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Post by flowerpower on Feb 2, 2008 7:57:32 GMT -5
The groundhog in PA predicted 6 more weeks of winter-what a big surprise. I am going to start eggplant and peppers in mid Feb. I always start maters too early. lol I will start them 2nd week of March. Maybe on the 13th- its my bday.  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Feb 2, 2008 8:08:21 GMT -5
Yes, and I already have it marked on my calendar, unlike last year.  I'd hate to send you something you didn't like. Would you like some seeds??? LOLOL |
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Post by canadamike on Feb 2, 2008 16:07:22 GMT -5
hey blue. Speaking of plant starting, I went to Ritchie feed and seed in Ottawa today, and the italian seed company, Bavvichi is now selling mycelium of 5 or 6 mushroom varieties at 9.99$, which is dirt cheap. I am telling you that because I think I read a post sometime ago where you had a question about growing mushrooms. If its not you then,...you now know anyway... It is way cheaper than what we can get on the net. And it is an excellent company, I've bought their seeds from the states in the past. Now Ritchie carries a rack of them. You get more than 5 times the amount of seeds from McKenzie's for $1.89....
Michel
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Feb 2, 2008 21:02:22 GMT -5
Mike, I don't recall asking about mushrooms, other than maybe just for curiosity sake? I doubt if I would ever bother to grow them at home? But thanks for the info.
I've never been to Ritchie's. I know where the store is at 7 & 417, but I'm so seldom up that way, and they are usually closed when I am passing through. Maybe sometime I will stop and take a look at what all they sell.
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Post by grungy on Feb 2, 2008 22:34:34 GMT -5
And we all infected.
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Post by Alan on Feb 3, 2008 23:45:57 GMT -5
I'll be starting some seeds in the greenhouse come Febuary 14'th, my annual day for starting peppers, eggplants, cabbage, kale, collards, and lettuces and from there on out I'll be busy, busy, busy for the year. I'll probably also be potting up tomatoes for the other greenhouse sometime around that point in time as I am hoping the new greenhouse will be up and done by this coming weekend. That is if all of this bronchitus crap goes away by then, luckily I'm finally starting to feel a little better!
Man I've got that springtime itch again!
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Post by Jim on Feb 4, 2008 11:13:57 GMT -5
You'll be a busy boy..
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Post by Alan on Feb 4, 2008 23:36:05 GMT -5
Counting on it and hoping so! I absolutely love what I do and to be honest with you, doing that kind of hard work and sharing it with customers and friends during a hot summers day, is in my opinion, the very best feeling in the world! Oh, and I can't stand winter, I know I'm supposed to re-charge my batteries during winter but it honestly feels more like draining my batteries cause i'm always getting sick and bored.
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Post by Jim on Feb 5, 2008 10:15:25 GMT -5
I'm getting ancy. I keep staring at the pile of seed packets and I want to get the planting.
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Post by bunkie on Feb 5, 2008 12:25:16 GMT -5
i'm getting antsy too! i keep looking at my seed packet piles too...but then i glance out the windows and see this...sigh...the little greenhouses buried in snow...sigh...  and the driveway...  and it's snowing as i write this, and another storm's coming in tomorrow and Wednesday night...but i see 40's coming up this weekend, woohoo!!! ;D |
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Post by Jim on Feb 5, 2008 13:28:17 GMT -5
Bunkie thats alot of snow......ours all melted the last 2 days.
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Post by Alan on Feb 5, 2008 16:50:52 GMT -5
I got the biggest of the greenhouses cleaned up and stralized today and got all the pots and flats bleached and steralized, so short of putting the potting table back in it tomarro it's ready to go. The other greenhouse should be finished by this next week I hope! |
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Post by caudill78 on Feb 19, 2008 19:36:46 GMT -5
I hope to start my Peppers, Egg Plants and Cabbage tomorrow morning... Finally, it feels like spring is right around the corner |
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Post by houseodessey on Feb 19, 2008 19:59:22 GMT -5
I saw my first robin on Sunday and it gave me hope. I started a while back but look forward to starting more ( I have limited lights for seedlings). What's the radio man reference?
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Post by Alan on Feb 21, 2008 23:33:00 GMT -5
Well, we got a half an inch of ice today!  I spent a good portion of my day keeping the ice buildup off of the greenhouses, particularly the new one which doesn't yet have electricity and as such has no heat. It was getting thick for a while! Anyhow, I also spent the day finishing up some small touches on the new greenhouse and cleaning up the older one and getting it set up to start plants. Tomarrow morning, the day of my birthday, will officially be my first day of spring (spring starts for me the minuite the first seeds are sown in the greenhouse). I will be starting collards, kales, cabbages, lettuces, peppers, eggplants and some tobaccos tomarrow morning bright and early. I can hardly wait! It just means I'm getting that much closer to spring, selling produce, looking at the great diversity of the farm, making some money, puting smiles on my customers faces, processing stuff for home use, homegrown sweet corn and grilled chicken! And saving seed for distribution to all of my wonderful friends here! Oh yeah, and who can forget, making new crosses of plants, selections of which, and the new honey bees, and ginseng hunting, and so on, and so on, and so on! |
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I spent a good portion of my day keeping the ice buildup off of the greenhouses, particularly the new one which doesn't yet have electricity and as such has no heat. It was getting thick for a while!