My peppers and onions are under the grow lights downstairs. My 4 year old Borletta seeds had 0% germination, so for now I only have about 300 plants started, being about 100 each of three other varieties whose seeds are only 2 years old.
Today Patti and I met with the midwife who might make it to our home before the baby is born. Not even going to try to get to a hospital. It just goes too fast. Patti picked up her medical records from her OBGYN on Monday and we read through them. She averages 6 minutes for her stage 2 labor, 4 minutes for stage 3, and I dont like driving 100 miles per hour to the hospital during stage one hoping to beat the baby falling out. The midwife can try to get here that fast if she wants to. If she doesn’t get here in time, then she can check out the baby and Patti and just make sure they are fine. Patti has the house set up the way she wants and we are all pretty excited.
I should start my Lemon Drop Peppers here. Maybe I will tonight. We will see. Nell has a lot of homework to get done. Still have not bought another camera. <grin> so much to do, but this is supposed to be our resting time. There is going to be tons happening soon enough.
Hi Tom,
Does this mean you’ll have to rename the farm?
I feel for the wife. At 8 months, I had to know every potty stop on the way to the farmer’s market.
Yes, suppose we will, but the website URL will stay the same not buying another one. Patti will probably change the logo though.
What a great post again I have tried now for 2 years to establish a good graedn ..but the soil here in the South is very different from what I am used to have ..very acidic in its way and the only things which I was so far successful to grow are cucumber, basil, some water melons, blueberries and azaleas .as a matter of fact they even like to be watered in spring with a couple of drops of organic apple vinegar:):):) but pee might do the trick as well .xoxoxBefore the decision of the USDA for MONSANTO I was actually ready to give up my graedn here in the South Now I have reconsidered.( by the way I still believe we all should go and protest louder after all this is the country of the FREE AND BRAVE ) I also truly believe that the soil here needs some help first, even before you put your heirloom seeds in the ground .coming from the biodynamic society in Europe, I will try this year to give it a try in this direction. First I will put some preparations in the soil and later I will also apply silicia ( all this preparations are not expensive and can be ordered from The Josephine Porter Institut) in order to stay more biodynamic I will try to plant this year the right flowers in between the veggies to attract bees and fight off all the pests ( like cricket’s, there is certain flowers which have a smell which these animals can’t stand..lol) I have here in my graedn. Last year I had actually beautiful broccoli and sunflowers but the crickets were all eating it .And very important is that people which start a graedn understand their compost . There is a lot of killer compost’s here out unfortunately and it does not have to be labeled either. Lot’s of toxins in them, so putting organic seeds in it, will not be more healthy than buying pesticide or GMO laden food.I was just wondering where I could get heirloom seed ..thank you very much for this xoxoxox
SELF SEEDINGIf you are lucky enough to visit a priitsne rainforest you will probably be awestruck by the towering canopy. However, the future of the rainforest lies in the soil in the form of seeds – tiny cells of life waiting for their opportunity to prosper. If we are going to create an ecological garden then we have to make sure it too, has a future. By allowing some plants to go to seed, we can build up seed stores, just like the rainforest. And like the rainforest, we should aim to have thousands of seeds of many varieties spread right across our plot. Most of these seeds will never germinate because in the ecological garden the niche spaces are so tightly filled that opportunities for new life are limited.