Garden 2024

[Slippy]

A friend asked me about seed saving and I sent her this for a reference. Might be of use here?


The seed saving book is a Garden Way Publication, Charlotte VT 05445: "Growing and Saving Vegetable Seeds", Marc Rogers 1978.

ISBN # 0-88266-132-9

1st section is saving and storing seeds in general: some Botany, annuals/biennials/perennials, Pollination, selection/collection/drying/storing/testing seeds.

2nd section is vegetables listed by family. I attached 2 pictures, of one of the seed saving tables.

Attachment 29417

Attachment 29418

Very helpful! We have a nice bit of seed storage but Mrs S prefers not to use that many every year. Some, but not a full rotation.

[Inor]

We decided to not do seeds this year as there was just too much happening in our lives to worry too much about gardens from seeds this year. We bought a bunch of tomato and pepper plants at TSC about 3 weeks ago. Then my mom got sick before we had a chance to get them in the ground. So they are still sitting in the trays they came in. I am hoping I can get a few hours this week to get the gardens turned and get the plants in the ground before they die.

We did get some raspberries and blueberries planted about a month ago. Some of the raspberries even appear to be growing. I'm not sure about the blueberries but I think they might be a lost cause. The strawberries are going nuts. The fruit trees seem to be doing well although we did have a hard freeze a few weeks ago (after the trees flowered). But I think we might have gotten to them in time to save at least some of the fruit.

The olive trees I planted last summer made it through the winter and are growing like crazy. It will still be quite a few years before they start to produce anything but I am hopeful they will be big enough by the end of the summer that we will not need to worry about them making it through next winter. I still have to dig the trenches and run more permanent irrigation to them. I think I will also plant a couple more apples at the same time as long as I am digging trenches.

I don't know if Mrs Inor is still planning on doing corn, melons and potatoes this year or not. It is getting a bit late for them but we may still try...

Mrs Inor found another fence builder that can fence off part of the steer pasture for a pig pen and make a gate for us. But that also got put on the back burner with my mom's situation. I am hopeful we can get that back moving forward again now as well. We did find some folks that will sell us some young piglets. So now it is just a matter of getting a place to keep them.

All in all, this spring has been really messed up. But I am hoping things will settle back to normal again now.

[Michael_Js]

Next set of garden starts being hardened off to plant this weekend. A bounty of 4-5 varieties of tomatoes - bounty to say the least!! Peppers and eggplants as well




An older living Christmas tree, planted outside, with beautiful pine cones

[Chiefster23]

I’ve planted potatoes, onions, 4 cauliflower, and 2 lemon boy tomato plants so far. Out average last frost date in May 15 so I’m ahead of the curve.
My seed starting sucess this year is dismal. I’m using fresh seeds but my germination rate is running around 50%. I’m using all the same process I use every year but the results are down considerably. Even after sprouting, the starts are not doing well. I’m thinking the peat plugs I start in (from Walmart) might have changed in some way. Probably changed to some cheaper materials and made in China! So I guess I will investigate how to make my own starting mix for next year cause this is putting me behind schedule. I planned for 6 Toro sweet peppers and only one came up.

[BucketBack]

Most of the "Pickle's" / Cukes and peppers haven't come up, so I replanted with seeds I dried and saved that came up last year. She planted low acid ones on Wednesday

[Mad Trapper]

My late start veggies in flats are coming around. Transplanted into 4" pots: 42 pots 6 varieties of tomatoes 2 sauce and 4 slicers, 18 each of broccoli and cabbages 3 varieties each. Still have of each in flats. Peppers just coming around in flats.

Have lettuce (6), broccoli (10), and cabbages (10) in 4" pots ready for garden. Garden needs plow/harrowing, tractor work/repairs next week, check out the tiller too.

Asparagus, rhubarb , horseraddish up. Asparagus started from seed last year coming up too.

No pictures, forgot and left the dumb phone on the charger.

[Slippy]

Harvesting Sugar Snap Peas that we planted from seed a couple of months ago. Also a good "dog treat" for our puppy!

[BucketBack]

Those would work good in the stir fry. need sugar snap peas .

[Michael_Js]

Planted all my tomato, pepper, and eggplant starts. Went WAY overboard on the tomato starts as every seed sprouted and well, I planted them! About 40 plants!

1 Full bed and 2 partial beds of tomatoes! Oh my!




My peppers: Bought 4 jalapeno starts to add to my own - I want to make more quarts of relish! Yum!


Corn starts in the greenhouse are doing very well!


Finished the blueberry hoop house structure. Came very crooked, but, who cares! Still need to cover it with bird netting:


Also mowed the lawns in the garden area and weed whacked! A Very busy day...started raining, but I kept going...

Peace...

[Chiefster23]

I’ve planted potatoes, onions, 4 cauliflower, and 2 lemon boy tomato plants so far. Out average last frost date in May 15 so I’m ahead of the curve.
My seed starting sucess this year is dismal. I’m using fresh seeds but my germination rate is running around 50%. I’m using all the same process I use every year but the results are down considerably. Even after sprouting, the starts are not doing well. I’m thinking the peat plugs I start in (from Walmart) might have changed in some way. Probably changed to some cheaper materials and made in China! So I guess I will investigate how to make my own starting mix for next year cause this is putting me behind schedule. I planned for 6 Toro sweet peppers and only one came up.

Yesterday I spoke with a good friend that is an excellent gardener. Some backround. For years both he and I used Jung seeds with good results. But Jung and Burpees have gotten a little crazy with their prices. Actually, a lot crazy. So I switched to seeds sourced from local stores off the shelf, Walmart, agway, local hardware store, etc. All cheaper and no shipping. But I’m getting crappy germination and Mark is still using Jung seeds with good results. DUH! It’s the seed quality, stupid! So next year bite the bullet and back to Jung seeds and hopefully better results.