Gardening

[John Brunner]

My BIL has cabbage collard seeds that his family has kept since hie grandmother's days. They are a lighter green than the ones you can buy at the grocery and a thousand times better. His brother grew them to sell on his farm. People come from miles around to buy them. My BIL gave my son some of the seeds on the condition that he would not give seeds to anybody else. Now that's all we grow.

We are up to our ears in summer squash and zucchini. Dug up potatoes last week. Ummmm, new potatoes. Broccoli is done for.

We need rain badly. Sons are watering from the well. That keeps them living so far but not thriving like rain would.

Does he harvest seeds for future planting? I guess you'd have to do that when they blossom and sacrifice those plants for the purpose. Heck, you could do that in small pots without actually having to plant them, huh?

 

[Mary Stetler]

Time will tell. We had a tomatoe volunteer come up next to a water feature. Never use tomatoe seeds and no compost. Must have been our feathered tenants.

We used to call them Simon tomatoes because they came up near where Simon, our old dog, did his business.

 

[Mary Stetler]

Does he harvest seeds for future planting? I guess you'd have to do that when they blossom and sacrifice those plants for the purpose. Heck, you could do that in small pots without actually having to plant them, huh?

I do some seed saving. I bought a seed vault long ago. Not sure if is still viable.

 

[Marie Miller]

I do some seed saving. I bought a seed vault long ago. Not sure if is still viable.

Paper envelopes and a cd binder with a zipper.

 

[Marie Miller]

Need to pull more onions and harvest peppers. Jalapeño poppers for happy hour? The last bundled daffodils are still green. It is June!

 

[John Brunner]

Paper envelopes and a cd binder with a zipper.

I believe there are some seeds you can put in a mylar bag (or canning jar) with an oxygen absorber to extend their lives, but I believe that there are some seeds that this will damage...I think.

 

[Marie Miller]

I believe there are some seeds you can put in a mylar bag (or canning jar) with an oxygen absorber to extend their lives, but I believe that there are some seeds that this will damage...I think.

We are down to maybe one or two experiments per season. The rest is tried and true and seeds will be used the next season.

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

My zucchini is starting to look good . Some have flowers blooming !

Also my green beans are looking good woohoo

 

[Yvonne Smith]

My zucchini is starting to look good . Some have flowers blooming !

Also my green beans are looking good woohoo

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This year, I planted green beans in the planters by the walkway arch trellis, and they have been growing really good with all the rain. Today, I picked a nice batch of green beans, which we will be having with our dinner tonight.

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

I saw this somewhere...I think YouTube !

Strawberry plant on top & cherry tomatoes on the bottom .

It looks like it's growing ...can't wait to see how It will turn out hmmm

 

[Marie Miller]

Pulled outer leaves from celery plants. They are drying and will go in a coffee grinder (dedicated for garden stuff) with a bit of salt. I stand celery flavor.