Mark, a commentator suggested using heirloom seeds and I second that, thanks Mark!
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Hey Phil, if you’re listening, got something to send to you, but not smart enough to find any contact info on the blog. Would you please shoot me an email or otherwise indicate how to get in touch?
Is that your email address that populates your comment that starts with a “d” and ends with a ‘t”? I will remind Phil of your wish. Both Phil and me deleted our email addresses due to the skanky pedomouse trolls spamming them. It sucks big time because of that.
I totally understand. Thanks.
I sent an email to that address.
Get ahold of me.
Done, thanks.
Regarding those pepper seeds: if the pepper that you get the seeds from is a hybrid, you will not grow a plant that will bear peppers with the same characteristics. It might not grow edible peppers at all. That applies to any fruit. Best to get nonGMO, organic, heirloom seeds, plant them, then save the seeds from the fruits and vegetables that you grow, to replant year after year.
I agree Mark and I should have clarified that when I made the post. Use heirloom seeds, not the frankenfood of today. Thank you!
Been doing that for years now. Patriot Supply as ’em in cans, we have several on the shelf in a cool, dry location. The seeds germinate normally and the results are delicious!
Unless they are coming from hybrid plants. Then, the seeds, I hear, are useless.
If you like greens, then don’t throw away the leaves from radishes, turnips, brocolli, kohlrabi, etc. They are all edible and packed with vitamins. Great tasting, too according to the lovely missus……
I have grown plants successfully from hybrid plant seeds. Not always, but usually. If you are starting now start saving the seeds that you get from grocery store vegies and buy heirloom when you can. Hybrid seeds from a pepper you buy today may produce a pepper slightly different from seeds from a pepper of the same variety from a different store. And even with heirloom seeds the pepper that you grow may produce sees that will produce a slightly different pepper due to pollination from a different variety. It is quite complex and never runs true. I advise that you start saving seeds from vegies that you are buying now. Any seeds are better than none and you need to test them for viability before planting and then hope for a good crop. —ken
weird, but I have had god luck with pepper seeds. even had a few tomato’s come up in the compost bin after tossing the scraps in there.
potato seem to work okay for the most part, but a lot sold around here are local grown so,,,
remember this, anything you can do to keep the taxman out of you stuff, the better.
until they find some way to tax your garden!
baker creek sell a lot of heirloom seeds at fair prices, had good luck with them.
lot of weird seeds as well. (mother earth news, after all )
johnny’s select seeds is another good place for heirloom seeds
they tend to sell out of some things though. but their seeds always grow.
I like raised beds myself as it tends to really rain around here and it needs to drain. potted plants end up drowning over night some times.
back in the 1940’s over 40% of food was home grown.
we need to get back to doing that. and grow something different from your neighbor, so you can swap and trade food items. it is something that will make a difference in the future.
And, For All That Is Holy, don’t go crazy with the Zucchini plants! You will be sorry…
one other thing, I have bein helping one of my neighbors with a project.
I lend and helped with my scaffolding as I have 5 sets and planks
a whole lot easier to do damn near anything on them than using a ladder.
he lend me is wood splitter, gas powered 22 ton. I have a small 5 ton electric one
it makes quick work of all the rounds I gotten from the tree guys doing the clearing
of another neighbor’s lot.
just by working and helping your neighbors you can make and build a strong group. something we may want and need the way shit going these days
too tired right now, catch you guys in the am
I have good relations with all but one neighbor. We refer to her as “cupcake”. When the times become SHTF she’ll not get any assistance from ANY of us. As it should be.
Our cucumbers are now producing and we get one or two a day now. At $1.60 a piece in the store, that is a good deal because I eat a cucumber based large salad each and every day. They will produce more as they age and I may get to make pickles again this year.
When the tomatoes come in, I will eat my entire daily salad from the garden. Home made bread, fresh cutting tomatoes, lettuce, and bell peppers make for a great sandwich as well. I love this time of the year because we get fresh produce right off the plants.
