Subj : Garden Planting Planning
To   : Mike Powell
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Jan 26 2025 18:18:00

-=> Mike Powell wrote to THE GODFATHER <=-

 MP> I plant flower bulbs.  I have tried growing things, from veg to
 MP> wildflowers, from seed and never have much luck with them coming up.
 MP> Even planted some ornamental beans a couple of times that never came
 MP> up.

 MP> I have fair to good luck with cherry and grape tomato plants growning
 MP> well and bearing fruit.  I will probably buy 2-3 of those and plant
 MP> them sometime in early May, after the threat of frost is mostly gone.

 MP> I tried planting a couple of pepper plants one year.  The bell peppers
 MP> never did anything.  The banana peppers did grow but tasted more like
 MP> bell peppers than bananas, and it only bore 2 or 3 peppers real late in
 MP> the season.

Wanna have fun some time plant bells next to jalapenos, then save the seeds 
from the hottest ones. Great stuffed peppers.  Bv)=  Not incendiary. But they
do have a nice "wake up" call.

 > For those looking for deals on seeds, this is the time of year Menards sells
 > seeds for 10 CENTS per package.  They are not GMO seeds, I honestly don't
know

 > why they are selling them more cheaply other then that they are simple
heirloo

 > varieties without 10 options per vegetable.  I've planted them two years in

 > row now and have since made it a habit to grab as many of those we like to
gro

 > as I can get my hands on (while leaving half for others of course (smilez).

 MP> We don't have a Menards nearby, just Lowes.  I think the nearest
 MP> Menards is over an hour away in Southern Indiana... they may have one
 MP> in Louisville now.  I wish we had one as I think they usually have
 MP> better deals.

I must live in an area of gardening heaven. Besides Menards, Lowes, Ace 
Hardware and Target, I have locally owned Buckleys Prairies Landscaping 
(and greenhouses) https://buckleysprairielandscaping.net/ They have their 
own  line od seed starting trays, etc. Even if they do look a lot like 
Butpee's stuff. 

I used to (when I had the kitchen space) start my 'maters, chilies, etc.
in little 2" paper Dixie cups with the bottoms removed - and plant after
the second set of "true" leaves had emerged. Plant cup and all to avoid
root shock.  Bv)=

The neat thing about having Buckley's is their master gardeners are nice
to havce handy to ask for advice and they're always happey to he'p out.


.... GMO food bad for you? I just had a nice leg of salmon and I feel fine.
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