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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I'm doing a lot of [planting from seed this year, but, the results are much 
more predictable with the plants, and my space is so limited.  

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--- On Sat, 2/21/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] More spring palnting
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:21 PM
> We have no plants at all for beans or okra.  If you want to
> grow them, you plant seed.
> 
> bobf wrote:
> > Yea, Bev,  the only way I could buy beans was by the
> six-pack.  They
> > didn't have any 4" pots and, actually, very
> few six-packs.  I had
> > called the nursery earlier in the week.  She told me
> the truck
> > wouldn't be in until Friday, so I planned my trip
> around that.  Of
> > couse , I had already planted the tomatoes, and still
> had one garden
> > plot of plants where most survived the winter.  And,
> my greens are
> > all still growing.
> > 
> > They didn't have okra, she said she had no idea
> how long, but I
> > should be getting my seeds from Gurneys, Monday.  In
> the fall, I
> > believe i bought okra in a six-pack, but it might have
> been 4" pots.
> > 
> 
> > 
> >> I'm sorry..let me make sure I understand
> this...out where you are,
> >> you can buy bean plants by the pack??? Here, we
> can buy
> >> cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers,
> and eggplants
> >> by the pack, but not beans or okra.
> >> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia