Seed Buying Spree

I've spent the better part of the day on-line looking at old posts and scouring seed catalogues. I know I have to start planting some seeds soon so I decided I'd make sure I wasn't sorry later for not having done my research on time.

Looks like I'm just coming in under the wire for somethings (ie, I think pepper seeds could have been planted last week)! I won't get any done until at least next weekend but at least I'm not too far behind some of the other obsessives!

I really wanted
Koralik tomatoes
again for my roof
(I got this plant
from Julianna
last year and it
was packed with
decorative clusters
of little red cherry
tomatoes).


I found Koralik seeds at http://www.tomatofest.com/ ... and I wanted Whippersnapper because it's a really early tomato (Julianna was eating hers in May last year). I was glad to find it at http://www.terraedibles.ca/ (the rest of the order just happened - I'm a shoppa-seed-a-holic and there is no cure - thankfully).

$45.40 Tomatofest - 2010 Tomato Order

Koralik $2.95
Costoluto Genovese $3.95
Fargo $2.95
Fuzzy Bomb $3.95
Piccolo $3.95
Pink Accordion $3.95
Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe $3.95
Red Fig $2.95
Sweet Pea Currant $3.95
Tim's Black Ruffles-Tomato Seeds $3.95
Yellow Ruffled $2.95

Subtotal: $39.45
Tax: $0.00
Shipping and Handling: $5.95
Grand Total: $45.40

$32.15 Terra Edibles Tomato (and Chard) 2010 Order

All seeds were $2.50/package.

Black from Tula
Bloody Butcher
Cossack Pineapple Ground Cherry
Hillbilly
Isis Candy
Riesentraube
Sicilian Saucer
Whippersnapper

Chard - Five Colour Silverbeet

Shipping: Mail - Canada: $5.95

GST Tax: $1.42
PST Tax: $2.28

TOTAL $32.15

2010 Happy New Year

I am starting the year opening an aerogarden parcel delivered from http://eco-source.easystorecreator.com/items/indoor-gardening/indoor-garden-accessories-and-replacement-parts/aerogarden-starting-tray-agst-detail.htm located in Ottawa. I put a special instructions on the order to not leave it on my front step but they did (fortunately I have a neighbour who looks out for me and took my package in while I was in Florida visiting my parents for a week. I suppose it is the post office that wasn't following instructions. The 2'x1'x9" package was placed underneath my welcome mat ... WTF?

I have new grow lights and 3 packages of seeds to grow herbs and lettuce. The main reason I placed the order was so that I could once again get the seed starter kit which will let me to hydroponically grow 70 different heirloom seedlings organically for my garden. I wanted to grow herbs but I think they will be peaking when I need to begin to grow the garden seedlings so I am wondering if I should wait on this.

making leafmould

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/factsheets/making_leafmould.php

HA - I knew it (no I didn't) ... but I just found a site on making leafmould ... I've been making it in the driveway, in plastic bags for the past month ... thought I'd be able to fit it all into my car when I brought it to the allotment but about 3-4 bags didn't quite fit (so I thought I'd take it down later & later's never come) ... now this ... HA

Collect autumn leaves. All types can be mixed together
Water them, if dry, to help them rot
Pack leaves into a suitable container
Ignore them for a year or two
Use the leafmould

Now I want to take all the bags that are on the street waiting to be picked up (I'll have to take them out of paper bags - or wet them & put plastic bags over top of them) ... and/or I could also do this with them ... not exactly sure what the gardening 'nude' thing is - I'm thinking it's like Jamie Oliver's the 'Naked' Chef ... about being transparent, etc

http://www.gardeningnude.com/gardeningnude/2009/07/get-yo-green-on-tuesday-compost-101-how-to-compost.html

leaves for the garden - a good thing

Prepare for next year's vegetable garden now http://bit.ly/4uMSsW

Garlic Planting through to Storage

I've been waiting to begin gardenbre3 ... now that garlic planting is here I think it's a good time to start as it will be the first planting of the 2010 garden! First to learn 'how to' do ...


Preparing Garlic to Plant


Planting Garlic


Garlic Harvesting


Garlic Cleaning (for Storage)


How to Store Garlic

end of year -

Don't forget to begin planning to bring in houseplants before temperatures dip ... hoarders - this means Fall Cleaning (especially if Spring Cleaning fell by the wayside))!

Some wonderful tips from Margaret Roach on her website, Away to Garden, that I pulled off a Tweet. today, 8 October 09.

http://awaytogarden.com/brrrr-overwintering-tips-for-tender-plants

As well, Gayla has been bringing plants in already ... woops (I looks like I really need to get my peppers inside ASAP)

http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/10/06/the-first-plants-to-come-in/

Year Three - Organizing Info http:www.seeds.ca/mbr/member.php

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