Posted on 01/13/2023 5:42:47 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Also, if you grow indoors in winter like I do, Red Robin is the best tomato seed. I have cherry tomatoes ripening in my den from those. Many catalogs have them now.
Also have 4 kinds of lettuce, frisee, radicchio, pea shoots, etc in my den - salad heaven. I’m crazed, can’t stop just because it freezes outside!
Headed over the mountains to the Shenandoah Valley this morning for the last ‘goodbye’. Dad loved flowers, was planting tulips all over the place the week before his fall. I’d like to grow dahlias and hollyhocks this year in addition to ‘the usual’ (zinnias, tithonia & sunflowers).
I still need to order the seeds to make up the other half of the Christmas present I gave to the ‘greats’ (nieces, nephew) - I have them picked out, just haven’t been able to sit down and actually “do it” yet. It’s on the list for this coming week.
*PING* for Ellendra to Post #14 about the best white corn to grow for flour, as well as seed saving. :)
I grow Popcorn. ‘Puffy Pop’ from Jung’s is a favorite, though their ‘Japanese White Hulless’ is good, too.
Wisconsin is lousy with cheap Sweet Corn all summer long, so it’s not worth the space for us to grow it. And, raccoons LOVE it, so that draws them into the garden to destroy whatever catches their fancy. Jerks.
The only corn I’ve experimented with to grow for flour was a Blue dent corn - but again, the raccoons got most of it before it was even dry enough to grind.
I just started two types of red lettuces, yesterday, to grow inside under lights. I can get green Romaine all the time, so I like to add the red leaves for color.
'Yugoslavian Red Butterhead' (Seed Savers) and one from Burpee, 'Burgundy Delight.'
LOL! A little deep for potatoes. If she fills it all in with compost, I’ll go with Asparagus. ;)
Years ago, I raised "White Cloud" popcorn and the 'pointy' hulls cut up my palms something awful.I learned about 'Corn Huskers Lotion' then, but a little bit too late.
The Amish/ Mennonite have a metal palm tool that easily harvests the popcorn - learned that too late, also.
I really appreciate your information and suggestions,
and continue to learn from them 'that's doing', and growing !
Indeed. I planted corn once and the raccoons in these densely populated city destroyed it! But this corn seed is for Guatemala where I assume they can shoot them. Even squirrels are protected here.
Moving to Hawaii this spring.
Gardening is going to be whole new experience.
Backyard Pineapples??
Diana SSEs Yugoslavian Red Butterhead is an incredibly good lettuce, one of my favorites!
I purchased from several catalogues as well as Seeds and Stuff. Because the prices were low I over-purchased tomatoes and squash from Seeds and Stuff just to have other varities on hand. (Primarily disease resistant varieties.)
They Shipped quickly and had no problem with the tomatoes I purchased. Note that their standard seed packets do not generally have a large number of seeds. (Which for my 200 sq ft garden is not a problem.)
Those are beautiful! Good luck with them. Red lettuces are my faves & I have 4 kinds growing well indoors, but they don’t get as red under grow lights as they do outdoors in Spring. Speckled Amish does great, tho, grows big fast with lots of pretty pink speckles.
https://www.prairiemoon.com/
Prairie Moon is located in Winona MN. ( Aldo Leopold friends )
Note....I have no experience with Prairie Moon so if anyone does let us know!
Jealous! Can’t wait to see the things you’ll be growing. :)
I LOVE Kauai so much it hurts! Even though I hate flying, let alone flying over OPEN WATER for 4 hours, I could suck it up to go back to Kauai for a vacation, easily.
Thanks, Pete!
And I always have Yugo Red in the rotation. It’s GORGEOUS, easy to grow, buttery soft in the mouth, makes great wraps and it’s colorful. Who could ask for more in a lettuce?
Yes, I am Lettuce Obsessed. If that’s all I had to/needed to grow, I would be a Happy Camper. I think it’s the sexiest of the vegetables. ;)
I am half serbian (yugaslav). I am going to have to try that.
It's like the 'Little Black Dress' of salads; I GOTTA have it!
I could talk about Lettuces all day and TWICE on Sunday! :)
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