Coffee's ready...

[math ace]

We are just about starting to think on the Veg garden and getting things sorted for it. I know Math - ace is growing onions!

We could do a bit of a growathon????? See what happens???

Oesdog

Below are my cinnamon basil and verde tomatillo seedlings.
They are just a couple of weeks old

Below are my pepper seedlings - - Cayeene, Jalepeno, Serrano, and sweet banana pepper.
They are small and some are just breaking the grounds surface. They were planted 2 weeks ago... just like the above seedlings.

 

[math ace]

I need to get some seedlings started for tamaters and brocoli and brussel sprouts. Any of you guys ever done that ?let me know coach!
Have a great day, God Bless!

Brocoli and brussel sprouts I have only direct seeded into the garden.

 

[yellowirenut]

They called for light rain this morning then high of 45 this afternoon.....we have 4" of heavy snow. So much for spring clean-up.

 

[math ace]

one lady brought about 100 chicks she had ordered from a hatchery and was re- selling. I'd prefer the swap to be just people that hatch and raise their own chicks and chickens, and if I had know that that is what this lady does, I wouldn't have called her to invite her. It turned out okay, as she ended up being the only vendor with chicks, and she certainly did well.

Don't feel bad about this. . .
Most feed stores won't have chicks for at least a month. So, she is meeting a need that the feed stores aren't.
On top of that, if she is ordering a variety of chicks... she is still bringing things to the swap that folks can't find other wise.

I had to order some of my chicks from the feed store because they only carry a couple of varities. I tried to find them locally, but no such luck.

Chics in the sun, do you worry about bio-security with having these folks coming to your property and bringing their stock with them ? ?

 

[math ace]

Someone say cake!! I would love a piece of cake right now, although I should be in the barn. I got home from my bus run awhile ago, and put on a beef stew in the crockpot, and just got 2 loaves of bread rising. Put some wood in the stove, and now must get out and see my girls. It snowed last night, and it looks lovely out! But alas.. just like the rest of the winter, it snows abit, and then it rains. I wish it would stay about -7C, just like it is right now, with the sun out!
Heres a picture from last night.

BEAUTIFUL! Where are you at bayvistafarm ? ?

 

[bayvistafarm]

Hi there. I am from Ontario, Canada. Hamilton to be exact. I have a huge thread I started I believe its in the Family Life Stories pictures and updates heading. Its called A little about my farm in pictures. Theres a ton of pictures that show a view of the area. Thanks for asking!!

 

[bayvistafarm]

Below are my cinnamon basil and verde tomatillo seedlings.
They are just a couple of weeks old

Below are my pepper seedlings - - Cayeene, Jalepeno, Serrano, and sweet banana pepper.
They are small and some are just breaking the grounds surface. They were planted 2 weeks ago... just like the above seedlings.



I love your pictures!! I too have started my pepper seedlings AND geraniums. In our area, with our insanely short growing season,
I started them in Jan/Feb, because peppers, being perennial take FOREVER to yield peppers. If we started them in April, it would Sept.
before I would get peppers (been there, done that), and so now I get peppers at the end of June! Course, I have a small greenhouse they
go out in, in April. I pluck them out of the cell packs, and put them in Tim Hortons coffee cups!! By the time I put them in the garden, they have little flowers starting!!

 

[math ace]

I love your pictures!! I too have started my pepper seedlings AND geraniums. In our area, with our insanely short growing season,
I started them in Jan/Feb, because peppers, being perennial take FOREVER to yield peppers. If we started them in April, it would Sept.
before I would get peppers (been there, done that), and so now I get peppers at the end of June! Course, I have a small greenhouse they
go out in, in April. I pluck them out of the cell packs, and put them in Tim Hortons coffee cups!! By the time I put them in the garden, they have little flowers starting!!

Yours look better than mine! This is my first time having any luck with the pepper germination.
What kind of potting medium are you using ? ?

 

[bayvistafarm]

Yours look better than mine! This is my first time having any luck with the pepper germination.
What kind of potting medium are you using ? ?

HEY, I see your from Florida!!!! I order my pepper seeds from the Tomato Supply Company from Florida!! They have SOOOOOOOOO many varieties of both hot and sweet peppers, and of course, oodles of tomato seeds of every single kind imaginable.
My growing medium is actually a potting mix. Premier pro-mix. Its peat based, and contains some sort of fungi whatever, that inhibits some diseases. Its light enough to start seeds in, and heavy enough when watered later, to support plants. You have to fertilize them until you put them in the garden tho.... unless you re-pot them to a mix with fertilizer in it,... something like Miracle grow-- growing medium.
I should add, that peppers love bottom heat to germinate, or plain heat period. I have mine on the top of a cabinet in the same room that the woodstove is blaring away. My seeds germinated in 5 days!! Oh, and they seem to like it on the 'dryer' side when in the medium, with enough moisture to germinate. Too wet, and it takes them forever I have found.

 

[math ace]

I should add, that peppers love bottom heat to germinate, or plain heat period. I have mine on the top of a cabinet in the same room that the woodstove is blaring away. My seeds germinated in 5 days!! Oh, and they seem to like it on the 'dryer' side when in the medium, with enough moisture to germinate. Too wet, and it takes them forever I have found.

That may be WHY I am so successful this year.... I put the seed trays on a heating pad for the first week or so. Once they broke the surface, I would take them outside for the day and back inside AND on the heating pad at night. I did that for another week. NOW, they are totally off the heating pad and the NEXT batch is on it LOL.