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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Big city stuff.  Most of the folks in the big cities expect to have the work
done for them.  Quite honestly, most (not you necessarily Bob <g>) don't 
have a clue about gardening and they make a ton of money off them by selling 
plants for things that would grow by simply tossing seeds.

The ex's grandfather and his uncles owned/own a BIG nursery down in Sonoma 
County.  They made the big bucks by selling six packs to folks down in the 
Bay Area and, in particular, Marin County!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] More spring palnting


> Whew!  I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that was a bit weird.
> I keep trying to think of why they would need bean and okra plants
> instead of just seeding.  I plant my beans straight into the hay/straw
> mulch-almost no soil, and they germinate.  last year, I grew okra in
> mulch the same way.  Bob, is there some reason that beans and okra are
> sold as plants?  What puzzle piece am I missing?
>
> Bev
>
> Lynda wrote:
> > Beans grow if you toss them on the ground.  The Jack & the Beanstalk
> > story was semi-based in fact.  They are one of the few seeds that
> > have close to a 100% successful germination rate.
> >
> > Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: "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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> EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia
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