Posted on 05/11/2018 7:13:11 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I’ve never planted in hills. I also don’t overplant and then thin unless I have to. It always seemed like a waste of seeds.
As to the garlic... ten years ago I bought one head of white garlic at the local hippy food store, took it home and stuck it in the dirt.
It’s probably California White, but there’s no way to be sure. It’s become acclimated to the soil in my garden and now develops very large heads - many of them bigger than a baseball.
Thank you very much for the list on seed longevity. The Mississippi Silverhull seeds I have are 20 years old. I keep all leftovers in the freezer. Do you ever retain seeds? My brother never does.
I know many tractor trade names, but never have I heard of a Nanner. I think that might be a brand restricted to Callawy County, Missouri; an odd sort of place filled with odd creatures and people. Oh, btw, I live mostly in Callaway County.
Nanner is a Massey-Ferguson.
But what else would I call something that big and yellow?
I’m just a short ways across Cedar Creek on the Boone County side.
just a short ways across Cedar Creek on the Boone County side.””
You commie. Haha. We’ve had this discussion before. I’m near the metropolis of Hatton.
Oh I think we have had this conversation.
Want to know how to get a waitress fired up?
Walk into a diner in Callaway County and order Boone County ham. I watched a guy do it. It looked for a second like there was going to be a fight.
That’s such a neat looking arrangement. Best wishes to the Missus for a good outcome, and speedy recovery.
Ha. I’m sort of glad that I don’t have as many critters running around my backyard as you have in your area.
For us, Foxes are not pets, they are varmints that killed a good portion of our pet chickens. I’ve blasted several with a 20 gauge. One Sunday afternoon, we were startled to hear a squawking hen in the front yard. The fox had already killed and left two dead hens in the side yard. My wife burst into tears as if someone had killed our terrier.
I’m pretty sure some of my seeds are around 20 years old, too. I’ve never thrown any away for being out of date. And I’ve never had problems with germination using old seeds, although I do know people who have. Most of my seeds are in a corner of my room, the only ones in the fridge are the ones that needed cold treatment.
I know of 2 people who found seeds in a clay pot during an archeological dig that were over 1000 years old, who still managed to grow them. One was a bean and the other a watermelon.
There are some varieties that I’m told lose viability faster than most. I think onions were one of them? I wish I could find the chart I remember seeing, the two I posted have different numbers than what I remember. Still useful, but different.
Prayers for you and your family! What about your home?
Our home is badly damaged and will most likely be totally obliterated before this is all through. It looks like a war zone. Not exaggerating.
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