Recent content by Miss Biddy

Yippie! Thank you.

Well, my artichoke seedlings are doing well, as are my onion seedlings. I also have some Marigold, Indigo, Marjoram and Savory also sprouting. I started some tomatoes too, including one called Mountain Magic. The seeds were expensive, and I am hoping it does well. It's a hybrid plant so...

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Yes, I suffer from plant/seed math too! Last year I had over 100 little herbs, tomatoes, etc started. I always order too much seed too. This year I'm going to try to sell some of them. I can sell them cheaper than the greenhouses and Lowes, and they're better quality too.

Oh Dollar Seed is awesome! Plenty of good seed, for a buck. Yeah, what's happened to Johnny Seeds? Their shipping is too high also. Good seed, but the bulk of my ordering is the other three. High Mowing is good too, you might want to check them out also. No shipping charges. :)

You're welcome. Don't be discouraged at any garden failures either. We all make mistakes, (I just lost all my Indigo seedlings because of stupidity on my part), just dust yourself off, and try again. Failure is a good learning opportunity. ETA: I swear by Fedco seeds, High Mowing...

Winter squash, watermelon, and pickling cucumbers, muskmelon. (Don't know about okra sorry!) 1. Don't start them too early or late. Start them four weeks before your last frost date 2.. Warm up the soil they're to be planted in with black plastic. Garbage bags will work. They like the soil at...

Well, I'm down by the ocean, and today collected a bunch of seaweed and other plants that washed up on the beach. I'll rinse them off, then throw them in my raised beds and compost pile. I love collecting stuff like that for the garden. My trunk reeks though, lol.

Thank you for the hints! I like the idea about the flowers in particular

I ended up leaving plants and Miss Biddy at home. My roommate promised to coddle them both. :)

Dear Diary Our mother has to go out of town, and she's worried her roommate (who is a nice man!) will forget to water and tend to us. Dearest Diary, we're going to Cape Cod, Massachusetts! And so is our friend the grow light! We've never been to such a Zone before. This is our last chance to...

Yesterday, I sowed more tomatoes, and marigolds. They're a cooking in my microwave right now. I must be crazy, but I'm going to grow them indoors until I can set them out. Plus, as I said, I want to sell some to recover my gardening costs. I figure $2.00 a plant* and they'll be pre-hardened...

Thank you! :) Old Hen, next time you plant potatoes, plant some bush beans around them. It's supposed to repel the Colorado potato beetle. The farm I worked at is organic,(Birdsfoot Farm, Canton, NY) so we had to pick them/knock them off by hand into a bucket. Oddly, the ducks didn't even...

Yes the peas and oats: it's a mixture I found at a True Value. I wish I had a greenhouse. Maybe someday! I never even thought the vibration would make the seedlings strong. :)

No, but that is a good idea, about dehydrating in the car. Lol, I drive carefully with my flats in the car. Gardening has made me a better driver!