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Post by extremegardener on Nov 17, 2008 17:11:34 GMT -5
www.theextremegardener.comOK - so I finally found the place to make introductions. This Forum is huge, and it's going to take me a while to get to all the stuff I want to read and respond to here, but... HELLLLOOO everybody! I'm in a zone 3-4 location in Vermont , USA. I started seed saving around 1980, and besides maintaining heirlooms I collected in the area, I specialize in breeding by neglect and abuse subjecting plants to rigorous conditions. My primary technique is to fling lots of different seeds at the gardens, and see what survives. My goal is to naturalize as many things I can eat as possible. This would be a lot easier if I wasn't a vegetarian... Present projects include naturalizing sugarloaf chicories, and one of my major garden fantasies is to develop a totally hardy, disease resistant BIG (well, at least medium sized) multiplying storage onion. Oh, self-peeling, too, while we're at it.... Leigh
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Post by grungy on Nov 17, 2008 19:27:39 GMT -5
Hi Leigh
Well to our little gardening "family". I am heading off to see you blog shortly, but if it has as much bounce as your into, I am already sure I will enjoy it.
Cheers,
Val / grungy
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Post by grungy on Nov 17, 2008 19:30:34 GMT -5
Fantastic start - will be checking in often.
Cheers,
Val
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Post by cff on Nov 17, 2008 19:32:46 GMT -5
Hey Leigh Who's the cute girl on the top of your home page  Nice start on that Blog too |
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Post by Rebsie on Nov 18, 2008 5:29:59 GMT -5
Hello Leigh ... very nice website you've got there. I love those potatoes ... I grow a variety called Shetland Black which is unmistakably similar (has the small foliage and the purple vascular ring) so I wonder if it's the same or closely related to your original parent variety. Mine rarely produces seedballs though, and only flowers when it feels like it. It's good to see another vegetarian here too. |
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Post by extremegardener on Nov 18, 2008 9:27:48 GMT -5
Hey Leigh Who's the cute girl on the top of your home page Nice start on that Blog too He he he.. c'est moi, but I must admit that Photoshop is better than botox... at least for avatars... |
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Post by extremegardener on Nov 18, 2008 9:54:20 GMT -5
Hello Leigh ... very nice website you've got there. I love those potatoes ... I grow a variety called Shetland Black which is unmistakably similar (has the small foliage and the purple vascular ring) so I wonder if it's the same or closely related to your original parent variety. Mine rarely produces seedballs though, and only flowers when it feels like it. It's good to see another vegetarian here too. Hi Rebsi! Sounds like it could be the same spud, the Blue Shetlands have very dark violet skin, so I could imagine someone calling them black. Your question has inspired me to consult my Grubb & Guilford "The Potato" to see if I can find anything on their lineage chart. I'll post more in the potato section... see you there Leigh |
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Post by bunkie on Nov 18, 2008 14:12:26 GMT -5
welcome leigh! i have been enjoying reading your website this morning. keep up the good works!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Nov 18, 2008 15:50:55 GMT -5
Welcome Extreme Gardener. Love your blog and your use of perennials, LOL
Look Flowerpower, another mountain dweller in B-r-r--r, Zone 4...
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Post by canadamike on Nov 18, 2008 17:56:04 GMT -5
Bah! Compared to us Blue, she lives in the tropics! ;D
Speaking of blue/black, I have some pretty darn dark ones in Tom's tubers I grew this year...
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Post by Alan on Nov 20, 2008 0:49:49 GMT -5
Hey Leigh! It's great to have you here and we think you will really like it here! Were all just one big family and we hope you enjoy our friendship and site! Welcome to Homegrown Goodness, I'll add a link to your site over at my blog as well!
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 20, 2008 18:54:22 GMT -5
I'd like to plug this blog. Since I've bumped into it, I visit often. It's great.
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