Playing Catch Up.....

So long since I have been here....sigh

My camera is currently broken, so I cant go out and get pics for updates. Peppers, tomatoes, squash are all coming along nicely. Bush Beans got decimated....but the yard long beans are doing well.

Harvested a nice amount of cherries in early june. Also planted rhubarb, horseradish, and asparagus this spring so hopefully that takes off. Garlic is being harvested...potatoes are almost ready. We might actually get a crop of them this year as they are looking good!

As usual we didnt get everything in we wanted...but thats ok:)

seed starting

Grrr....lost two flats of seedlings. I am not used to the heated seed stand and they dried:( Some of them may pull through, but to be on the safe side, I replanted them. All in all, did 5 flats today in addition to the 5 already started. I am now done with everything I am starting indoors!! woo hoo!

It ended up being a beautiful day after a very dreary morning. We worked in the garden, clearing out some old stuff, adding some compost to the beds etc. I also started some peas and greens outside.

Seed Tapes

So after a long break, I have been hanging out at Baker's Creek Forum again (Idig). It has a politcal subforum and some of the people there made me sad to share a planet with them.

Anyways, there have been several discussions on there as of late about making your own seed tapes. I am intrigued and may try this. It is really most useful for really small seeds. You can see what you are doing when you place the seeds on the tape (toilet paper) and then when you place them out in the garden they wont wash away in heavy rains or vigorous waterings.

Another plus is that you can prepare them ahead of time. Then when Spring is in full swing and everything is needing to get done, the tapes make direct sowing quick and simple. I am really excited by this idea!

2010 Seed Inventory

I havent ordered any yet, but I guess I dont need much!

Tomatoes
Orange Flesh Purple Smudge
Egg Yolk
Red Zebra
Opalka
Green Sausage
Aunt Ruby German Cherry
Amish Paste
Orange Banana
Cherokee Purple *
Purple Russian
Chocolate Stripes
Weeping Charley
Cream Sausage
Cuor di Bue*
Wayahead
*dan's favs

Peppers
Anaheim
Ancho
Black Hungarian
Purple Jalapeno
Sweet Chocolate
Tequila Sunrise
Sweet Yellow Stuffing
Mini Red Bell
Cayenne

Greeens
Russian Kale
5 color Silverbeet Chard
Siamese Dragon Stir-fry Mix
Mesclun Mix
Bloomsdale Spinach
New Zealand Spinach
Slobolt Lettuce
Corn Salad
Apollo Arugula
Rocky Top Lettuce Mix

Peas
Dwarf Gray Sugar
Blue Podded
Golden Sweet

Beans
Chinese Red Noodle
Rattlesnake Pole
Empress
Scarlet Runner
Blue Lake
Tricolor Blend
Golden Wax
Purple Podded
Dragon Tongue

Green and Purple Tomatillos
Plum Purple Radish
Golden Boy Celery
Bubbles Brussel Sprouts
Broccoli - De Cicco
Cauliflower - Violetta Italia

Cucumbers
Lemon
Early Fortune

Summer Squash
Yellow Crookneck
Lemon
Spaghetti
Zucchino Rampicante

Winter Squash (pumpkins)
Baby Blue Hubbard
Amish Pie
New England Sugar Pie

Herbs
Basil -
Red Rubin
Mammoth
Lettuce Leaf
Globe
Dark Opal
Sweet Genovese
Thyme
Borage
Catnip
Rue
Cilantro
Hyssop
Lavender
Sweet Marjoram
Sage
St Johns Wort
Curled Parsley
Chamomile-
German
Roman
Bronze Fennel
Calendual
Feverfew
Tarragon (russian)
Bergamont

Flowers (not listing all varieties!)
Impatiens
Petunias
Butterfly Weed
Joe Pye Weed
Morning Glory
Moon Vine
Cleome
Statice
Nicotiana
Hollyhocks
Canterbury Bells
Sunflowers
Alyssum
Zinnia
Love in a mist
Kiss me over the garden gate
Violas
Foxglove
Shasta Daisy
Dahlia
Poppy
Heliotrope
Lobelia
Balloon Flower
Baby Breath
Cosmos
Nasturtium
Bachelors Button
Marigold
Chrysanthemum