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Mornin', Bev -
2:53 a.m. here in the middle of the great Mojave.
You continue to amaze!
Sandy

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:43:49 -0500, EarthNSky wrote:

> 
> It's 19 degrees here this morning at EarthNSky with a 15 mph wind and
> 45% humidity.  I don't know the windchill right offhand, but it is
> freaking COLD.  We are under a winter storm watch with a 90% chance of
> precip tonight and through tomorrow night, and even though they say "no
> accumulation" I don't trust it...lol..I'll bet we get a little ice storm
> out of this..just got that feeling.
> Yesterday, I completed Round 1 of planting for this year's garden.
> I have seed flats and pots all over the bedroom floor in Kate's old
> room.  I also planted a few things outside: peas, radishes, turnips,
> spinach, chard, and onions.  I already had garlic in the ground. Here's
> what I am growing in flats in the house (for now):
> Crop          Variety         ~# seeds sown   # Pots/flats
> 
> Broccoli      Early Dividend  200             20
> Broccoli      Packman         100             20
> Cabbage               Danish Ballhead 100             10
> Celery                Tendercrisp     2500 (1g)       10
> Chinese Cabbage       Michihili       680 (2g)        10
> Chives                                pack(200)       3
> Cucumber      Tendergreen Burpless    20      10
> Dill  Long Island Mammoth     1/4pack (250)   3
> Honeydew      Green Flesh     12              6
> Hops          Humulus lupulus pack            NA
> Pak Choi      Joi Choi Hybrid 100             10
> Pea           Experimental Variety'   pack (1oz)      NA
> Pea           Snow Green      pack (1oz)              NA
> Peppers               Anaheim                 150     24
> Peppers               Red Peter               12      5
> Peppers               Jalepeno                50      10
> Pumpkin               Atlantic Giant          10      5
> Radish                White Icicle            1 pack  NA
> Spinach               Space Hybrid            1 & 1/2 packs   NA
> Squash                Yellow straightneck     15      5
> Squash                Butternut               30      10
> Squash                Yellow crookneck        30      5
> Squash                Yellow crookneck        10      5
> St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum    pack    2
> Swiss Chard   Fordhook Giant          4 packs NA
> Tomato                Bloody Butcher          30      6
> Tomato                Black Plum              50      6
> Tomato                Tomatillo Green Husk    30      10
> Tomato                Tomatillo Toma Verde    75      25
> Tomato                Sausage                 30      6
> Tomato                German Red Strawberry   100     6
> Tomato                Amish Paste             100     12
> Turnip                Purple Top              1 oz    NA
> Valerian      Valeriana officinalis   pack    3
> Watermelon    GA Rattlesnake          6       3
> Wormwood      Common Wormwood pack(100)       1
> Zucchini      Calabacita              10      5
> 
> 
> There were a few things I didn't plant..
> I was going to plant some carrots and a different variety of radishes,
> but decided to wait as the ground was  practically frozen in that bed.
> It had not been covered so it was colder.  I have a few other varieties
> of spinach, too, but will wait until I see if these germinate before I
> plant the Bloomsdale in a few weeks.  Hopefully, by starting all of this
> early, I will be able to transplant a lot of it early and get a jump on
> the squash bugs and take advantage of mason bee pollination in the Spring.
> Of the stuff I planted outside, I'm not worried about losing it.
> Mostly, it's a grand experiment with old seeds.  If it doesn't work,
> I'll replant in 2-3 weeks with newer seeds.
> Some of the things I am growing are not for me.  I'm growing the cukes
> for my stepfather, who asked me to start them for him.  Other things,
> like the Black Plum tomatoes and the Atlantic Giant pumpkins and all of
> the yellow squash are seeds that are almost 10 years old, so I need to
> try to grow some new stuff.  I'm really bad about putting seeds back and
> then forgetting about them, so a lot of this early stuff is old seed
> that probably won't germinate, but shoot, I gotta try, right?
> Tomorrow, barring an ice storm, I will split wood and shovel some more
> stuff out of the old chicken coop.  I am beginning to think that I will
> never finish these jobs.  I guess I just need to hunker down and get it
> done, instead of doing a little bit every couple of days. My garden beds
> could use that chicken poop in the old litter to kick start the warming.
>   It's aged enough to plant in, I think, but it could compost some more.
> 
> We've had quite a bit of 'family disturbance' here in the past few
> weeks, so all this planting and stuff is really a good distraction from
> that.  I'll spare you the details. ;)
> Today, I am supposed to go down to the Atlanta area to help my friend
> pick out plants for landscaping her new house.  I'm up early so that my
> joints will be working properly and I can be dressed by the time she
> wants to leave here in a few hours.  It sucks to have arthritis in this
> kind of weather, but at least I am moving..slowly, but moving.  I'm
> gonna be pissed if she cancels the trip after I got up so early...lol..
> Oh well, time to stoke the fire and make a fresh pot of coffee..
> 'Mornin' everyone!
> 
> Bev
> 
> -- 
> Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the
> ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.
> 
> 
> 
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