Any One Put In There Seed Orders Yet?

[berkeleysprings]

i planted a tomato called red house , free standing , great for pots . want a good tomato , cut up a pice of bananna or better take the peal and rap the root ball before planting ,,, adds potasiem ....if u are getting small tomatos in pots try planting one kind of siudeways in the planter and cover a few more inches of steem ot trunk with dirt and roots will form and draw more nutriants more roots =bigger tomatos
sorry i butcher spelling

 

[txhomegrown]

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Go Bulldogs!!
I used to live out there. Do they still party out at Moss Lake?

 

[jarodw45]

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Go Bulldogs!!
I used to live out there. Do they still party out at Moss Lake?

I am sure they do! I'm not the partying type ha ha.

 

[Peaches Lee]

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We have even though we are in NW PA. Right now it's just Black Night pepper and Bison Tomato intended to be patio plants, so no concern for transplanting. Plus, I just can't wait any longer for the weather to break and play in the dirt!!

 

[Cats Critters]

Placed and received, here is a picture of my ordered seeds (rareseeds.com) plus some seeds from Walmart, but I still need seed potatoes:

 

[gilavina]

The temps reached nearly 70 here today so I spent quite a bit of time in the garden getting soil turned over in raised beds and making my 'to do' list.

I'm getting everything ready to start my earliest seeds inside over the weekend, including quite a few varieties of onions, leeks, etc. I have sent out my orders for seeds and gotten them back already and it's kinda crazy just how many seeds I have to choose from (but I secretly loooove it).

I saw people were asking about potatoes and how to grow them. The way I was taught was to til up the soil, take the eyes of the potatoes that have been dried for a few days, then take them and kind of gently twist them into the surface of the soil so most of the piece of potato is still showing. Once all the potatoes are spaced out evenly, then we break up bales of straw and spread them over the top of the eyes. Usually anywhere from 6 to 8 inches deep. If planted around good friday they will start growing under the straw and are protected from any frosts that might still happen. When it comes time to harvest, just remove the straw and almost all the potatoes will be on the surface. Since there is little restriction from the soil, the potatoes grow nice and large, and I rarely have to water them throughout the season since the straw keeps the soil nice and moist.

The straw I removed I then toss in the compost since it has already begun decomposing through the growing season.

To those of you that grow amaranth and quinoa, how much do you usually plant? And out of that amount of space you plant it in...what is your average yields? I very much want to grow grains for my birds and for cooking and baking, but am unsure whether I can with my limited space.

 

[classicsredone]

I didn't order any this year, but I do have the majority of the seeds I'll get already. We got red and white potatoes, roma tomatoes, corn, sweetie pie pumpkins, red and regular pole beans, peas, lettuce, chives, bok choy, and some others. We already planted the lettuce, kale, collards, and chives...but we got hit with a freak storm and I'm not sure what is left. Maybe tomorrow I'll throw on my boots and go check. I'm going to try a 3 sisters garden this year, too.

 

[FarmerDenise]

We planted amaranth for the first time last year. I liked the plants and we got nice looking heads of grain. But we were unable to dry them properly and they got moldy. the critters, goats, chickens and rabbit all loved the greens and the seedy tops, before they got moldy. I ended up tossing it all in the compost a week ago

I will try again this year, but I will plant them earlier and space them about 1 foot apart.

I don't plan on buying any seed except maybe carrot. Actually I hope to barter for them. We have consistently been saving our ouwn seeds and have plenty of everything. I also still have lots of seeds left, that I purchased in past years. I am in no hurry to plant. We are plenty busy as is.
The things we need to plant as soon as the ground dries up a bit are potatoes, peas, lettuce, crucifers and assorted other greens. We will also plant goodies for the goats in their summer pasture, whatever grains I come across (already in the house) as well as greens and lentils and stuff like that.

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

We did amaranth and millet last year. Millet was just a package to eat from the health food store; sprinkled on a 4x2 test patch, watered, sprinkled a little potting soil on top to hide from my chickens and watered again. It grew very well, until my chickens discovered it! One girl even figured out how to harvest it so from then on, they were banned. Before the first frost, I pulled it up, root and all, hung upside down to dry. Still have plenty left. I just toss them the whole stalk during the winter for the to nibble on and entertain themselves.

Amaranth: used a package I bought from baker heirloom seeds. Did it on the edge of a test popcorn field. Didn't do very well because my goats nibbled on them before I figured out what was happening.

We'll be trying both again.

 

[tobin123]

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that is a nice variety you have