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Gr33nday43
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Uzbekistan
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Posted - 02/08/2010 : 19:21:16
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I'm starting a mainly heirloom garden this year.
So far I've bought:
-Seeds for Straight-Eight Cucumbers
-Seeds for Hanson Improved Lettuce
-Seeds for Sugar Daddy Snap Pea
-Seeds for Danvers Half Long Carrot
-Seeds for Golden Bantam Corn
-Seeds for Yellow Crookneck Squash
-Two Saskatoon Blueberry Plants
I am hoping to buy some grape vines and some blackberry bushes. I am also going to get some raspberries from my grandmother's patch in her yard. She started with two plants 10 years ago and there is a spot about 20ftx10ft. They multiply like crazy!
I am going to save the seeds from my heirloom plants and probably sell/trade them on here next year for other plants and seeds. Whenever everything gets going, I'll be sure to post pictures. |
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Gr33nday43
New Member
Uzbekistan
10 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 19:31:28
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| Also, on the germination topic, I use Turkey broiler pans with the clear plastic lids for sprouting. They work great for Trichocereus and Lophophora (Peyote) cacti. And cheap, too! Let the sprouts grow for a week or two, and poke a nail hole or two in the clear plastic. After another week poke a bit more. And so on, until you are ready to plant. I also use Metalaxyl (fungicide) and growth hormones such as Giberellic acid. You probably do not need to get this involved, but when you are dealing with such rare plants it is a necessity. If anyone needs any assistance/tips in regard to growing trees or cacti, feel free to message me. |
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Nickelless
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USA
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Gr33nday43
New Member
Uzbekistan
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Posted - 02/08/2010 : 21:33:19
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| I will try to get some up soon. I obviously cannot post pics of the lophs, but I have plenty of trichocereus cuttings I have take pictures of. I will try to see about getting some pictures of my maples. |
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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 02/12/2010 : 20:37:12
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| we have a garden and a compost. however, we still have not gotten around to using our compost. it would be better for the environment if we did! i went and bought a few seed packets a few days ago. they were on sale. i gave one packet to my dd's preschool teacher. she plans to use it in her lessons on vegetables and plants. |
ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU SELF SUFFICIENT? ARE YOU GREEN???? |
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johnbrickner
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 02/16/2010 : 21:08:55
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Before we moved to upstate NY, we had a 4 acre farmstead in south central MA. It had woods, a stream, marsh, old apple/pear/peach trees, pasture and enough room for a few garden patches. We grew everything we could but peppers and ocra wouldn't go. Not hot enough nor long enough growing season I spose.
We joined Northeast Organic Farmers Asso. (NOFA) before the USDA took over the organic label and were as green as we could get. We raised chickens (enclosed free range,) sold eggs, planned on adding goats for milk and fiber, tapped the maples for pancake topping. We grew so much we sold the best (after saving for seed crop) to the white tablecloth restaurants, ate all we could, canned what we couldnt, sold the rest at our street stand, and gave away what didnt sell.
My favorite was the heirloom tomatoes and garlic. We had to grow the tomatoes in different plots so they wouldnt cross pollenate. While the tomatoes were good enough to have for breakfast the garlic was the best. God bless me the garlic was sooooo good we won not only the blue ribbon at the local fair but the red ribbon for 2nd place too. Then did a repeat at the next fair over the same summer.
Gardens-imagine all the great tasting nutritional food you'd get from growing your own. Imagine all the gasoline and pollution not burned nor spread because trucks are not shipping your food across the united states. Imagine our sons and daughters not going to war in the middle east for our oil security. Imagine all the money that stays local when people buy from local farms and gardens. Imagine all that money saved and reinvested back into local businessess who hire local people to work, and folks imagine the tastier, healthier, cleaner, cooler, more peacefull, abundant, better world we would have as a result. Gardens should be manditory! |
"I Killed the Bank" from the tombstone of Andrew Jackson |
Edited by - johnbrickner on 02/18/2010 09:42:54 |
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Ponce
Penny Hoarding Member
Cuba
630 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2010 : 22:32:20
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Grrrrrrrrrrrr I hate it when someone does something better than me......or have it.
You are a lucky man with that tomatoe tree......or is it a bush? |
"If you don't hold it, you don't own it"...Ponce |
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hobo finds
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Nickelless
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illeagle
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 03/19/2010 : 15:22:47
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Hello. I am an agricultural science major in school. I like to garden. I would like to share some links you may find interesting.
Keep bees, please. - You must be logged in to see this link.
For those interested in gardening, I suggest reading all of Eliot Coleman's books. Here is a link to his website: You must be logged in to see this link.
These people know how to do meat right: You must be logged in to see this link.
Dr. Elaine Ingham: Her books and research are beneficial. Teaches one how to keep plants healthy without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
A "newer" discipline that I am very interested in: Permaculture - Here is a video about what understanding "natural balance" can do:
I hope you find these interesting. |
Would Like To Trade: Coins for 1 acre of rural land. |
Edited by - illeagle on 03/19/2010 15:25:10 |
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cptindy
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Posted - 03/19/2010 : 17:57:24
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What an exciting career choice. So many people will depend on your abilities in the future. I wish you luck!
Thanks for the links! |
"It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting"
" The average man doesn't want to be free. He wants to be safe."
H.L. Mencken
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copperhead57
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USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 12:31:26
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| I have a garden near the creek on my property. |
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