Fast Germination
I don’t normally soak seeds to plant outside. I feel like they know when to sprout. Let nature take its course. I have a little plastic can where I store the seeds. Somehow it leaked and the seeds got wet. I planted them Wednesday (9/10/08) figuring that if they did not germinate I could replant. They were up by Saturday morning. The rows planted Wednesday had shallots, mustard, oak leaf lettuce, collards, arugula and radishes.
Saturday morning I went to Renfrow’s Hardware and bought 11/4 #’s of onion sets. I planted them, mesclun mix, Detroit dark red beets, Swiss chard and Tokyo cross hybrid turnips. Friday afternoon the paw paw trees from Stark Bros that were supposed to be shipped in November arrived. I dug the holes for them yesterday(Saturday) and planted them this morning. I dug a bushel sized hole for each one, filled them with water and a 5 gallon bucket of compost and a handful of lime. The paw paws went in at the level of the stem crown. The soil tested 6.5 ph. Paw paws like 7.
My wife made baba ganoush yesterday. It is awesome. I will give you the recipe soon. I know it is eggplant, tahini, garlic, lemon juice and pine nuts. I just don’t know how much of each and what the process is. I know it is good.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Call to Stark Bros.
Call to Stark Bros.
I have a longstanding desire to taste a paw-paw. I ordered trees last year from Burgess. All I go was some little sticks with no roots on them. I planted them in pots because they looked to fragile for the ground. They never even budded. I determined that this year I would buy from Stark Brothers. I have never lost a Stark Brothers plant.
The ordering process was really easy. The lady who took my order told me all about the plants. They will come in pots in November. They will mature in about 7 years. That means, I will be almost 70 years old before I get to eat a paw-paw. I sure hope they taste good after waiting that long. I wish I had a couple of hundred acres in my yard. I would love to plant a lot more stuff.
The nursery and seed catalogs make me feel like the toy section of the sears roebuck catalog did when I was a kid. I wanted all of the toys. I want all of the plants and all of the seeds.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
I have a longstanding desire to taste a paw-paw. I ordered trees last year from Burgess. All I go was some little sticks with no roots on them. I planted them in pots because they looked to fragile for the ground. They never even budded. I determined that this year I would buy from Stark Brothers. I have never lost a Stark Brothers plant.
The ordering process was really easy. The lady who took my order told me all about the plants. They will come in pots in November. They will mature in about 7 years. That means, I will be almost 70 years old before I get to eat a paw-paw. I sure hope they taste good after waiting that long. I wish I had a couple of hundred acres in my yard. I would love to plant a lot more stuff.
The nursery and seed catalogs make me feel like the toy section of the sears roebuck catalog did when I was a kid. I wanted all of the toys. I want all of the plants and all of the seeds.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Lost Weekend
Lost Weekend
We have really had the rain. My rain barrels are already full; so the new stuff just falls on the ground. I really intended to get everything ready for the fall garden; but the ground was too wet to work. Sunday, I stepped in another fire ant nest. I thought I had killed them all. That just spoiled my morning I went to the office
I guess all of the messing around outside in the wet grass and wet garden took its toll; because Sunday night I started getting a horrible cold. I spent the day in bed eating chicken soup and reading on Monday. All of this rain and sunshine would have my fall garden jumping if it were in the ground.
Yesterday (Tuesday), I did finally start working the empty spots in the garden. I did not get finished. I have decided to turn the squash under except for the patty-pans. The seeds in the greenhouse have not come up. They were planted over a week ago.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
We have really had the rain. My rain barrels are already full; so the new stuff just falls on the ground. I really intended to get everything ready for the fall garden; but the ground was too wet to work. Sunday, I stepped in another fire ant nest. I thought I had killed them all. That just spoiled my morning I went to the office
I guess all of the messing around outside in the wet grass and wet garden took its toll; because Sunday night I started getting a horrible cold. I spent the day in bed eating chicken soup and reading on Monday. All of this rain and sunshine would have my fall garden jumping if it were in the ground.
Yesterday (Tuesday), I did finally start working the empty spots in the garden. I did not get finished. I have decided to turn the squash under except for the patty-pans. The seeds in the greenhouse have not come up. They were planted over a week ago.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
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