Seeds

What Are You Waiting For?

December 28, 2011

Aaaah, the catalogs are starting to arrive. Let the shopping begin!

Garden catalogs

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I’ve got the springtime itch and right now the garden has a very additive quality that I’m finding hard to resist. I got a lot of seeds started this weekend in preparation for next season’s garden. I’ll start some more seeds in a couple of weeks in an effort to stagger plantings and get steady yields. It’s a good theory. Time will tell how it pans out! Here’s what I’m working on. A few interesting tomatoes from my friend, Martha, who picked them up in her travels. Lots of sunflowers. I wasn’t going to do corn this year because it does take up a lot of room, but how could I resist the ornamental corn? Three different kinds of squash raise my chances at being successful at having at least one not die on me. Radishes and peppers, well, just because. Although my flats are not to scale, each square in a flat represents a six-pack planter.

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A Plantin’ Day

October 23, 2010

I got my act together and planted up some six-packs today. I also plugged in some succulent starters.

A little lettuce, a splash of spinach, a run of radicchio and mucho mache. I’m a little behind my schedule of planting but it’s all good. And now it’s done!

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I Challenge Me

October 10, 2010

I have a husband who never makes a comment about what I spend and though I’m not really a “shopper” per se, I admit that I drop copious amounts of money at San Diego area nurseries. What am I spending so much money on?, you ask. Some things are “must-haves” like soil, pots, seeds, and [...]

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Seed Savers

September 8, 2010

I’ve been harvesting seeds from my garden to use for next year. Seeds collected so far are: Black Cherry, Yellow Cherry and Momotaro seed.. These three pictures show the harvesting where I squished the seeds out of the tomatoes, removed the skins and poured the seeds onto multiple layers of paper towels, placed on top [...]

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Russian Seed Bank

August 21, 2010

My mom sent me this article about a Russian seed bank, the world’s oldest, that is in danger of being dismantled. And I’m happy to say that it looks like the seed bank stands a chance to be saved, via of all things, Twitter. OMG, technology saves the world!!! Nice….

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Harvesting Seeds

June 18, 2010

The parking strip is looking very messy right now and it’s driving me crazy! I want to pull out the old poppies, now way past prime and looking so messy, but I’m holding out so the flowers can go to seed. As the seed pods have matured, I’ve been harvesting them right before they pop. [...]

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Botanical Interests Seeds

March 27, 2010
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I like Botanical Interests seeds. Their seed packages are little works of art and even list the artist on the backside! The packages tell me if it’s a cool season or a warm season plant, gives a fun description and good practical growing info. I discovered some You-Tube videos about the company that I thought [...]

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Seed sacrifice

March 9, 2010

Hello, my name is Leslie and I’m a seed-aholic. I love buying seed packets. I love the pictures on the front, whether they are photographed or painted works of art. I love the possibilities that seeds promise. I love the idea of saving money by buying seeds… (cue the ugly sound of a record player [...]

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Sunflower Project

February 17, 2010

It’s almost time to get sunflower seeds started. I usually get my seeds planted in flats about mid-March, and then transplant about mid-April, or whenever the seedlings have gotten big enough that they won’t get mowed down by snails and slugs. I am going to order from Renee’s Seeds this year and participate in the [...]

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Rare seed obsessions

February 11, 2010

The great thing about gardening is that there is always something just out of reach, to look forward to. I also love to exchange plants and seeds with fellow gardeners. In my opinion, it’s one of the greatest aspects about gardening. Sometimes, I’m on the hunt for something unusual but can’t find anything interesting, so [...]

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