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Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 7:16am
dmax wrote: Seed catalog recommendations? Johnny's Seeds great family and employee owned company in Maine. Great customer phone support. I've been ordering from them for over 10 years.

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Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 7:11am
hippiechick wrote: We have a courtyard square that is in need of a personal touch, but the assn wants to hire landscapers. They aren't interested in community or the talents of a middle aged hippie chick. If you have any private outdoors space (balcony, etc) you can do a 2x2 or 1x3 grid. Doesn't need to be on dirt, I don't think.

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Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 7:02am
ed wrote: They are interested in money I bet. Present it to them as a cost savings over hiring the job done.

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Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 9:17pm

dmax wrote:

Seed catalog recommendations?

Don't know about veggie gardens catalogs, but order a catalog from this place. Amazing! We went to one of their open houses a couple weeks ago. They have really cool stuff. I wanted one of everything in the catalog.
The catalogs are free. They ask that if you like it, you send them 10 stamps

But really, you'll like it, I promise.

Welcome to Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Gardens... the home of Plants with an Attitude! Plant Delights Nursery Inc., is a NC/USA based international mail order firm specializing in unusual perennials (some tender perennials for those of you north of zone 7). The nursery was officially opened in 1991 after 30+ years of plant collecting and selling at small back yard sales. The on-line catalog features well over 1000 different perennials, including a wide variety of US natives, as well as their asian counterparts. Genera of special focus include amorphophallus, arisaema, asarum, cannas, crinum lilies, epimediums, ferns, hardy palms, hardy ginger lilies, helleborus, heuchera, hosta, lobelia, ornamental grasses, pulmonaria, solomon's seal, tiarella, verbena, and zephyranthes, ...to mention but a few.

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Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 9:02pm
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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 8:07pm
fwiw onion transplants make much larger bulbs for me than sets 'Candy' is a widely adapted great variety worth trying

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:12pm
onlylynne wrote: You can plant flowers in with your vegetables and make them look quite nice. Perhaps your neighbors wouldn't mind. We have a courtyard square that is in need of a personal touch, but the assn wants to hire landscapers. They aren't interested in community or the talents of a middle aged hippie chick.

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:04pm
hippiechick wrote: I have been eying that system myself for awhile, but i don't think my uptight condo neighbors would be interested. You can plant flowers in with your vegetables and make them look quite nice. Perhaps your neighbors wouldn't mind.

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 6:58pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Over in "Meltdown Monday," dmax wrote:

I'm redesigning the backyard (was in the plans, anyway) to take advantage of Mel: Square Foot Gardening frees me up a bit from the market and its $1.69 heads of lettuce and $1 cucumbers.

Which caused us to look at this system too. We're going to put in at least one (probably 2) 4x4 grids. I think onions, carrots, taters, plus a few selections of lettuce, things like that: food.

Seems like a great way to garden in small spaces.

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 6:42pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Over in "Meltdown Monday," dmax wrote:

I'm redesigning the backyard (was in the plans, anyway) to take advantage of Mel: Square Foot Gardening frees me up a bit from the market and its $1.69 heads of lettuce and $1 cucumbers.

Which caused us to look at this system too. We're going to put in at least one (probably 2) 4x4 grids. I think onions, carrots, taters, plus a few selections of lettuce, things like that: food.

I have been eying that system myself for awhile, but i don't think my uptight condo neighbors would be interested.

ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 6:35pm

Over in "Meltdown Monday," dmax wrote:

I'm redesigning the backyard (was in the plans, anyway) to take advantage of Mel: Square Foot Gardening frees me up a bit from the market and its $1.69 heads of lettuce and $1 cucumbers.

Which caused us to look at this system too. We're going to put in at least one (probably 2) 4x4 grids. I think onions, carrots, taters, plus a few selections of lettuce, things like that: food.

onlylynne

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 6:23pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

transplants should ship fine. that's the way I usually get them. bare root, bundled with rubberbands.
did you grow the transplants from sets? do you need my address?

We bought both the sets and the transplants
I have your address. I'll get them in the mail by Tuesday.

edit: I believe the planting instructions are pretty much the same for both. 2 inches deep. 4-6 inches apart.
We planted ours 3-4 inches apart. After 5 or 6 weeks we'll harvest every other one or so and let the rest grow large.

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:39pm

onlylynne wrote:

I have transplants, too. They might not ship as well, but we could try.
I have red, white yellow and Spanish onions.
I don't know the specific names but I'll box 'em up and send them.
We planted four rows that are 12 to 14 feet long.
I think we'll have plenty.

transplants should ship fine. that's the way I usually get them. bare root, bundled with rubberbands.
did you grow the transplants from sets? do you need my address?

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:35pm
JrzyTmata wrote: I'll take em. never grew from sets before. send instructions with it. I ordered transplants. I have transplants, too. They might not ship as well, but we could try. I have red, white yellow and Spanish onions. I don't know the specific names but I'll box 'em up and send them. We planted four rows that are 12 to 14 feet long. I think we'll have plenty.

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:20pm
Leslie wrote: Don't make Jrzy smack you! in the neck

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:20pm
Leslie wrote: Don't make Jrzy smack you! because I'll do it!

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:19pm
onlylynne wrote: Do you order sets? I've got extras. I wonder if I can mail them to you. I was planning to send you some flower seeds soon. I'll take em. never grew from sets before. send instructions with it. I ordered transplants.

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:19pm
oldslabsides wrote: Perhaps you could invent something new! Don't make Jrzy smack you!

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:18pm
JrzyTmata wrote: what kind of salsa uses leeks? Perhaps you could invent something new!

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