[sustainableri] Re: Fwd: Yarrow: garden
- From: "Dauna J. Noble" <daunajean@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sustainableri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:08:03 -0400
thanks for the tips andrea! looks like we will have an abundance of seeds
between you. violet, the freee URI seeds nina got, and the swap next sat.
BLUEBERRIES AWESOME! but yeah, good word trev, lets consult yarrow. I
will see him today. Im loving everyones enthusiasm to make it happen!
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Andrea Starr <starr.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> thanks dauna!
>
> Hey everybody, I have Quaker Bible study on Thursdays and so the new
> meeting time is not good for me, but if people can communicate with me about
> what's happening via email or phone chats, it would help me be able to stay
> more involved and be a part of what's going on, because I am still really
> into it and excited and getting ready to get the season going!
> I bought a bunch of seeds this week, for both the Lippit St. lot and the
> Pearl st. garden, this is what I got:
>
> Zucchini
> Fennel
> Dill
> Amish Paste Tomatoes
> Bokchoy
> Spinach
> Radishes (the little round ones)
> Italian Cicoria (it's like a fancy salad dandelion)
> Genovese Basil
> Sugar Snap Peas
> Nastutiums
> Zinnias
> Yellow Wax Beans
> French Breakfast Radishes (the long ones)
> Bush Peas
> Butter-and-Sugar sweet corn (I am so excited about this! last year we were
> a little late getting the corn planted, and we also didnt plant enough of
> it, but this year I'm going to baby it and see if we can't get some big
> beautiful ears of corn!)
>
> I also have some tomato seeds that I bought in Italy the year before last
> which I'll be picking up from my mom's house this weekend. They should
> still germinate, and then we will have tomatoes whose seeds we can save year
> to year.
>
> There are two books on companion planting that I am ordering -- "Roses love
> Garlic" and "Carrots love Tomatoes" -- my mom tried some of these ideas last
> year with good results.
>
> I am going away for a few days, but when I get back I'm going to start a
> bunch of seed trays so we'll be good to plant the seedlings in early May.
> Things we can seed outside this month -- peas, fennel, greens, broccoli,
> nasturtiums, radishes. Things to wait til it gets warmer: corn, beans,
> squash. Things to start indoors this month: tomatoes, peppers, eggplants,
> melons.
>
> Another thing I think I might get for us this year if someone wants to come
> up to NH and help me with this: High bush blueberries!! I know of an
> abandonned blueberry farm where we could dig some up and transplant them to
> our garden.
>
> Hope this was helpful! love, andrea
>
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