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Getting a head start on the garden tomatoes

Last year I started tomato seeds in the greenhouse only to have the little seedlings bite the dust — well, actually, the bugs bit them, in spite of little plastic cup collars and my best efforts to protect them.

So, no seeds on heat mats in the greenhouse this year.  But, while shopping for a new birdbath fountain pump, I walked by some beautiful tomato plants and they jumped into my cart (funny how that happens).
 
I’ll keep them in the sunny, toasty warm greenhouse after repotting them into gallon or larger containers.  They can hang out for a while, getting bigger and stronger, until the right time to put them into the garden.  (Why do I feel like I’m cheating?!)

Then I’m hoping they will look like this…

 And then this….

And finally, this….

I can’t wait for tomatoes with REAL flavor again.  Are you dreaming of the spring vegetable garden yet?

By |2017-11-29T23:27:02-06:00February 9th, 2015|Blog, greenhouse, Sharing Nature's Garden, spring vegetables, tomatoes|0 Comments
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Shopping for veggies for the spring garden…

A quick trip to The Natural Gardener today yielded a treasure trove of goodies for the spring garden.

I went in search of three little things:  potatoes, sulfur and seed starter mix.

But I came home with so much more, including:

  • a few magazines,
  • a decorative hanging bell with a cord of glistening glass beads,
  • a fairy garden turtle on a leaf for my daughter, who recently asked if she could have a turtle,
  • seeds,
  • strawberries,
  • beets,
  • lettuce,
  • cauliflower,
  • spinach,
  • chard,
  • daikon radishes,
  • all blue and red pontiac potatoes,
  • sulfur,
  • and my friend Amy Stewart’s book, Wicked Plants.

I got it all into the car and then realized I had forgotten the seed starter mix.  It’s funny how a trip to the nursery can turn your world upside down and make you forget things.  I ran back in and grabbed a bag.

Now it’s time to get busy planting!

By |2019-07-15T19:14:41-05:00February 9th, 2014|beets, Blog, books, chard, lettuce, magazines, nursery, Sharing Nature's Garden, spinach, spring vegetables, vegetable garden, vegetables|0 Comments
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