We started soaking our first seeds for the garden this year — Anya has quite a few herbs getting ready to be started, and I have an assortment of peppers.
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2022 Seeds
We’ve saved seeds from the garden (and seeds from both ground cherries and hot peppers that we picked up at the farmers market) that will make up much of our garden this year. I purchased a bunch of flower seeds to expand the bee garden, and a few new vegetables. And I really hope to get asparagus established this year!
Seeds for Honeybees | ||
Autumn Beauty Sunflower Seeds – XL Packet |
Ballerina California Poppy Seed Mix – XL Packet |
Ball’s Orange Calendula Seeds – XL Packet |
Butterfly Weed Seeds – 1/4 Oz |
California Giants Zinnia Seed Mix – 1/4 Lb |
Globe Annual Candytuft Seeds – XL Packet |
Fairy Bouquet Snapdragon Seed Mix – XL Packet |
Dwarf Shasta Daisy Seeds – XL Packet |
Swiss Giants Pansy Seed Mix – 1/4 Oz |
Single China Aster Seed Mix – XL Packet |
Painted Daisy Seeds – XL Packet |
Money Plant Seeds – XL Packet |
Ice Plant Seed Mix – 1 Oz |
McKana Giants Columbine Seed Mix – XL Packet |
Indian Blanket Seeds – XL Packet |
Imperial Rocket Larkspur Seed Mix – 1 Oz |
Imperial Pincushion Flower Seed Mix – XL Packet |
Iceland Poppy Seeds – 1 Oz |
Sparky French Marigold Seed Mix – XL Packet |
Common Milkweed Seeds – 1 Oz |
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Seeds for Food | ||
Sugar Beet Seeds |
Anise Seeds |
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Chioggia Beet Seeds |
Easter Egg Radish Seeds |
French Breakfast Radish
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Sparkler White Tip Radish |
White Icicle Radish Seeds
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Hickory King Corn |
Pencil Cob Corn |
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Triticale | Winter Rye | Dundale Pea |
Hull-less Barley | Burbank Hull-less Barley |
Oats |
Wheat |
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German Extra Hardy Garlic |
Chesnok Garlic |
Music Garlic |
Dutch Red Shallot |
Dutch Red Shallot |
Strawberries!
Decoy Garden
Decoy Garden Update
Decoy Garden
We’ve had a lot of trouble with deer eating our veggies — corn, beans, lettuce. All very good deer munchies. We had a little luck playing talk radio all night long, but I think they get used to it pretty quickly. Then eat all your not-quite-ready-to-pick sweet corn. This year, we put in a decoy garden full of deer’s fav foods. There are brassicas, beets, radishes, oats, and rye grains. Scott tilled up a big area where our garden used to be, I raked it out to level the soil, and then I spread a bunch of seeds. We did it in three sections — the north-east quarter was finished first. The south-east quarter and west strip were done second, and the strip in the middle was done last. The first section is coming in quite vigorously. The second section is just starting to come in, and the final strip is pretty much dirt. We’ve been lucky to have a few heavier rains since the seeds were spread, so everything is watered well. This should be really cool. My next adventure is to replace some of the lawn with a wildflower seed mix so we’ve got plenty of bee chow available.
Temporary Hop Greenhouse
We’re in for a drastic temperature drop this week — 70 degrees one day, 27 the next night. We’ve covered our hops before; but, as the plants spread out, they get harder to cover.
This year, we built a quick (temporary) greenhouse over the entire hop bed. Rebar and longer metal poles are pounded into the ground at an angle, and the 1″ PVC that I had for the low tunnel greenhouse is mounted to the poles. A large sheet of greenhouse plastic covers the entire bed, and a lot of bricks are (hopefully) holding it all in place. This should keep our new hops from freezing.
2021 Garden — Seed Starting
It’s almost time to start seeds for this year’s garden. I’ve got about two weeks to get some pots ready — we’ll get the peppers, asparagus, celery, and verbana started. There are a few herbs that we can start too — oregano, rosemary, and thyme. I’m not growing any eggplant this year.
Plant | Indoor Sow Date Start | Indoor Sow Date End | Transplant Start | Transplant End | Direct Sow Start | Direct Sow End | Action Date |
Bell Peppers | 17-Feb | 6-May | 17-Feb | ||||
Celery | 17-Feb | 6-May | 17-Feb | ||||
Oregano | 17-Feb | 29-Apr | 17-Feb | ||||
Rosemary | 17-Feb | 6-May | 17-Feb | ||||
Thyme | 17-Feb | 29-Apr | 17-Feb | ||||
Asparagus | 22-Feb | 21-Mar | 28-Mar | 16-May | 22-Feb | ||
Eggplant | 22-Feb | 7-Mar | 16-May | 30-May | 22-Feb | ||
Verbana | 22-Feb | 21-Mar | 16-May | 30-May | 30-May | 22-Feb |