My fall beans are coming in now, but back a month or two ago I let some of my summer beans stay on the vines until they dried up. My intent was to save the seeds and plant them next year, saving myself a few bucks in seed costs. And since the variety, Soleil French [...]
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Runty bean seeds – worth saving?
Posted in Gardening, tagged beans, seed saving, seeds on October 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
First Seeds Started!
Posted in Gardening, tagged basil, marigolds, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It’s going to be a long time before the snow melts out at my garden plot. And truthfully, I thought I had a few more weeks before I would need to start thinking about seed starting for 2010. But then I saw that both Sylvie of Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardner and Kathy of Skippy’s [...]
Seeds and Plants: Ordered!
Posted in Gardening, tagged seeds on January 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The new year of gardening is officially underway. Or, at least, I’m starting to set things in motion. I made my seed orders today, doing most of my buying from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Even though a lot of SESE’s varieties are not region-specific, I just sort of prefer to shop locally when I can [...]
Dreaming About Next Year’s Garden
Posted in Gardening, tagged garden plans, seeds on December 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Happy New Year! It’s the last day of 2009, and I’m still back in Olympia, WA visiting my family. My New Year’s Eve is going to be rather boring. But I’ve been having fun poring over all the seed catalogs that have arrived here this month (I’m afraid my mailbox back in DC will be [...]
August’s Laziness = November’s Disappointment
Posted in Gardening, tagged beets, carrots, seeds on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I sowed my fall beets and carrots at the beginning of September. I knew I really should have planted them earlier, but August was so hot and gross, and it seemed like so much work to clear away all the detritus of my summer garden. And since it felt like it would be hot forever, [...]
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Dr. Carolyn Wins Gold!
Posted in Commentary, tagged olympics, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After sitting around for a week doing nothing, the pepper and tomato seeds I planted were seriously starting to worry me. I planted three seeds in each little peat pot, and yet nothing was coming up. What if they were just rotting away in there? But today, the Dr. Carolyn yellow cherry tomato won the [...]
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