Fast Germination

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/.