Post by indianamike on Nov 22, 2014 17:24:40 GMT -5
So I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself! My name is Mike and I live in southern Indiana. I have about 5 acres of land, maybe 3 of that is good for growing things. I have been reading this forum for a couple months and I love the ideas here, so much knowledge and dare I say wisdom? I like growing my own food and some of the successes here have been:
Corn
Popcorn
Sweet Corn
Lettuce
Beans
Quinoa
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Peppers
Peas
Onions
Notable failures:
Watermelon
Squash
Potatoes
Most of what I have been growing has been "heirloom" varieties, mostly from Seed Savers' Exchange. I, like many people I suppose, had the unfortunate belief that "genetic diversity" means lots of "pure" varieties. I like the mentality here, try to put all that uniqueness together and let it sort out how to get the best combination for your area. I am wanting to incorporate as many of these ideas in my garden as I can. I would like to trade seeds for things that I am interested in growing in my garden. I am also willing to try and grow out seed for people, if it fits in my space! Below are some pictures of what I have.
Sweet corn types of Stowell's Evergreen and Golden Bantam.
The Hop Mcconnell Speckled is a bit of a misnomer, it expressed as white, red, and stripped. Its a dent, but on the flinty side.
This photo has the popcorn harvest for this year in it. Left to right, Tom Thumb, Strawberry, and Bear Paw. The bear paw some is crossed with strawberry, all of them could be a little mixed up.
On top of the corn, I have the following:
Red Zebra Tomato
Brown Berry Cherry Tomato
Santa Fe Grande Pepper (hot)
Cow Horn Pepper (hot)
Things I am looking for are tomatoes, peppers (sweet or hot), squash, corn (flint/flour, popcorn, or sweet corn), beans (whole type for canning), and grain sorghum. And Joseph, I have a few silver dimes to send your way for some interesting varieties!
A little more about myself, I am an engineer working for Cummins, Inc in the Service organization, putting together service fault code information for publication in service manuals. I love to tinker and play with mechanical things. I grew up on a small farm and we had to make due and fix things when they broke. My dad always told me, "If it's already broken, you can't make it worse by trying to fix it!"
Corn
Popcorn
Sweet Corn
Lettuce
Beans
Quinoa
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Peppers
Peas
Onions
Notable failures:
Watermelon
Squash
Potatoes
Most of what I have been growing has been "heirloom" varieties, mostly from Seed Savers' Exchange. I, like many people I suppose, had the unfortunate belief that "genetic diversity" means lots of "pure" varieties. I like the mentality here, try to put all that uniqueness together and let it sort out how to get the best combination for your area. I am wanting to incorporate as many of these ideas in my garden as I can. I would like to trade seeds for things that I am interested in growing in my garden. I am also willing to try and grow out seed for people, if it fits in my space! Below are some pictures of what I have.
Sweet corn types of Stowell's Evergreen and Golden Bantam.
The Hop Mcconnell Speckled is a bit of a misnomer, it expressed as white, red, and stripped. Its a dent, but on the flinty side.
This photo has the popcorn harvest for this year in it. Left to right, Tom Thumb, Strawberry, and Bear Paw. The bear paw some is crossed with strawberry, all of them could be a little mixed up.
On top of the corn, I have the following:
Red Zebra Tomato
Brown Berry Cherry Tomato
Santa Fe Grande Pepper (hot)
Cow Horn Pepper (hot)
Things I am looking for are tomatoes, peppers (sweet or hot), squash, corn (flint/flour, popcorn, or sweet corn), beans (whole type for canning), and grain sorghum. And Joseph, I have a few silver dimes to send your way for some interesting varieties!
A little more about myself, I am an engineer working for Cummins, Inc in the Service organization, putting together service fault code information for publication in service manuals. I love to tinker and play with mechanical things. I grew up on a small farm and we had to make due and fix things when they broke. My dad always told me, "If it's already broken, you can't make it worse by trying to fix it!"