Folks in the southern hemisphere can regale us on their recent harvests. Us northerners are literally just warming up, except maybe for those of us closer to the equator...
I mentioned before that I've had such lousy luck starting tomatoes from seed, I now usually take cuttings from my plants and grow them over the winter inside. They're big enough now that I can take cuttings from THEM and have even more plants. Today I noticed a cherry-size red tomato on one of the still-potted plants and ate it- it had no seeds or juice, but was quite tasty. The cuttings are only a week old but are rooting in water, lightning-fast. They'll be big enough to pot in compost or plant out in no time. If only it were warmer...
I have some kale coming up- they're grown from seeds I took from a huge kale plant, several feet tall, which lived for 4 years in one of the community garden plots. I've planted them before but they never get as big as their parent for some reason...
The romaine lettuce I planted didn't come up, so I planted more from a newer packet of seeds. I also planted some big "Crackerjack" marigolds, okra, and some butternut squash- all from seeds which I saved from my own plants. I think that just about does it, except for the mini-watermelon and black/pinto beans... I might not have room for the beans and bean seeds keep for a few years, so maybe I'll leave them for next year.
I mentioned before that I've had such lousy luck starting tomatoes from seed, I now usually take cuttings from my plants and grow them over the winter inside. They're big enough now that I can take cuttings from THEM and have even more plants. Today I noticed a cherry-size red tomato on one of the still-potted plants and ate it- it had no seeds or juice, but was quite tasty. The cuttings are only a week old but are rooting in water, lightning-fast. They'll be big enough to pot in compost or plant out in no time. If only it were warmer...
I have some kale coming up- they're grown from seeds I took from a huge kale plant, several feet tall, which lived for 4 years in one of the community garden plots. I've planted them before but they never get as big as their parent for some reason...
The romaine lettuce I planted didn't come up, so I planted more from a newer packet of seeds. I also planted some big "Crackerjack" marigolds, okra, and some butternut squash- all from seeds which I saved from my own plants. I think that just about does it, except for the mini-watermelon and black/pinto beans... I might not have room for the beans and bean seeds keep for a few years, so maybe I'll leave them for next year.
