Whee~!

[sakon76]

Much fun going through seed catalogues (Burpee's, Renee's Seeds, and Botanical Interests) and picking out what varietals I want to grow. Some things I'm having to compare end size ("okay, if I grow melons, I'm trellising them... what's the smallest muskmelon? the smallest watermelon?") and some things I'm trying to seek out the oddest possibilities I can. I can get yellow corn and orange carrots at the store... but if the taste value is the same, why not grow red corn and purple carrots in my garden? Variety is the spice of life, y'all! I'm also pondering what I can do in my backyard postage stamp. Things like "the rosemary doesn't seem to've survived the cropping and transplant... I can pull it out and replace it with the other rosemary which has never been happy in its pot" and "if I move those chives to the other side of the bed, I can use that entire section for edamame" and "I could put a mesh trellis on the north fence, grow runner beans in pots at its base (as the soil there doesn't seem to like anything) and have (1) beans and (2) a hummingbird attractant..."

Which reminds me, while I was at the community garden on Monday, a hummingbird zoomed up to me, hovered two feet away for several seconds, then zoomed away. I think he was checking me out to see if I'd be a good gardener or something. :) I may have to put a hummingbird feeder in that garden as well. ^_^

Comments

[therhoda.livejournal.com]

sooo what vegetables are you leaning towards?

we are going heirloom and leaning towards pots only this year.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Erm... lots?

Beans, corn, pumpkins, various melons on trellises, maybe bok choi, carrots, pickling cucumbers, lettuce, maybe mustard greens, maybe parsnips, peas (already have snap peas growing, I'd like some snow peas as well), peppers (jalepeno, habenero, bell), radishes (including daikon), soybeans, spinach, summer squash (including zucchini), and tomatoes. Plus a lot of herbs and some edible flowers mixed in for good measure. I'll post a full list once I've decided on all the varieties.

It sounds like a lot, doesn't it? I'm planning on doing organic companion planting techniques crossed with the square-foot gardening method. ^^;; So if I do it right I'll end up with a heck of a lot of produce and finally have to learn canning techniques this year.

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

I gots
happy pepper sprouts
flowering tomatoes
newly rooted geranium

yaaaay

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

I'm not having much luck with sprouting my habenero seeds. :( Maybe it has something to do with the soil mix I'm trying to sprout 'em in.

But yay for 'maters! And yay for geraniums! Any tips for rooting them? There are a couple in the other plots at the garden that I've gotten permission to take cuttings from....