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catocom

catocom

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valkyrie said:
Good lord that's a lot for 7 seeds. You could always just save your pumpkin seeds for the following year. They'll turn out just fine as long as they weren't hybrids or something.


Just curious, do you buy your plants online? If so, where?
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yeah that's pretty crazy of those seed.
Glad I didn't buy them.
No I don't pay for pumpkin seeds.
I'm not a really big fan, except for Halloween, and a pie or 2, so I don't
usually try to grow um.

When I buy plants, I get them from my local hardware.
I usually get cucumbers, and cantaloupe plants, but I'm doing seed this year. (cabbage too)
I get all my tomatoes in plants, and sometimes (watermelon, peppers, and cabbage)

I'm trying some carrot seeds this time again to.
Got nothing on them last year.

I've gotta hurry and get my rabbit trap box finished.
 
catocom

catocom

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Just finish gathering the last of the mixed greens from last season, and turnips.
Man some of those turnips were 6" dia.
I don't know how good they'll be.
I don't eat um, so I have no idea.
The kids like um though, so it'll save on some groceries a bit.:glasses:
 
Gonz

Gonz

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I just spent a bunch on seeds for this year. Every one of them are heirloom. No more hybrids.
 
catocom

catocom

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I've got the old standard organic seeds, like cream-crowder peas, okra, greens/turnip,
straight 8 cucumbers, and (some corn I'm not sure about yet).

I'm going to invest in some heirloom next month.
I'm trying to find some organic silver-queen, but it's a tough one.
I found one sight, but they are like gold prices.
I want to get better at growing it first. I haven't had much good luck yet.
I'd hate to plant a batch of heirloom, and not have anything to dry to re-save.

I'm going to try to get a few different species of tomato heirlooms.

I had some organic watermelon, but they died, and I lost um.
They aren't that hard to get though.
 
catocom

catocom

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well, gov. crony capitalism, and the EPA trike again.

Sevin is being pulled from the market.
My local hardware can't get it anymore from his distributor.:blank:
 
catocom

catocom

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All right!:banana:
I have all my spots fertilized with the initial layer.
Now I have to wait for it to dry our enough to turn plow.
It's supposed to rain again this evening and tomorrow, so I guess it'll be at least another week.

My peach trees have big fat buds on um.
I hope if it gets to freezing again it doesn't go much past that.
I may have to cover them a time or two.
The big farm here is nervous about it. They have those smoker things though.
 
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valkyrie

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catocom said:
yeah that's pretty crazy of those seed.
Glad I didn't buy them.
No I don't pay for pumpkin seeds.
I'm not a really big fan, except for Halloween, and a pie or 2, so I don't
usually try to grow um.
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Pumpkin soup is awesome. I've got a couple of recipes and one of them is Thai Pumpkin soup, which is one of my favorite pumpkin soups.

When I buy plants, I get them from my local hardware.
I usually get cucumbers, and cantaloupe plants, but I'm doing seed this year. (cabbage too)
I get all my tomatoes in plants, and sometimes (watermelon, peppers, and cabbage)

I'm trying some carrot seeds this time again to.
Got nothing on them last year.
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I thought about ordering plants online. I wasn't sure how they'd turn out. Buying from the local store means I have to eat what they're selling. If I can order the variety I like it would be better.

I wasn't going to buy any plants until after mid-march but I caved in and bought 1 tomato ("patio" because it looked like the kind I had a few years ago that was awesome to dehydrate) and a bunch of herbs for a kitchen garden.

I've gotta hurry and get my rabbit trap box finished.
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Got any rabbit recipes? We mostly have Jack Rabbits (which are actually hares).

Only some of our peach trees have buds right now. We have many varieties in the orchard. However, some of them need to be culled.

Certain application methods of carbaryl are being banned...
http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2009/March/Day-18/p5695.htm

The carbaryl dust is hard on the bee population.
 
catocom

catocom

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no, I've never tried rabbit.
I thought I'd give it away to somebody that wanted it.

I don't know though, if prices on groceries keep going up, I may have to try it.

I've only had it out about 3 days, with one small piece of lettuce.
After the rain I'm going to load it up more. I don't think they've sniffed it out yet.
I'm thinking a carrot might be more pungent.

I've just got 2 peach trees, and naturally they are "Georgia" variety. ;)
http://www.summerstonenursery.com/Product-Belle-of-Georgia-Peach-Trees_6254.aspx
 
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valkyrie

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White flesh freestone peaches are awesome. We have many varieties but all that have survived are regular peaches (some are freestone).

I'm thinking about goji berry trees and maybe some apple trees (Fuji and Granny Smith, maybe). I think you can dehydrate goji berries but I don't know how else to put them away for storage.
 
catocom

catocom

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I got in 2 new apple trees, and 2 new pecan trees today.
They look way better than the last ones I order from that nursery.

We're almost at flood stage with rain though, so it'll be several days before I can set um out.:(
 
catocom

catocom

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it was beautiful here today ...73 I think.
Supposed to be 69 and overcast tomorrow.
I'm going to try to get some plowing done before the rain tomorrow night.
I might try to plant some potatoes, peas, and carrots this next weekend.
 
catocom

catocom

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I picked up my new cultivator about 2 hours ago, but I also went grocery shopping,
and now I'm too worn out to put it together. :(

The forcast is about 50% for rain tonight.
I hope it holds off another day or 2.
 
Gonz

Gonz

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Are you planting by the acre? It'll take a boatload to make that worthwhile.
 
catocom

catocom

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Not to start with.
I'm going to build my seed stock this year and next.
Then I'll do about an acre.

The bulk of my corn crop this year will be silver queen again, as I have
quite a bit of that seed left over.
And a smaller patch of golden corn for on-the-cob.
 
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