tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63646243745666842452024-03-05T21:25:53.117-08:00Savory Le JardinSavory Le Jardin is about a journey from city girl to country organic gardener. Look here for techniques for improving your garden beds, growing organic vegetables, composting, organic pest control, seed selection, plant propagation, and inspiration.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-17096814252485584072016-12-31T17:40:00.000-08:002016-12-31T17:40:27.331-08:00Ordering Seeds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's amazing how fast things can come unglued. In mid-September, I had everything under control, with my work, school, family, nursery, and church responsibilities carefully, if tightly, scheduled. Or so I thought. Then a family member experienced a health crisis, and that took the place of school, family, and nursery for the next 6 weeks. Thankfully, the health crisis ended reasonably well, the family event (a wedding!) went off without a hitch, I finished my paper for school, and the Christmas concert went well. And then I crashed for a while.<br />
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My husband did all the shopping and most of the cooking this year. He set up the tree, but I never managed to get the ornaments on it. I did hang the stockings--on Christmas eve. I've spent the past week taking care of family obligations and doing the pre-intensive reading for my January class--until today.<br />
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Today, I finished the reading, and, as I usually do this time of year, have been planning for the next garden season. Lessons learned from last year?<br />
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<li>Fewer off-the-wall varieties</li>
<li>Mulch garden plot more and earlier</li>
<li>Improve infrastructure: </li>
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<li>automatic watering</li>
<li>larger greenhouse</li>
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<li>Plan popup locations in the city</li>
<li>Marketing on-line and in-print</li>
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I ordered seeds today, which always gives me a sense of hope. I need some hope. Last year was hectic, exhausting, and humbling. But it is nearly past, and a new year dawns in a few hours. So, I'm taking stock, establishing priorities, making plans for my year, just like for the garden. In more ways than one, I'm ordering seeds.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-5047889830093431802016-08-05T18:35:00.001-07:002016-08-05T18:35:32.515-07:00Cheap Shade is Cool!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'll confess to being quite frugal at times. Since I spend so much time on the tractor in the summer, the relentless heat has caused me to investigate air-conditioned tractor cabs which means I was investigating new tractors. All it took was a quick Google search to collapse from a severe case of sticker shock. Tractors are <i>expensive!</i> So, no new tractor for me.<br />
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<br />Next I looked for the hard canopies (the ones that attach to the ROPS), and suffered more sticker shock. So I returned to a prior idea: a large umbrella. I had tried a golf umbrella in previous years, but they were not sturdy enough. I dug even deeper into the idea bag and found my old faithful, years-ago-Christmas-present "<a href="http://amzn.to/2b29PcT" target="_blank">Sportbrella</a>." It's a large, deep umbrella that's very, very sturdy. I had quit using it before because I could not attach it securely to the roll cage but still be able to detach it after every use (tall tractor/short tractor shed door). A chance purchase at Northern Tool solved my problems.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrap a Gear Strap around the top bar, then snap the<br />hooks into the u-bolt.</td></tr>
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They call them <a href="http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200621785_200621785" target="_blank">Gear Straps</a>, basically, hook-and-loop straps with a twistable snap hook. The snap hooks were too small to go around the umbrella shaft, so I found some <a href="http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/national-hardware-2190bc-522-u-bolt-zinc?cm_vc=-10005" target="_blank">u-bolts</a> that fit loosely around the umbrella that I could snap onto. The result keeps me in the shade, and gives me at least a couple of additional work hours. That's really important when the heat index is 110+.<br />
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It's a small thing, I know, but I enjoy working these things out. What about you? How are you being frugal?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-62946811935175512362016-07-01T06:02:00.001-07:002016-07-01T06:02:40.904-07:00Dawn Patrol<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just cannot bear the double-barreled 90+/90+ heat and humidity we've had for the past week or two, so that means that what little I do in the garden must happen in those golden moments of twilight just before sunrise and after sunset. As long as the sun is above the horizon, it's miserable.<br />
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That means I have about 45 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the evening--which isn't enough, but it will have to do. It's a good thing that I don't mind a grassy garden, although I'm working on that. Several years ago I tried mulching with untreated grass clippings with decent success (see "<a href="http://savoryjardin.blogspot.com/2011/10/thank-you-very-mulch.html" target="_blank">Thank You Very Mulch!</a>"). Time, and the availability of large amounts of grass clippings are causing me to give it another try. There are some downsides to using grass clippings; they do contain some seed. That means I must continue to mulch throughout the season. I'm also trying to build up my garden plot after a fallow year, and any organic matter is beneficial. Mulch protects the roots of plants from the sun, so, despite the drawbacks, I'm going to give it a try. Except for one problem: I've worked three mornings and still haven't distributed the first mowing's clippings. I'm using a spade fork, but I guess I'll have to give in and buy a manure/hay fork because it's wider and the sharper more slender tines can, I hope, pick up the matted grass more easily and in larger clumps. I'll also need a D-handle for "tossing" control.<br />
