Got some pictures around the front yard. It needs a lot of work, but that doesn’t stop the stuff that’s ready to bloom to do so. The first picture is the only one I planted myself. Everything else was planted by the landlord before he died.
See my general blog for the fire burned RV pictures!
I changed the name of the blog. There’s a little place on I15 going between Idaho Falls and Pocatello with this big beautiful garden and a sign: Garden of Eatin’. I just remembered that I always wanted that sign on my garden (it’s been over a year since we moved from Idaho) so I figured my garden blog name is the next best thing.
Plants still aren’t looking great. The strawberries are still growing and that is really making me think transplant shock. I have plenty of seeds to start over, and quite a few beefsteak and roma plants still inside…time will tell if I’ll have to start some or all of them over. I have come to the knowledge that complete and proper hardening off is important!!
Seed companies to avoid (link to mothering.com forum discussion)
Totally Tomato
Vermont Bean Seed Co.
Burpee
Cook’s Garden
Johnny’s Seeds
Earl May Seed
Gardens Alive
Lindenberg Seeds
Mountain Valley Seed
Park Seed
T&T Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply
Willhite Seed Co.
Nichol’s
Rupp
Osborne
Snow
Stokes
Jungs
R.H. Shumway
The Vermont Bean Seed Company
Seeds for the World
Seymour’s Selected Seeds
HPS
Roots and Rhizomes
McClure and Zimmerman Quality Bulb Brokers
Spring Hill Nurseries
Breck’s Bulbs
Audubon Workshop
Flower of the Month Club
Wayside Gardens
Park Bulbs
Park’s Countryside Garden
Seed companies safe from monsanto seed (link to mothering.com forum discussion)
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Seeds of Change
Seed Saver’s Exchange
Renee’s Garden
Baker Creek Seed Co.
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
Abundant Life Seeds
Underwood Garden Seeds
Bountiful Gardens
Kitchen Garden Seeds
High Mowing Seeds
Heirloom Acres Seeds
Garden City Seeds
Tomato Fest
Mountain Rose Herbs
Southern Exposure
Amishland Seeds
Tiny Seeds
Local Harvest
Heirloom Seeds
Fedco Seed Co.
Diane’s Flower Seeds (she has veggies now, too)
Wood Prairie Farm
Victory Seeds
Wildseed Farms
Horizon Herbs
Heirlooms Evermore Seeds
Territorial Seed Company
Richters Herbs
Lake Valley Seeds
Companies that have signed the Council for Responsible Genetic’s Safe Seed Pledge
Why it matters:
Center for Food Safety: Monsanto vs US Farmers Report
Government slashes pesticide reporting laws
For more information, just Google Monsanto. Even search their own website – their own pledges about creating a healthy sustainable planet go against everything they manufacture and do. You can’t make Round Up then turn around and say you’re trying to save the enviroment.
I was personally too late learning this information and bought a lot of Burpee seeds, but I’ll be much more careful from now on.
If these plants survive this, it’ll be in spite of me, not because of me LOL
These are the herbs and lettuce, under the tarp.
Tomatoes
So classy =)
The one tipped over is covering my poor mutilated beefsteak
You can tell we drink a lot of crap here LOL
Bigger section
Hmmmmmmm…..
How to grow rice at home
Yes, I’m going to try this LOL
Went out and did some weeding and watering. Things were getting pretty dry, so I’m hoping some of the sickly plant problem was a water need. The strawberries are still doing excellent, so I wonder if it’s transplant shock more then poor soil? I tried to harden off the plants, but we haven’t had enough dry weather to do a good job with that.
None of the plants are looking well…the herbs are perhaps the greenest, but they all are turning pale and some have white spots, which could partially be from the cold, but I think it’s the soil. The compost we added just wasn’t enough. I’ll use the Earth Juice when it comes and get real amendments to actually fix it as I can.
Happy Beltane/Mayday!
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