Some Updates: Pictures Plus
Above is a picture of plants I've started for future gardens. In years past I would start plants the last of February in large amounts. I grew somewhere between 6 to 10 varieties of tomatoes, and often seeded 25 to 30 of each variety. Peppers we had about the same amount of those. Cabbage at least 100, ditto with broccoli. It has been like wrestling with a 2000 pound gorilla for me to cut it back, but cut it back I must.
A few years ago I did a series of posts on some garden starting tips at my blog, Healing Thoughts: https://deborawephraimblogspot.com
The series began with this reference/link https://deborawephraim.blogspot.com/2012/03/gardens-post-one.html
It is possible to scroll through the listings on that blog and find various pictures--the first garden article begins on March (18, 2012) but the pictures are on March 23rd, and scattered through the different posts, I believe.
My all time favorite red tomatoes are Italian Heirloom, and Amish paste. I order many of my tomato and pepper seeds from a company in our state. Seed Savers https://www.seedsavers.org/ is a company that has heirloom seeds and is dedicated to preserving heirloom seeds for future generations. I purchase seeds from them knowing I can save the seeds from the plants and they will come back true to the parent stock. I feel like it's an investment in our future, and I like their dedication to organic and heirloom varieties.
A run down of places I like to order from would not be complete without Twilley's Seeds
https://www.facebook.com/TwilleySeed/ I've tried going to their link, but alas it is down today, so they suggested routing people through their facebook page. I've just perused some of their page and found it interesting and fun.
Here I have a pic of the pots as they come from Johnny's. There are six pots, their water catcher disks are on the right. The big seed packet holds all six packets of herbs. The small packet in the water disks is of Basil, and the round white disk in front is the biodegradable disk with the seeds planted in it.
The plant pots hold approximately two quarts of potting soil. How I plant these is, I put potting mix, nicely moistened, pressed into the pot then put my seed disk on the potting soil, moisten, cover with another top layer of potting mix, pressing the potting mix down firmly. Water again.
Some days I have in mind what I intend to do, but then reality comes along. I wanted pictures of the pots to post yesterday, and have intended to spray paint the outside of my plant pots for a week or more. I was on my way out just a few moments ago only to discover that the overcast skies of the morning are now fog and spatters of rain. Not a good time for spray painting.
So, I suppose this is quite long enough for anyone, and we'll call it a post. You have a good week, and we'll catch you next week, Lord willing.
