Comments on: Growing From Seed, The Continuing Saga

By: Sayward

Sayward — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:16:27 +0000

@ Kat – Oh my goodness, I am in awe of your garden bounty! And all those heirlooms, it sounds amazing!!

I too plan to make all my own salsa and can it this year. Do you know a good recipe?

I’ve heard that horror story about the mint SO many times. Similar situations can happen with potatoes as well. But it’s happened to many a seasoned farmer, so don’t despair! haha

Good luck with the growing!

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:15:59 +0000

HEIRLOOMS! I love heirloom seeds. I have 11 different tomatoes, 5 kinds of peppers, 4 kinds of cukes (including a white cucumber that I am uberexcited to try), baby eggplants that are going in the container garden on the deck, beans, shiso, 2 kinds of basil (the standard large-leafed and lemon basil), onions, carrots, beets, red celery, half a dozen kinds of berries and maybe even a small vineyard if I get around to it this year, lamb’s quarter, pepper cress, and borage for salad greens, cilantro, and chives. Whew!

Plus, I’m going to get a couple spicy pepper seedlings (not dealing with those from seed; peppers are notoriously hard to grow) so I’ll be growing EVERYTHING I need to make and can my own salsa right at home. EVERYTHING. Tomatoes, peppers, onions, cilantro. It still amazes me that I may actually pull this off. (This is my first year gardening since that awful awful awful high school experience… Now I know for next time. Mint goes in a POT. Not the ground. A POT. I’m still pulling it up. STILL. 5 years later. It helps that we’re completely redoing the garden, and mint grows shallow. *crosses fingers* Here’s hoping we get it all this year!)

Oh yes, and I started pots of catgrass (mixed greens; barley, rye, wheat, and oats) for the cats. Turns out Madeleine might as well be a vegetarian — she keeps DESTROYING it. Good thing those little buggers are hardy and grow fast! I’m planting more this week.

By: Sayward

Sayward — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:47:47 +0000

@ Sam – I am uber jealous of your ability to year-round garden! You overwintered tomatoes and herbs? Gah! Not fair!

@ Paul Piotrowski – Thanks! And haha, I hear you on the chicken-hidden RSS. Duly noted. =)

By: Paul Piotrowski

Paul Piotrowski — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:02:10 +0000

Nice Blog. I like all the pictures. One thing I would like to suggest as a possible improvement is to make your RSS button more prominent. I kept looking for the RSS symbol and couldn’t find it for about 10 minutes. Only then I realized it’s right beside the chicken. :)

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:24:51 +0000

I have pruning my garden on my to-do list for this week. The weather has been so unpredictable this winter that the basil didn’t make it, and the tomatoes & catnip need the deadites trimmed back. However, the onions, oregano, rosemary, and garlic are growing like MAD.

I desperately need to harvest the spinach & Swiss Chard, both are so overgrown and demanding to be eaten!