Seeds–one week later…

Tomatoes are up…  some of the lettuce in the window box (plan is to plant one every 2-3 weeks…..  no peppers (second shelf) yet… and I popped the celery in there that was on the kitchen windowsill.

If I’m planting seeds…

how can spring be far away???  Plant seeds…  put lights on …  getting dark…  cover with electric blanket and other blanket..  oh NO..  100 degrees …   70 degrees …. better!!

                   

A portable greenhouse!!

I love going to Stein’s Garden Center when
there are only 2 cars in the parking lot! 
Lots of personal service! 
Check it out!  $36 on sale!

Seeds! I am so excited!

They all arrived today!!  Bought them from a local seed place (ok..  local here is 60 miles north-slightly NE of Shawano) but it was mail order called St. Clare Heirloom Seeds.  I discovered them on Dave’ Garden website and they were one of the 30 most highly rated companies with all positive reviews!  I plan to only use a few from each pack and learn how to save them for future years!  Some are flowers and some are herbs (mostly medicinal), there are 6 kinds/colors of tomatoes (white/red/yellow/purple) including 2 cherry tomatoes (black/yellow), 3 kinds of carrots(red/purple/orange), 4 types of sweet peppers (orange/purple/yellow/red), pumpkins, squash, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumbers, eggplant and lots of greens.  I thought about what I want to put in the mixture when I juice and added some that I didn’t plan to order (celery/broccoli/cauliflower) and thought about what the dogs like (carrots/melons/pumpkin/peppers/squash).  This weekend the temperature is to be a high of 3 degrees… oh…. where is spring!

Order Summary
Asparagus - Mary Washington Imp.    1.99
Broccoli - Green Sprouting Calabrese    1.75
Cantaloupe - Hales Best Jumbo    1.99
Carrot - Atomic Red    1.99
Carrot - Cosmic Purple    1.99
Carrot - Tendersweet    1.99
Cauliflower - Snowball Self-Blanching    2.25
Celery - Tall Utah 52-70    1.99
Corn - Country Gentleman    1.99
Corn - Silver King    2.50
Cucumber - Bush Crop    2.50
Cucumber - White Wonder    1.99
Eggplant - Long Purple    1.99
Flower - Coneflower - Echinacea    2.50
Flower - Morning Glory - Heavenly Blue    1.99
Flower - Rudbeckia - Black Eyed Susan    2.49
Flower - Sunflower - Mammoth Grey Stripe    1.99
Herb - Lavender Vera    2.25
Herb - Peppermint    2.00
Herb - Sage, Broadleaf    1.75
Herb - Thyme    1.75
Herb - Yarrow    1.50
Kale - Red Russian    1.99
Lettuce - Blend #1    1.75
Lettuce - Loose Leaf - Green Ice    1.75
Lettuce - Romaine - Parris Island COS    1.50
Melon - Cantaloupe - Minnesota Midget    1.99
Melon - Honeydew - Green Flesh    1.99
Pepper - Sweet   Orange King    1.99
Pepper - Sweet  - Emerald Giant    1.99
Pepper - Sweet  - Purple Beauty    2.75
Pepper - Sweet  - Sunbright    1.99
Planner - Clyde's Garden Planner    4.99
Pumpkin - Casper    2.50
Pumpkin - Long Island Cheese    2.25
Pumpkin - Small Sugar    2.50
Spinach - Bloomsdale Long Standing    1.75
Squash - Summer - Early Prolific Straightneck    1.99
Squash - Winter - Sugar Loaf    2.25
Squash - Winter - Vegetable Spaghetti    2.25
Swiss Chard - Rainbow Mix    2.50
Tomato - Black Cherry    2.50
Tomato - Brandywine (Black)    2.50
Tomato - Garden Peach    2.49
Tomato - Golden Nugget    2.49
Tomato - Heirloom Rainbow Blend    2.75
Tomato - White Wonder Beefsteak    2.50
Watermelon - Crimson Sweet    1.99
Watermelon - Sugar Baby    1.99

How long do seeds last?

Seeds….

An idea…  put window on porch and hang seed packets like photos are hung
on these window frames.

     

 

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Indoor Seed Starting

Equipment Supplies Order & Unboxing from Greenhouse

Published on Dec 18, 2012 by Brandon Marshall

Here you will see the setup of supplies to start our seeds this year.Serious Gardener and Chef found this company online that seemed to have very reasonable prices. We ordered the following..
* Seed Propagation Heat Mat
* Agrosun Florescent Lamp 48"
* Agrosun 48" Light Tube 2450 Lumens, 40 watt each
* Standard 1020 Trays w/ no holes
* 2" Vented Humidity Dome for 1020 Trays
* 7 " Vented Humidity Dome for 1020 Trays
* Traditional Inserts #2401, 4 open packs per insert (10 pack)

Here is our seed order from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIEOdJDcVUY
See the construction of our Raised Vegetable Gardens Bed here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRhEpOb0Al0

 

 

http://www.thelifeandtimesofthemarshalls.com/2012/12/planning-starting-of-our-spring.html

How to Start Vegetable Seeds Indoors

in Winter for Spring Planting!

Published on Dec 22, 2012 by Brandon Marshall

Serious Gardener and Chef show you how to start your own seeds at home allowing you to grow a greater diversity of vegetables! Start with the right pots, soil, and seeds and then follow Chef Brandon's detailed steps to grow healthy, successful seedlings indoors for the next Spring to transplant in your garden. The setup that we have includes using a Seed Heat Mat, Garden trays, Inserts, & Domes and 48" Grow Light. Once finished we will have 96 vegetables to transplant in our Spring Vegetable Garden!

Seeds for 2013…. maybe….

 

From Botanical Interests

 

Squash Winter Lakota Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Melon Muskmelon/Cantaloupe Minnesota Midget Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Eggplant Black Beauty Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Kale Red Winter Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Lettuce Leaf Red Velvet Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Pepper Sweet California Wonder Orange Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Pepper Sweet California Wonder Organic HEIRLOOM Seed

Pumpkin Sugar Pie Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Squash Summer Black Beauty Zucchini Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Squash Winter Vegetable Spaghetti HEIRLOOM Seeds

Tomatillo Toma Verde HEIRLOOM Seeds

Tomato Pole Beefsteak Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Watermelon Sugar Baby Organic HEIRLOOM Seeds

Can’t forget the flowers!

Yet another good idea for sprouting seeds!

More seeds..

Seeds