Hey Phil, if you’re listening, got something to send to you, but not smart enough to find any contact info on the blog. Would you please shoot me an email or otherwise indicate how to get in touch?
Is that your email address that populates your comment that starts with a “d” and ends with a ‘t”? I will remind Phil of your wish. Both Phil and me deleted our email addresses due to the skanky pedomouse trolls spamming them. It sucks big time because of that.
I totally understand. Thanks.
I sent an email to that address.
Get ahold of me.
Done, thanks.
Regarding those pepper seeds: if the pepper that you get the seeds from is a hybrid, you will not grow a plant that will bear peppers with the same characteristics. It might not grow edible peppers at all. That applies to any fruit. Best to get nonGMO, organic, heirloom seeds, plant them, then save the seeds from the fruits and vegetables that you grow, to replant year after year.
I agree Mark and I should have clarified that when I made the post. Use heirloom seeds, not the frankenfood of today. Thank you!
Been doing that for years now. Patriot Supply as ’em in cans, we have several on the shelf in a cool, dry location. The seeds germinate normally and the results are delicious!
Unless they are coming from hybrid plants. Then, the seeds, I hear, are useless.
If you like greens, then don’t throw away the leaves from radishes, turnips, brocolli, kohlrabi, etc. They are all edible and packed with vitamins. Great tasting, too according to the lovely missus……
I have grown plants successfully from hybrid plant seeds. Not always, but usually. If you are starting now start saving the seeds that you get from grocery store vegies and buy heirloom when you can. Hybrid seeds from a pepper you buy today may produce a pepper slightly different from seeds from a pepper of the same variety from a different store. And even with heirloom seeds the pepper that you grow may produce sees that will produce a slightly different pepper due to pollination from a different variety. It is quite complex and never runs true. I advise that you start saving seeds from vegies that you are buying now. Any seeds are better than none and you need to test them for viability before planting and then hope for a good crop. —ken
weird, but I have had god luck with pepper seeds. even had a few tomato’s come up in the compost bin after tossing the scraps in there.
potato seem to work okay for the most part, but a lot sold around here are local grown so,,,
remember this, anything you can do to keep the taxman out of you stuff, the better.
until they find some way to tax your garden!
baker creek sell a lot of heirloom seeds at fair prices, had good luck with them.
lot of weird seeds as well. (mother earth news, after all )
johnny’s select seeds is another good place for heirloom seeds
they tend to sell out of some things though. but their seeds always grow.
I like raised beds myself as it tends to really rain around here and it needs to drain. potted plants end up drowning over night some times.
back in the 1940’s over 40% of food was home grown.
we need to get back to doing that. and grow something different from your neighbor, so you can swap and trade food items. it is something that will make a difference in the future.
And, For All That Is Holy, don’t go crazy with the Zucchini plants! You will be sorry…
one other thing, I have bein helping one of my neighbors with a project.
I lend and helped with my scaffolding as I have 5 sets and planks
a whole lot easier to do damn near anything on them than using a ladder.
he lend me is wood splitter, gas powered 22 ton. I have a small 5 ton electric one
it makes quick work of all the rounds I gotten from the tree guys doing the clearing
of another neighbor’s lot.
just by working and helping your neighbors you can make and build a strong group. something we may want and need the way shit going these days
too tired right now, catch you guys in the am
I have good relations with all but one neighbor. We refer to her as “cupcake”. When the times become SHTF she’ll not get any assistance from ANY of us. As it should be.
Our cucumbers are now producing and we get one or two a day now. At $1.60 a piece in the store, that is a good deal because I eat a cucumber based large salad each and every day. They will produce more as they age and I may get to make pickles again this year.
When the tomatoes come in, I will eat my entire daily salad from the garden. Home made bread, fresh cutting tomatoes, lettuce, and bell peppers make for a great sandwich as well. I love this time of the year because we get fresh produce right off the plants.