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I mentioned that mulching protects roots from heat, and that's important because I just recently put my tomatoes in the ground. Yes, in mid-June. I know; I should have put them out earlier, but it just did not happen. They're in the ground now, and, being all heirloom varieties, should produce until frost. I've planted a 16-foot row of Principe Borghese for canning, and a mixed row of Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Rutgers Improved, Arkansas Traveler, Arkansas Marvel, Old Ivory Egg, Black Cherry, and Middle Tennessee Sweet. They're blooming, and tiny tomatoes are appearing. Perhaps I'll enjoy tomatoes soon.<br />
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The beans are doing okay, blooming and a few pods, but the corn was a bust. I think 6 plants germinated out of 4 rows. Corn has never done well in this spot; I don't know why I thought it would this time. One of my friends (who's been farming 50+ years) told about planting corn in his garden plot twice, with no success. He finally installed a game camera and retrieved some lovely shots of a raccoon digging the seed kernels right out of the ground. He installed a trap before his third planting!<br />
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The squashes (zucchini, yellow, and pattypan) are blooming, although germination was a bit spotty, not surprising since my seed was purchased for a previous season. I should still have enough plants to supply us nicely if the squash bugs leave us any.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a great blueberry year;<br />blackberries, not so much.</td></tr>
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I saw the first <a href="https://ag.tennessee.edu/news/Pages/NR-2012-11-Stinkbugs.aspx" target="_blank">brown marmorated stink bug</a> of the season yesterday, and I confess I dispatched him (actually, probably <i>her</i>) to his/her/its eternal reward. A friend texted a desperate request for an organic solution for an onslaught of squash bugs (a near relative), and my cousin recommends dousing plants with a garlic/geranium oil infusion. I'm thinking of applying a prophylactic dose.<br />
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The blueberries and blackberries are in, with the blueberries being the winner this season. I guess I need to go pick them before it gets too hot.<br />
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Stay cool, drink plenty of water, and mulch your Savory garden!<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-26478136025767651552016-05-09T18:19:00.001-07:002016-05-12T19:43:17.655-07:00Timeliness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometimes, you just get lucky. I've been trying to get my garden plot planted--that is, once the ground dried enough to till--but work and community responsibilities have preoccupied me. Until Monday night. The only night I had available before the predicted deluge on Thursday. So, blessing upon blessing, it was cloudy and 70 degrees, the last of blackberry winter, I guess. Having tilled over the weekend, we took the seed box and hoes to the plot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a love/hate relationship with both honeysuckle and<br />Russian olive. I love their fragrance and their<br />decorative value, but hate their invasive habits!</td></tr>
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This year, I'm trying six double rows on 4' centers. The plantable area is about 3' wide with 1' middles. Down the center of the row is corn (<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/country-gentleman-sweet-corn/?F_Keyword=country%20gentleman" target="_blank">Country Gentleman</a>) planted in a 2" furrow. One either side are either bush beans (<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/top-crop-/?F_Keyword=top%20crop" target="_blank">Top Crop</a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/purple-teepee-bean/?F_Keyword=teepee" target="_blank">Purple TeePee</a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/jacobs-cattle-bush-bean/?F_Keyword=cattle" target="_blank">Jacob's Cattle</a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/hutterite-soup-bush-bean/?F_Keyword=hutterite" target="_blank">Hutterite Soup</a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/purple-hull-pinkeye-cowpea/?F_Keyword=cowpea" target="_blank">Purple Hull Pinkeye Cowpeas</a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/dragon-tongue-bush-bean/?F_Keyword=dragon" target="_blank">Dragon's Tongue</a>) or squash (<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/zucchini-fordhook-squa/?F_Keyword=zucchini" target="_blank">Fordhook Zucchini</a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/early-prolific-straightneck-squas/?F_Keyword=straightneck" target="_blank">Yellow Straightneck</a>). One row is a little short, so I plant a hill of <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/white-scallop-sq/?F_Keyword=scallop%20squash" target="_blank">White Scallop Squash</a>. When the corn has sprouted, I'll go back and interplant <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/tendergreen-burpless-cucumber/?F_Keyword=burpless%20cucumber" target="_blank">Tendergreen Burpless Cucumbers</a> so they can trellis on the corn. It's sort of my version of the Three Sisters Garden, with beans being the third sister.</div>
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In the fallow row in the front we plant <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/lemon-queen-sunflower/?F_Keyword=Lemon%20Queen" target="_blank">Lemon Queen Sunflowers</a>. We'll probably plant seed sunflowers (Mammoth?) around the perimeter with some sort of trap crop (marigolds/zinnias?) or pollinator attractants underneath.</div>
