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Just A Note-05-09

07.05.09 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

It had rained and then the sun came out. Joanne had noted my garden is mainly shrubs and flowers, which it is, and I wrote back that I was only just getting back into vegetable gardening the past few years after a decade hiatus of fervent food gardening. I still have only a third of the old garden back in production. Anyway, the conversation goaded me (inspired me actually) off my backside and out into the garden to inspect things… and one thing led to another and I planted out the rest of the broccoli and some of the pepper plants.

I was spacing out the broccoli, seems like I always have to harvest it at once.

I had planted old, old lettuce seed (don’t want to tell you how old!), but saw it came up nicely. I shall have tiny butterhead Tom Thumbs in my June garden this year. At least that is when I perceive they will be ready. Lettuce seed is viable for a VERY long time, so take a chance on your old seed.

Tomato plants are looking good. Brandywine is the main variety I have for this year.

Planted some of my containers, and need to go purchase some nicotiana to stick in with the polka dot plant and white caladium for a semi-shade area. I’m keeping my pots simpler this year. Put together lemon symphony osteospermum, yellow petunia, dreamsicle (yes, creamy orange) calibrachoa, and some Victoria salvia in a couple other containers that get full sun.

Well, that is it- gotta go

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  1. CONEFLOWER says

    May 8, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Hi Ilona. I had missed a few of your posts so I went back to catch up. I love your blog. You always have something interesting to say and to show. Your new containers sound lovely. Show us some pictures. I’m glad you’re reviving some of your “old” friends.

  2. Ilona says

    May 9, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    At the height of the planting season we who garden are out there in the trenches;) We will probably all be visiting each others blogs more in the dog days of summer – taking refuge in the house with the fan blowing and glass of ice tea.

    I thought I’d spruce up the containers a bit ( a little dabs of paint before taking photos. But then I waited just one day on the elegant lady tulips and poof! a visiting deer had an evening meal of them. You should have seen me give a dbl take the next morning “I KNOW I saw my tulips out htere yesterday!”

  3. WiseAcre says

    May 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    If it wasn’t 15 years old – it doesn’t count. Ask my wife who has some even older still in her seed box 🙂

  4. Ilona says

    May 10, 2009 at 9:34 am

    Wiseacre…let’s just say it was from sometime in the 90’s.

    I do have some other types of seed that didn’t fare so well, and the sprout test is necessary before taking the time, work, and space of planting those.

  5. TC says

    May 10, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    And that’s enough! You’ve been busy.

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