I'm glad you found a place for a garden, William. I just started over 1000 Patterson onion seeds today (pelleted, so I could count them, lol), and will, like you, be starting the rest of my vegetables in a couple of weeks.
Gardening is the right thing at the right time, these days. When you're in the garden, you always have a sharp steel implement close at hand, ready for off-label use if need be. Keep your loved ones close.
My folks used to garden in this garden. The 82 year old woman living there is a spitfire, though she has not gardened there in years, so she is very excited to have fresh veges available too, and no doubt having a younger man around who knows off-label uses of pronged and sharp garden implements. Many posts about it will follow and we can "bury" the woke ideology etc insanity for awhile...
Hope you're considering planting a good variety of open-pollinated, heirloom veggies. Besides the obvious advantage of superior flavor, being able to harvest seeds from your garden to use in the future may be an important consideration if the proverbial feces hits the fan with our supply chains of said future. My favorite fruit: the tomato. Favorite tomato? Cherokee Purple, hands down.
That's my favorite tomato too! Yes, I plan on making a practice of saving seeds. I bought a lot of seeds last fall, anticipating supply chain issues. I'm really hoping the feces don't hit the fan before the fruit trees I purchased show up - though Biden and Co. seem like they would like to start WWIII rationing....
Don't bother saving seeds from the F1 hybrids you grow. They don't breed true, so you'll never know what you're growing the following year. Heirlooms breed true and over time, will adapt to your garden conditions. Lastly, if you've never grown a Pineapple tomato (heirloom), give it a try. Sweet and delicious and can get up to 2-3 lbs. Makes the perfect platform for a BLT. When the T is bigger round than your toasted bread, you can really pack on the B. The L is really just for show.
When I was in school, most political issues were none of our concern. We knew about Quebec's language laws since some of our classmates were forced to attend francophone schools. Other than that, we were allowed to be focused on kid stuff - no pun intended.
Thank you for the thank you, William! And I've had readers of mine thanking me for the introduction to you. You put that so beautifully that we can love the people but not the lectures. I'm glad that you and your Dad are bonding and your future garden is so exciting! And the 'winter is coming' had such a visceral power. I could feel it from my snug little California kitchen ;-)
Thank you Richard and welcome. Agreed, I love gardening. I'm starting many veges indoors around Mar 01. Some sooner. Very little can be planted here outdoors before May 01, tomatoes and peppers not until the end of May. Will check out your post.
I'm glad you found a place for a garden, William. I just started over 1000 Patterson onion seeds today (pelleted, so I could count them, lol), and will, like you, be starting the rest of my vegetables in a couple of weeks.
Gardening is the right thing at the right time, these days. When you're in the garden, you always have a sharp steel implement close at hand, ready for off-label use if need be. Keep your loved ones close.
My folks used to garden in this garden. The 82 year old woman living there is a spitfire, though she has not gardened there in years, so she is very excited to have fresh veges available too, and no doubt having a younger man around who knows off-label uses of pronged and sharp garden implements. Many posts about it will follow and we can "bury" the woke ideology etc insanity for awhile...
Hope you're considering planting a good variety of open-pollinated, heirloom veggies. Besides the obvious advantage of superior flavor, being able to harvest seeds from your garden to use in the future may be an important consideration if the proverbial feces hits the fan with our supply chains of said future. My favorite fruit: the tomato. Favorite tomato? Cherokee Purple, hands down.
That's my favorite tomato too! Yes, I plan on making a practice of saving seeds. I bought a lot of seeds last fall, anticipating supply chain issues. I'm really hoping the feces don't hit the fan before the fruit trees I purchased show up - though Biden and Co. seem like they would like to start WWIII rationing....
Don't bother saving seeds from the F1 hybrids you grow. They don't breed true, so you'll never know what you're growing the following year. Heirlooms breed true and over time, will adapt to your garden conditions. Lastly, if you've never grown a Pineapple tomato (heirloom), give it a try. Sweet and delicious and can get up to 2-3 lbs. Makes the perfect platform for a BLT. When the T is bigger round than your toasted bread, you can really pack on the B. The L is really just for show.
I'm so happy you have found a big gardening patch!
Carl Jung is a whole other topic!
Since when do kids have to deal with the slew of issues you mentioned?
p.s. Thanks to Nova Scotia's warming climate, I don't have to ride my bike in the snow.
Since, like, 2019? Though some like the vax to the max have been going on awhile. I hear Nova Scotia is beautiful this time of year...
Nova Scotia is beautiful from mid May to the end of October.
When I was in school, most political issues were none of our concern. We knew about Quebec's language laws since some of our classmates were forced to attend francophone schools. Other than that, we were allowed to be focused on kid stuff - no pun intended.
Thank you for the thank you, William! And I've had readers of mine thanking me for the introduction to you. You put that so beautifully that we can love the people but not the lectures. I'm glad that you and your Dad are bonding and your future garden is so exciting! And the 'winter is coming' had such a visceral power. I could feel it from my snug little California kitchen ;-)
A garden and orchard build fully documented to follow...
Thank you Richard and welcome. Agreed, I love gardening. I'm starting many veges indoors around Mar 01. Some sooner. Very little can be planted here outdoors before May 01, tomatoes and peppers not until the end of May. Will check out your post.