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Want a confession?

I am the BLACK THUMB OF DEATH.

I have always figured I couldn't do everything, and relegated my  
"gardening" such as it is, to herbs in pots, and buying stuff at the  
farmer's market.

This year we are hoping to have a garden, it will be my first. I am  
excited about it and hopefully Roy will be able to keep me from  
killing off anything. Probably he will just put me in charge of  
something that won't matter, like, daisies. : )

On Oct 31, 2008, at 2:51 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

> Today also marks my 10 year anniversary here at EarthNSky.  We moved
> here on Halloween of 1998.
> I know y'all probably think all I do is think and post about politics,
> but I really do have more going on than that.  Currently, I'm planning
> for not only next year's garden, but for the next few years.  I want  
> to
> grow things for seed next year so that I will have fresher seed for  
> the
> years beyond that.
> This is really the first time I have intentionally planted seed for  
> seed
> collection purposes as opposed to food purposes.  I am kind of worried
> about crossing things, so I have to be careful.  I want to grow  
> multiple
> squashes, but I have to figure out exactly how to do that in a small
> area.  I'll be growing lots of paste tomatoes as well.  I indulged
> myself this year and grew slicers, but I think I should concentrate  
> more
> on the paste types....more bang for the buck.
> I've spoken offlist to James about corn and OP distancing and timing,
> and I think I now have a plan for my place on that.  Thanks again,  
> James.
> What, if anything, are y'all doing for your 2010 garden and beyond?
> --
> “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads  
> to
> hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda