Comments on: The Impending Arrival of Seed Starting Season

By: MFish

MFish — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:48:28 +0000

I always feel better when I’ve gotten some seeds strated. Makes spring seem that much closer. I have some lettuce and spinach up an dputting out a second set of leaves also have some marigolds started. Today my 6 yo daughter and I planted carrots and later I will plant stock.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:08:32 +0000

I’m glad that I’m not the only one that’s not ready to begin the 2009 season. But, I have got to sit down tomorrow and place my seed orders, ready or not.

By: Lorax

Lorax — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:13:43 +0000

i’m growing zeolights calendula too!

here in western massachusetts it’s been in the negatives with the wind chill. luckily, i have a local college greenhouse to start all my seeds in soon enough; it doesn’t mean i’m ready, though…

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:15:10 +0000

Thanks so much!:-)

By: Sorellina

Sorellina — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:38:56 +0000

Ciao Victoria-

Let me know, I have plenty of seeds for Arbuznyi if you need more.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:33:26 +0000

The tomato Love of my Life this year is an arbuznyi tomato. I only have 5 seeds, so I’ll have to plant carefully or find another source to buy at least ten more seeds from so I can plant a row. Theyre striped with green and red and rather bulbous-looking. I’m excited! I’ve just put three of the seeds into separate little biodegradeable cups of seed start mixture and little green heads have popped out of two. Its got me all a-quiver.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:35:58 +0000

My solution would be to plan the move for after the growing season. Seriously. Try to find something for October (not quite sure when your season ends?), but that way you get your garden, and you guys still move. Win-win right? There’s no law that says you have to move in the middle of the summer…

By: Fennel and Fern

Fennel and Fern — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:46:22 +0000

I have been SO excited about sowing the first seeds of 2009. This weekend I sowed a few – check out my blog post on it: http://fennelandfern.blogspot.com/2009/01/garden-from-scratch-5.html

Opening those seed packets for the first time made me feel as though I were a child at Christmas. It’s because I have a new garden of my own, which is bare and crying out for flowers and vegetables.

No doubt in a few years’ time I’ll be sick to death of making plugs and pressing endless seeds into the soil.

Fennel and Fern – the Stylish Gardening Blog.

By: Fennel and Fern

Fennel and Fern — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:46:12 +0000

I have been SO excited about sowing the first seeds of 2009. This weekend I sowed a few – check out my blog post on it: http://fennelandfern.blogspot.com/2009/01/garden-from-scratch-5.html

No doubt in a few years time I’ll be sick to death of making plugs and pressing endless seeds into the soil.

Fennel and Fern – the Stylish Gardening Blog.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:14:04 +0000

I’m trying to get a melon called “Shark fin.” Finally found a site. I’m very excited. One can eat it when its unripe, like a squash, or let it ripen, and eat it as a melon.
So many tomatos, so little time! so many new ones “cropped” up, and the war against the evil GMOMonsantoMonster creeping up is making me take a closer look at where I get my seeds, but most of the seeds I get are from heirloomers anyway. Its just so hard to get heirlooms to grow during the hottest hots of summer here. So I guess, in the boycott efforts, that i’ll have to not have a tomato garden in the hottest of august. Such a shame, too, unless someone knows of a good, hot surviving, fruit setting heirloom for Florida. I’ve yet to know one to survive.
But at least I’ll have my watermelons. They make it ALL worthwhile. Hey, you should move to Florida. With the hurricanes, houses are becoming quite cheap compared to other places. Of course, if you buy a house on the beach, it’ll be swept out to sea as soon as a hurricane hits and your homeowners insurance will pretend you don’t have a policy with them, but our growing season is HUGE and we just don’t get snow. Some years we dont even get a freeze. Just buy or rent a house inland and you’ll be fine.