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Post by philagardener on Dec 9, 2015 22:36:37 GMT -5
dave , I'd rescue those pots - if just a frost then they didn't freeze solid and the mini-tubers in there probably will sprout again.
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Post by kazedwards on Dec 10, 2015 1:56:54 GMT -5
Welcome dave. Very glad to have you as part of the community. |
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Post by SteveB on Mar 17, 2017 21:01:57 GMT -5
I'm a longtime lurker, new to joining. I have toyed with growing my whole life, I was the kid my mother would shake her head at because I always grew from "the pantry" so to speak. Saving and growing seeds from everything that came through the kitchen. Of course the potatoes and anything else I couldstick in the dirt. Looking back i wish I'd have kept up with my instinct instead of focusing on life as a teen and getting out of the dirt... Oh well, I've been back in for at least seven years now and finally have a bigger yard to convert to growing. I aim to grow as much as possible to provide all I can for myself. I dream of substance farming, And self sufficiency. I mainly have seeds I've been saving from named variety tomatoes, I have noticed a variation in one, I plan to grow as many seedlings this year from the variety so I can pick out any more that show the variation. It has a slightly more regular leaf look to the potato leaf it should be displaying. And the fruits are smaller yet more consistent shape with similar favors. Oh well, it's one trait to explore.. I tend to save many more seed than I plant, this year I plan to start many more than I let mature. Let the culling begin...
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Post by richardw on Mar 18, 2017 13:48:26 GMT -5
Welcome SteveB, What part of the world are you in? |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Mar 18, 2017 19:50:04 GMT -5
Welcome SteveB and other quiet lurkers! We know you are out there lurking right now...! ...Careful for those of you lurking in the shadows... you might get eaten by a Grue! |
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Post by SteveB on Mar 18, 2017 20:25:16 GMT -5
Welcome SteveB, What part of the world are you in? Pennsylvania, US Welcome SteveB and other quiet lurkers! We know you are out there lurking right now...! ...Careful for those of you lurking in the shadows... you might get eaten by a Grue! There are many lurkers.... Some timid, some malevolent...... |
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Post by raymondo on Mar 19, 2017 17:10:03 GMT -5
Welcome Steve.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jan 26, 2018 15:36:55 GMT -5
Noticed there are quite a lot of new people lately! Welcome all! Join in!
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Post by pkuhns on Mar 19, 2018 9:48:10 GMT -5
Hello from Indianapolis (Zone 6a). New member here who lives downtown and tries to do too much on his postage-stamp lot. Current obsession: apple trees and bush-habit winter squash. Details at 11...
-- Pete Kuhns, Indy
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Post by richardw on Mar 19, 2018 13:02:23 GMT -5
Welcome Pete
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Post by alongshore on Feb 20, 2019 8:22:07 GMT -5
Just joined up here after reading some fantastic posts. I found the forum from Joseph's latest appearance on the OSSI podcast and am happy to be here. I have been growing and saving seed for the past 10 years on Cape Cod starting at various Community Gardens to now a garden that I share with my wife and two rescue dogs. I was a member of the Seed Savers Exchange and sold at the Harwich Farmers Market in 2017. I focus on finding interesting varieties and seeds that work in the ever changing climate of the Cape Cod region. All of my seed is grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or herbicides.
I'm in the process of setting up a seed swapping coop in my region with Native seeds and hopefully developing Landrace varieties for the future of our ever changing climate here. We are surrounded by ocean and are being affected by Climate Change very quickly.
What I'm currently interested in: Native Dry Beans, Native American Squash, Lettuce, Peppers and Tomatoes. My philosophy: Seed belongs in the commons and in the hands of local gardeners for the good of all. Patenting of seed is obstructing biodiversity and resilience in our local food systems and should be eradicated. |
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Post by steev on Feb 20, 2019 12:27:23 GMT -5
Always good to have new input to avoid inbreeding depression; welcome to the landrace.
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Post by hortusbrambonii on Mar 14, 2019 13:25:14 GMT -5
I'm back, Bram-from-Belgium
I'm still rather chaotic and looking for the weirdest things that don't die first.
Looking for some new experiments in this new year...
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Post by flowerbug on Dec 24, 2019 15:56:09 GMT -5
i'm flowerbug from mid-Michigan. a middle aged guy living with Mom.  i used to do techie things with computers for a living but gave that up after 15 years of doing pretty much nothing but. semi-retired is how i consider myself as i've taken part-time jobs when something came up i'd like to do. my last job was at a library which i did for some years until the management changed and then it became time for me to do something else. i'm an avid reader so i do miss the work as i believe in the mission of libraries and love books. i also miss a lot of the patrons who became friends that i don't see as much any more. i'm a bit of hermit now and that is ok as i do like the homebody type of life. there's always plenty to keep busy with here with all the gardens. i arrived HG via a recommendation from zeedman. it took me some time to clear enough of my space to be able to write more again. fall and early winter are busy times for us here with me putting up things and also picking and sorting beans. which i continue into the middle of winter. now there is a seed swap coming up to get ready for so that will be my next project. i still consider myself a novice when it comes down to gardening in some ways. i study a lot of different things as i can and try to fit them together. the scientific terminology isn't easy for me (memorization was never my forte) but eventually i'll pick it up if i read about it often enough. i do have bean breeding projects going on and some success so that is always exciting. as i get them fairly stable i pass them along to others. also i trial beans of as many kinds as i can in our main heavy soil gardens to see if they will do ok or not but i also have other gardens that work as controls to test against which are more sandy loam or different than our subsoils. if i find a few beans each season that seem productive enough then i consider that a big help. if i find them productive enough no matter what garden they are planted in then that is also well worth noting and following up on (and encouraging crosses from them to the rest of my beans). |
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Post by xdrix on Dec 29, 2019 17:46:55 GMT -5
Hello i am new on a proboard.
Your proboard is a big data base. I am verry curious.
I like gardening!
Sometimes a stranger plant grow in my Garden and i like to know about.This is the alone forum on internet who i have find all this informations.
Congrulation
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i used to do techie things with computers for a living but gave that up after 15 years of doing pretty much nothing but. semi-retired is how i consider myself as i've taken part-time jobs when something came up i'd like to do. my last job was at a library which i did for some years until the management changed and then it became time for me to do something else. i'm an avid reader so i do miss the work as i believe in the mission of libraries and love books. i also miss a lot of the patrons who became friends that i don't see as much any more. i'm a bit of hermit now and that is ok as i do like the homebody type of life. there's always plenty to keep busy with here with all the gardens.