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So, back to timeliness--I've been berating myself for not getting the garden planted earlier, but the perfect evening presented itself, and I was able to take advantage of it (along with much help from the Resident Dragon). The predicted Thursday deluge was more of a shower, but enough to moisten the seeds. I did not see any tiny leaves on Thursday night (yes, I am that impatient!), but, perhaps, critters and weather permitting, soon. In their own good time.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-2390671198804556422016-02-15T14:10:00.001-08:002016-02-15T14:13:31.476-08:002016 Tomato Transplant Varieties<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tomato transplants for 2016 season! Here are the varieties I'm expecting will be ready around mid-April. Quantities are limited, so reserve yours early. Transplants in 2.5" pots will be $5 each. Heirloom or open-pollinated varieties grown using non-certified organic practices.</span><br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Name"]" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Name</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Days to harvest"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Days to harvest</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Habit"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Habit</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Color"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Color</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Season"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Season</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Type"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Type</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Description, Catalog"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Description, Catalog*<br />
(descriptions copied from www.tomatofest.com)</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Arkansas Marvel"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Arkansas Marvel</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,100]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">100</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Bi-color (red/orange)"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Bi-color (red/orange)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Late"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Late</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"An Arkansas Heirloom tomato. Our organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf, vigorous, big tomato plants that yield moderate to heavy crops of 4-inch, 1 lb., meaty, yellow-orange beefsteak tomatoes with red marbling with a gush of wonderful sweet, well-balanced tomato flavors that hold a distinct hint of mild, peach flavors. A good salad tomato or sliced thick in sandwiches. "]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">An Arkansas Heirloom tomato. Our organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf, vigorous, big tomato plants that yield moderate to heavy crops of 4-inch, 1 lb., meaty, yellow-orange beefsteak tomatoes with red marbling with a gush of wonderful sweet, well-balanced tomato flavors that hold a distinct hint of mild, peach flavors. A good salad tomato or sliced thick in sandwiches. </td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Arkansas Traveler"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Arkansas Traveler</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,85]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">85</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Pink"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Pink</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Late"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Late</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"A 100 year old heirloom tomato that was grown throughout the South from northwest Arkansas to North Carolina. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf, 6', vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops of 8-ounce, round rose-pink tomatoes. Considered to be one of the best tasting tomato varieties with well balanced sweet/tart flavors. Arkansas Traveler is much esteemed for its ability to produce flavorful tomatoes under normally adverse conditions high heat, humidity or drought. Resistant to cracking and disease."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">A 100 year old heirloom tomato that was grown throughout the South from northwest Arkansas to North Carolina. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf, 6', vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops of 8-ounce, round rose-pink tomatoes. Considered to be one of the best tasting tomato varieties with well balanced sweet/tart flavors. Arkansas Traveler is much esteemed for its ability to produce flavorful tomatoes under normally adverse conditions high heat, humidity or drought. Resistant to cracking and disease.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Black Cherry"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Black Cherry</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,64]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">64</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Black"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Black</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Early"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Early</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Open-pollinated"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Open-pollinated</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The only truly black cherry tomato. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce large, sprawling, indeterminate, regular-leaf, vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops in huge clusters of 1\", round, deep purple, mahogany-brown cherry tomatoes. Fruits are irresistibly delicious with sweet, rich, complex, full tomato flavors that burst in your mouth, characteristic of the best flavorful black tomatoes. Beautiful to mix with other colored cherry tomatoes. Unique tomato variety. Disease resistant. Once you try it...you want MORE."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">The only truly black cherry tomato. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce large, sprawling, indeterminate, regular-leaf, vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops in huge clusters of 1", round, deep purple, mahogany-brown cherry tomatoes. Fruits are irresistibly delicious with sweet, rich, complex, full tomato flavors that burst in your mouth, characteristic of the best flavorful black tomatoes. Beautiful to mix with other colored cherry tomatoes. Unique tomato variety. Disease resistant. Once you try it...you want MORE.