counter. It sprouted so I looked up how to plant an onion with sprouts. Uuuum, I don't think it's going to work. Rooting it indoors and then planting is way too early here.
Onion family plants are generally easy, peasy @Madetoshop. You may just be able to literally leave the sprout sitting out until you are able to plant it. I have stuck onion slices in the ground, put what is left of a scallion in a jar of water, and stuck all kinds of sprouts from the onion family in the ground, and all with good results. I did learn that half of an onion will not likely make another full bulb, however, you will likely get a lot of good green onion shoots to use in your cooking. A lot of the organic varieties do significantly better than the others, so you are already ahead of the game on that part. I'd probably just let it do its thing, and see what you get, which will likely be at least a little something, maybe enough of the green for a good salad or two. Rooting it indoors and then planting it outdoors sounds like a lot of work to me too. However, even if it doesn't work to plant it outside, going ahead and rooting it will likely give you some green onion shoots that you can use. I love the organic because they seem to do better on most all of the various replanting options than some of the others.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln
I'm growing some radish sprouts. Still glad garden is frozen and buried.
Trying to sprout some pepper seeds. Thought they would sprout because sometimes there's a little pepper inside. No luck so far.
Trying to sprout some pepper seeds. Thought they would sprout because sometimes there's a little pepper inside. No luck so far.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
Alexander Den Heijer
Rooting it will take two months before I can plant it outdoors? Not happening here. However, I will leave it out for a bit as I am not using it to cook anything, LOL. Thank you @GinnyLynn!
Heart-ready to get my copy of Gene Rothert's The Enabling Garden: Creating Barrier-Free Garens. Enabling, creating, doing.... Beautiful suggestions for private and public gardeners. We only have a little space and while waiting for ]project money I am avidly reading who grows what and why. Perhaps I will find something that will fit small space and local climate.
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
@724PM wrote:
There are a lot of deer in my neighborhood so I don't grow vegetables but I do grow lots of flowers and I have some flowering shrubs that the deer don't eat. It is 42 degrees today and I was out raking leaves in the sunshine.
I would love to know the flowering shrubs deer don't eat.
I have spider flowers seeds ordered. I had some growing for 2 years, had an awful winter with ice last year for a while, and they didn't grow back this past spring. They have to be some of the prettiest flowers I've ever had in my yard. This is exactly how mine looked: [www.bhg.com]
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@heather shops wrote:
@724PM wrote:
There are a lot of deer in my neighborhood so I don't grow vegetables but I do grow lots of flowers and I have some flowering shrubs that the deer don't eat. It is 42 degrees today and I was out raking leaves in the sunshine.
I would love to know the flowering shrubs deer don't eat.
lol. I've had luck with rhododendrons and hydrangeas. A definite no are arborvitae, myself and neighbors have these and we call them the poodles shrubs, the deer eat the bottom and you are left with a big puff of leaves on top.
Its been rainy and cold here this winter. I usually plant my seeds in early Feb but it is just too cold this year. March already and I feel way behind. But my normally cement like dirt is now soft due to the rain so I have been pulling up all the grass and weeds that have sprouted in my tiny veggie garden in a city back yard. It should warm up in a week or two. My garden is full of volunteer cilantro right now which will bolt once the warm weather gets here. My basil from last summer is holding its own as are my few pepper plants. But I will once again plant a new crop of Butternut Squash and Spaghetti squash and tomatoes and keep my fingers crossed. We have been in drought conditions for years so I do not get bumper crops since the ground is generally too dry. I am in Los Angeles so no snow here.
I finally planned seeds yesterday.... Geranium seeds and scallions!!
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Most people call them green onions, but they're really scallions.
I planted rainbow mix coleus and will plant more coleus as my friends like them also.
I also want more scallions!! I grew them in peat pots, then put peat pots in the ground. They are so good.
@GinnyLynn, my organic onion is still sprouting, LOL. I cut off some of the tips and have used them with egg omelettes! I cannot wait to start planting. I think I will do BASIL again this year as I am almost out. I have found them to be the most used herb for my family.
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