gardenissity
the great garden experiment is about to begin. went to the anne arundel farmers co-op in glen burnie a couple weekends ago and got lots of seeds. its an ambitious list.
starting with some herbs----rosemary, thyme, basil, and oregano.
then all the vegetables----early tomato, heirloom beefsteak tomato, broccoli, okra, cantaloupe, small sweet pumpkin for pie, bush sugar baby watermelon, spinach, summer crookneck squash, yellow scallop squash, zucchini, string beans, early sunglow corn, silver queen corn.
then there's the fun stuff----strawberry popcorn; it grows small 2"ears with red kernels which turn white when popped, japanese hulless popcorn; the hulls disappear when popped.
then there's the flowers----2 kinds of sunflowers; a 4 foot and a 6 foot variety, there was a 10 and 12 foot variety too but we figured they would be entirely too big to be practical. gonna get some marigolds for pest control in the vegetable garden, and get one of the cans of mixed wildflowers to make a sprinkle bed in the front yard.
have already gotten the calender out to figure the final frost and when to start seedlings and when the theoretical harvests are. now all we have to do is get the starter trays and soil and make a mess on the dining room table.
starting with some herbs----rosemary, thyme, basil, and oregano.
then all the vegetables----early tomato, heirloom beefsteak tomato, broccoli, okra, cantaloupe, small sweet pumpkin for pie, bush sugar baby watermelon, spinach, summer crookneck squash, yellow scallop squash, zucchini, string beans, early sunglow corn, silver queen corn.
then there's the fun stuff----strawberry popcorn; it grows small 2"ears with red kernels which turn white when popped, japanese hulless popcorn; the hulls disappear when popped.
then there's the flowers----2 kinds of sunflowers; a 4 foot and a 6 foot variety, there was a 10 and 12 foot variety too but we figured they would be entirely too big to be practical. gonna get some marigolds for pest control in the vegetable garden, and get one of the cans of mixed wildflowers to make a sprinkle bed in the front yard.
have already gotten the calender out to figure the final frost and when to start seedlings and when the theoretical harvests are. now all we have to do is get the starter trays and soil and make a mess on the dining room table.