OrganicAnn Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Garden Planning! Anyone else looking through seed catalogs, mapping out where you'll plant things, or other similar gardeny activities? What new thing do you want to try to grow this year? Me - cauliflower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 BIL just gave me some garlic cloves to plant. And he gave me kumquat trees to grow indoors. (The little kumquats are good to squeeze over food like you would a lemon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanga Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I can't wait to start gardening again! I will be expanding my garden to include potatoes, carrots, and cauliflower this year. If anybody wants to recommend varieties, I'd love to hear what you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 We are going to make the garden more of a kitchen garden this year and less of a huge monster. We always plant too much. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I'm going to start using Steve Solomon's fertilizer recipe. We have been adding stuff (organic, homemade only) to this dirt for 4 summers and it is still is lacking in micronutrients. :glare: I'm thinking we will try yardlong beans and maybe fingerling potatoes, too. We do regular potatoes but fingerlings look so cute and yummy. Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I was just thinking about this in the shower. I did a lot of experimental things last year, some successful, some not. I think this year I'll limit myself to heirloom tomatoes, squash, and peppers. Although, potatoes look interesting. Maybe I'll try some of those, too. OH, and pumpkins. I want to try pumpkins this year, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I've pulled my copy of Square Foot Gardening out, but we still have oodles of snow on the ground here and more on the way. I'd love links to heirloom seed companies if anyone has them, it's never to early to catalog shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Yes!! I got the Burpee catalog in the mail a few days ago. Too late for Christmas, boooo. But I leafed through it and day dreamed. New for me this year, edamame. I wanted to plant them last year but couldn't find seeds. Thhis year I'll order the seeds from Territorial Seed Company. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I need your best beginner suggestions? Seed catalogs/books etc. We just moved and I am eager to try my hand at a vegetable garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 note: your mileage may vary. ;) I get 99% of my seeds from these 3. Pine Tree Seeds Baker's Creek Sand Mountain Herbs My mother also orders from Parks, one of the "box store" versions of a seed catalog,lol White Flower Farmsand Victory Seeds. If you google seed catalogs you will get tons of hits. hth, Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I was pawing through the organic seed catalogues this morning! I even pulled out my companion gardening books. Winter is only 6 days old, but already the days are getting longer, so it's fine to dream of spring, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kls126s Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Oh - I was just thinking about this the other day - straightening the family room and looking at my basket of garden/seed catalogs. I love to sit by the fire and daydream all winter. Don't usually do many veggies - I did do snow peas this year but none of them actually made it inside to the table because it became an outdoor snack station for my kids, LOL. Most I grow flowers and I'm looking at a bunch of new varieties for this year. Anyone looked at MyFolia.com? I just started using that this year and loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I'm just starting out this year, and I need lots of suggestions for what to plant and when! I really want to do lettuce, leeks, green beans, and probably broccoli. Maybe some orange cauliflower if I can get my hands on those fantastic hybrid seeds :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I want to dig up enough ground for separate potato patch this year. I also want to put in more green peppers than last year, so I can have enough frozen until the next spring. I'm on my last bit now. I'm going to stick with snap peas, onions, kale, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, potatoes and green beans, these seem to do the best for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosehaven Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 we've grown organic all the way and it's a lot of work but well worth it. Also, heirloom and open pollinated seeds are the best. Great science for the children when it comes to organic growing. Nothing like home-grown potatoes and tomatoes. I LOVE to go over all the catalogs this time of year as you can never be too early to plan.......oh and our organic pears are wonderful this time of year, yumm........ Blessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Garden planning? Seriously? We can't plant until mid May or later around here. That's a longggg time to think about gardening. We start pepper inside at the end of January and tomatoes at the end of February. We just finished harvesting the last of our carrots. We have to make decisions about which seeds to order. You can plant seeds for peas as early as you can work the soil, so really it isn't too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Oh, hun, I started planning as soon as I started picking the corn off the stalks, lol! Our official day to garden is around the middle of May though. But, on the NM extension website, I found information that really broke down regions of our state and what we can plant outside when. So this year, I'm going to start in February with lettuce (kind of new for us) and carrots (have done carrots, but late summer). In the past four years, we've grown corn, beans, tomatoes, jalapenos, green peppers, tomatillo, carrots, onion, beets, radishes, cilantro, squash, and cucumber. Last year, potato scraps grew potatoes! Not all at the same time though. We have a small space, but get a lot out of it. My daughter moved my garden journal (), but I have the garden planned out from February all the way through next fall! All I need now are more seeds...Off to look up those seed catalogs folks are mentioning (although we have a nice organic gardening center near us http://www.highcountrygardens.com/). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 (edited) We start pepper inside at the end of January and tomatoes at the end of February. We just finished harvesting the last of our carrots. We have to make decisions about which seeds to order. You can plant seeds for peas as early as you can work the soil, so really it isn't too early. :D Yep. Peas can go in as early as March. That is only weeks away! Edited December 29, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 However, I did get into a CSA! I went on the waiting list of my favorite one, as a long shot, expecting to wait a couple of years, and got in in less than 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 http://www.stephaniedavis.net/harvesttime.htm This early garden talk reminded me of this. This is hysterical, esp if you can hear her sing it. The only place I could find it is itunes and it's worth it to buy the song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 i dunno where we will be but i am hoping to do some romaine lettuce (its' so darn expensive at the store) esp. if we are still here in washington. my tomatoes never happened last year until late and the freezes got them, my peppers never showed nor did my cucumbers. my beans showed and i got a lot but the weren't ever really ready to eat, so they went to the trash too. if we are in SC i will do tomatoes, peppers and who knows what else eta: my zucchini never blossomed right either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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