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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garden on the mind
  • Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:43:57 -0400

Rob; the weather in northern PA has been phenominally warm and pleasant (with a couple of cold spells) for this early in the spring. I've gotten most of my beds prepared. I finally planted out my lettuce, Chinese cabbage, onions (I always grow Ailsa Craig, too, and Walla Walla this year), leeks, and potatoes. I hope winter doesn't decide to make a comeback. If it stays nice, I'll be tempted to put out my early tomatoes under plastic earlier than I'd planned.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:12 PM
Subject: [Homestead] Garden on the mind


Glad to see some posts. I'm sure everyone has been busy. I like that about
spring. Time to get shaking and get some work done. What I do in spring sets
the tone for the rest of the year.

There are lots of little sunflowers coming up everywhere from seed that the
birds dropped, I'm letting a few well placed ones grow.

I outlined the herb plot with Jerusalem Artichokes. I'm sure I'll regret
that some day!

The chamomile reseeded itself. I lost the rosemary to cold. I see arugula
coming up very late. Also have some creasy salad coming up and some spinach
mustard. It might be a productive little plot. I also planted a nice little
spot of Alfalfa. I want it for tea.

I planted out my onions I grew from seed today. I planted some other starts
and sets I'd bought. Mental note to plant onion seed on New Years Day 2010.
I counted 180 Ailsa Craig plants. That's my heirloom. I hope it does well,
I'd like to save seed. I planted probably 100 Candy onions, I've planted
that hybrid for 3 years and it always makes nice onions.

It's been so rainy here, I just had yesterday and today to get in the
garden. It's been on the cool side, hard frost last week, but I was
surprised at how warm the soil is. Those whippoorwills must know what they
are doing, they are back.

Rob - Va
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