This is an adventure for me as this is a year of firsts around the farm. This is my first attempt at any sort of blog and the first year I've started my beloved tomatos from seed. I have close to 200 plants at various sizes and have learned alot about seed starting already. I will still have to buy 100 or so tomato plants but next year I plan to start all my plants. My squash and okra plants are also up and doing great. My garden spot on the other side of the creek are calling to the plants to come over for the dance, but after losing 200 plants to a late hard freeze last year im going to wait until the first weekend of May. I have over the years noticed that plants planted in early May produce tomatos at the same time as plants planted two or three weeks before. My neighbor and friend Mr. Haskew that lives up the road helped me out today by spreading a ton of lime on top of my leave and horse manure covered garden and I hope to plow it in this weekend. Another first this year is a new kind of gardening I have put much thought and research into, and that is the little known art of strawbale gardening. I hope to plant in 40 or fifty bales this year which will be in addition to my regular garden. The reason for this blog is to start at the beginning of this year and run from seedlings to market and share my story with others. So with all that said here we gooooo. These first pictures are of newly sprouted seedlings in March then pictures of some of the same seedlings in April.
April
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1 comment:
HI,
OHH I love tomatoes, heirloom are the best. the seeds from old growers that were not altered for breeding purposes. They art beautiful but best of all is the taste. I wish I lived close enough to taste them. Would you be willing to send me a few seeds to in PA? Either way I appreciate
your time and look forward to hearing from you. I wish you a great and hearty crop. Good you are waiting for May.
Sincerely,
Carin
CarinsHandMade is my blog
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