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Black Krim"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Black Krim</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,75]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">75</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Determinate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Determinate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Purple-black"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Purple-black</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"(aka Black Crimson) Krim is Russian and Ukrainian for Crimea, which is a peninsula in the Ukraine. The heirloom tomato tomato Black Krim is named for it. This rare, and outstanding tomato yields 3-4\" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Green gel around seeds. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste (which is great for those not wanting to add salt to their tomatoes). Black Krim is one of my best black tomatoes. Also suitable for container/patio garden. Perfect choice for slicing, salads and cooking."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">(aka Black Crimson) Krim is Russian and Ukrainian for Crimea, which is a peninsula in the Ukraine. The heirloom tomato tomato Black Krim is named for it. This rare, and outstanding tomato yields 3-4" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Green gel around seeds. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste (which is great for those not wanting to add salt to their tomatoes). Black Krim is one of my best black tomatoes. Also suitable for container/patio garden. Perfect choice for slicing, salads and cooking.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Black Sea Man"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Black Sea Man</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,75]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">75</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Determinate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Determinate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Purple-black"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Purple-black</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Container Recommended. A Russian Heirloom tomato. Tomatofest certified organic tomato seeds produce small determinant, potato-leaf plants that yield an abundant set of 12-16 ounce beautiful tomatoes that are rich mahogany colored with olive green shoulders when mature. Inside of tomato is deep, reddish green and loaded with excellent, full-bodied, complex, intense, creamy tomato flavors. This is an outstanding tomato for sandwiches and salads. Black Sea Man heirloom tomato does well growing in mid-sized containers. A great early black tomato."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Container Recommended. A Russian Heirloom tomato. Tomatofest certified organic tomato seeds produce small determinant, potato-leaf plants that yield an abundant set of 12-16 ounce beautiful tomatoes that are rich mahogany colored with olive green shoulders when mature. Inside of tomato is deep, reddish green and loaded with excellent, full-bodied, complex, intense, creamy tomato flavors. This is an outstanding tomato for sandwiches and salads. Black Sea Man heirloom tomato does well growing in mid-sized containers. A great early black tomato.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Broad Ripple Yellow Currant"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Broad Ripple Yellow Currant</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,78]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">78</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Yellow/orange currant 1/2\""]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Yellow/orange currant 1/2"</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Open-pollinated"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Open-pollinated</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato variety was apparently found growing from the crack in a sidewalk in Indianapolis, Indiana in the mid 1900's by John Hartman. TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce big, indeterminate , regular leaf, tomato plants that yield hundreds of of the cutest, very small, 1/2-inch small, almost translucent yellow cherry tomatoes borne in trusses of 6-8 tomatoes. These are very low-acid tomatoes that are deliciously sweet and perfect for popping in your mouth as you walk through the garden. A great container tomato for growing on your patio or rooftop garden. A good tomato variety for cooler growing regions that produces well until frost."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato variety was apparently found growing from the crack in a sidewalk in Indianapolis, Indiana in the mid 1900's by John Hartman. TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce big, indeterminate , regular leaf, tomato plants that yield hundreds of of the cutest, very small, 1/2-inch small, almost translucent yellow cherry tomatoes borne in trusses of 6-8 tomatoes. These are very low-acid tomatoes that are deliciously sweet and perfect for popping in your mouth as you walk through the garden. A great container tomato for growing on your patio or rooftop garden. A good tomato variety for cooler growing regions that produces well until frost.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Cherokee Purple"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Cherokee Purple</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,80]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">80</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Purple-black"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Purple-black</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Late"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Late</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom from Tennessee cultivated by Native American Cherokee tribe. Very productive plants producing loads of dusky rose to purple colored, 12 oz.-1 lb., beefsteak tomatoes with deep red colors to the interior flesh and dark shoulders. A very popular market variety because of it's rich, complex and sweet flavors. One of the best tasting heirloom tomatoes."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Heirloom from Tennessee cultivated by Native American Cherokee tribe. Very productive plants producing loads of dusky rose to purple colored, 12 oz.-1 lb., beefsteak tomatoes with deep red colors to the interior flesh and dark shoulders. A very popular market variety because of it's rich, complex and sweet flavors. One of the best tasting heirloom tomatoes.