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I just know what I am hearing on my gardening forums. Seeds, other than onions usually have at least a couple of years viability. I have focused on heirlooms and open pollinated so I can save seeds.
I did that this season. Most of the offerings were regular hybrid seeds, but I really couldn’t be picky.I know of a few local regular libraries that offer seeds to patrons to grow veggies and flowers with. There's a worldwide list of seed libraries here: Sister Libraries It might be a good place to find heirloom seeds and unusual veggies and such.
I would love to be able to grow azaleas, but given the size and layout of our property, that just isn't going to happen.N NY cat man Your flowers are gorgeous. Around here, our gaillardia is still blooming, as are our fall-blooming azaleas. It's a perfect time for the mums. We have sedum and it's so pretty. But that's pretty much it.
So far, we've survived the frost warnings here. We have to get through tonight yet. We have sheets all over the garden. If we can get through tonight, our night temps will go back into the 50s for a while. That will give the peppers and tomatoes a chance anyway. Still getting a few zucchini and yellow squash. The green and wax beans are done and I'm going to remove the plants. The asparagus is no longer producing berries and they can be cut down now.
We have seven butternuts in the basement, out of the 26+ squash that we started out with. They simply split too much to survive the splits. There are still a few in the garden that haven't started to change color yet and the stem is still green. Once the ones in the basement have been there for a while, I can start using them. Rick goes down and turns them every week.
We are digging up sweet potatoes. Actually we don't have to do much digging at this point, as they're starting to grow up through the soil. I'm really glad we decided to grow them as they're doing quite well and we do love them.
I love cosmos! Huge numbers of them grow wild around the lakes here, but they don't like it up at this height.the cosmos are still blooming as well
there was a preview catalog enclosed in the package, and I noticed that she had bookmarked several pages. This cannot be a good thing.
Dear Richard feels your pain. I was talking to him about planting a ton of daffodil bulbs around the edging at the southern side of the she shed. He looked at me and walked away. He was saying something about money and trees.Michele's tulip bulbs- all 105 of them- have arrived, so I will have my work cut out for me for the next several days in planting them all. Too, there was a preview catalog enclosed in the package, and I noticed that she had bookmarked several pages. This cannot be a good thing.
No, we don't. We don't have voles to worry about, but squirrels are another matter. I use aluminum screen to cover the area around the bulbs, then spray the ground with a product called Repels-All. It sure worked to evict the skunk that took up residence in a crawl space under the house. It also dang near repelled me from going in to seal up where the varmint had burrowed under the footing, as, among other things, it uses what is basically pepper spray.Dear Richard feels your pain. I was talking to him about planting a ton of daffodil bulbs around the edging at the southern side of the she shed. He looked at me and walked away. He was saying something about money and trees.
N NY cat man Do you plant your tulip bulbs in cages in the ground? If we don't, the voles get them every time. They don't bother the daffodil bulbs.
It seems that we dodged the frost bullet, thankfully, although Rick says he's going to cover the garden yet tonight. Starting Tuesday night, our nighttime lows will be back into the 50s, still chilly, but a lot better than the 30s! It's quite colorful looking up there; we used old queen sheets to cover.