Garden Fuss

It all started off so easy.... Our 1st Indigo Rose  I mean, look at the blush on that Indigo Rose for God's sake! I never expected to come across such a beautiful specimen in my garden. This is truly an unusual piece of fruit. Seriously, if it has access to full sun its skin is like a marble made of onyx. Can you tell that, I am totally procrastinating by getting into the nuances of the Indigo Rose? That's because basically I came to the realization that I may be a glutton for punishment. Just whispering the word easy around this place is just crazy talk, let alone trying to fool myself by writing it. What am I not remembering? Oh yeah, this spring was far from easy. It was a wet / cold / feverishly busy / sweat filled mess ! [ could have just been me ] Starting with my bright idea of downgrading to a one bin compost system from two and expanding out my garden. From that experience I ended up overworked and with my beautiful helpers [ sis-inlaw, son, and daughter ] a

Yes you read it correctly the war has begun and I am taking no prisoners.  Well, scratch that I will take prisoners directly to the nearest lake or river and water-board them to catch someones dinner. I'm talking Walleye, Bass, Catfish! What ever is in the mood for fresh caught slug or grasshopper meat? It is on!!!! [fyi... I really don't like fish either only fishing] This morning I went out after Neeming the whole garden yesterday and noticed even more damage. Not just damage, but the entire loss of my Ruby Wallace Old Time White Cucumber that I received from Baker Creek Heirloom as part of the Grow It Forward Heirloom Seed Contest . I am so heated right now because what I thought was possibly one last remaining cucumber sprout to "make it" through some kind of bug/ultra sun attack has passed on with its brethren. So I am now debating on either starting again by directly sowing seed in a well guarded and watched pot; or buying something new and already well into

We have comprised the list of seeds we will be starting for the 2010 grow season. Yes there are technically some fruits listed in the vegetable section, but we wanted to make the list a little more easy to decipher and less intimidating for beginning gardeners. SEED LIST 2010 Vegetables Climbing Spinach Egg Plant - Black Beauty Cabbage - Ferry's Round Dutch Purple Cauliflower Brussels Sprouts - Long Island Pumpkin - Jarradale Squash - Spaghetti, Saffron, Dark Green Zuchinni, Burpees Hybrid Zuchinni Peas - Dwarf Grey Sugar, Super Snappy, Super Snap, Sugar Daddy, Pink Eye Purple Hull Beans - Royal Burgundy, Tenderpick, Disoy Beets - Ruby Queen, Detroit Dark Red, Chioggia, Burpee's Golden Carrots - Kaleidoscope Mix (salmon-orange, yellow & white) Lettuce - Grand Rapids Leaf,  Mesclun Mix Leeks Okra Celery - Giant Pascal Peppers - Jalapeno, Cubanelle, Grand Bell Mix Tomato's - Beef Steak, Speckled Roma, Large Red Cherry, Old German, Black Krim, Choc.C