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Gold Currant"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Gold Currant</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,76]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">76</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Yellow/orange currant 1/2\""]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Yellow/orange currant 1/2"</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Open-pollinated"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Open-pollinated</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"1/2-inch, golden cherries with sweet & tangy flavor. Good acid balance. Great for dressing up a salad or any dish or just snackin'. Some folks report plants of 12' producing crops of incredibly 2' long fruit clusters containing as much as 40 tomatoes."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/2-inch, golden cherries with sweet & tangy flavor. Good acid balance. Great for dressing up a salad or any dish or just snackin'. Some folks report plants of 12' producing crops of incredibly 2' long fruit clusters containing as much as 40 tomatoes.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Japanese Black Trifele"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Japanese Black Trifele</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,81]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">81</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Purple-black"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Purple-black</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Russian origin. In Russia the Trifele varieties of tomatoes (of which there are several colors) are highly prized and command big prices. This short potato leaf plant yields prolific quantities of 6 oz. fruit that looks like a beautiful mahogany-colored Bartlett pear with greenish shoulders. Very tasty flesh with a meaty core that produces luscious fruit all summer long. A work of art sliced out on a plate and a wonderful flavor that possesses extraordinary rich and complex flavors. The Black Trifele is one of the blackest varieties available and is resistant to cracking."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Russian origin. In Russia the Trifele varieties of tomatoes (of which there are several colors) are highly prized and command big prices. This short potato leaf plant yields prolific quantities of 6 oz. fruit that looks like a beautiful mahogany-colored Bartlett pear with greenish shoulders. Very tasty flesh with a meaty core that produces luscious fruit all summer long. A work of art sliced out on a plate and a wonderful flavor that possesses extraordinary rich and complex flavors. The Black Trifele is one of the blackest varieties available and is resistant to cracking.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Middle Tennessee Low Acid"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Middle Tennessee Low Acid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,90]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">90</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Pink"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Pink</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Late"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Late</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tall, indeterminate, regular leaf plant that produces abundant yields of 1-2 lb. pink, beefsteak tomatoes with excellent mildly sweet flavors. Recommended for folks who can't eat tomatoes with any pronounced acid."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Tall, indeterminate, regular leaf plant that produces abundant yields of 1-2 lb. pink, beefsteak tomatoes with excellent mildly sweet flavors. Recommended for folks who can't eat tomatoes with any pronounced acid.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Principe Borghese"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Principe Borghese</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,78]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">78</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Determinate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Determinate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Red"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Red</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Italian heirloom tomato. Our organic tomato seeds produce short determinate plants that prolifically yield big clusters of 1-2 oz. red, plum shaped, crack-resistant paste tomatoes that are a great substitute for Roma tomatoes. Tomatoes are prized for drying because they retain more flavor than most other drying varieties. Italians are known for hanging the whole plant, loaded with fruit, up to dry .A great sauce tomato or eating fresh in salads or canning. Also prized for reconstituting in olive oil or crushing dried fruit into flakes to add to a sauce for quick thickening. These short plants will benefit from having support due to weight of the huge amounts of fruit."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Italian heirloom tomato. Our organic tomato seeds produce short determinate plants that prolifically yield big clusters of 1-2 oz. red, plum shaped, crack-resistant paste tomatoes that are a great substitute for Roma tomatoes. Tomatoes are prized for drying because they retain more flavor than most other drying varieties. Italians are known for hanging the whole plant, loaded with fruit, up to dry .A great sauce tomato or eating fresh in salads or canning. Also prized for reconstituting in olive oil or crushing dried fruit into flakes to add to a sauce for quick thickening. These short plants will benefit from having support due to weight of the huge amounts of fruit.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Rasp Large Red"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Rasp Large Red</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,90]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">90</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Red"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Red</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Late"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Late</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Developed by T. Rasp of Cheektowaga, NY. Tall, indeterminate, regular leaf, spindly plant produces round to heart-shaped, smooth fruit of 12-16 oz. Excellent, full tomatoey flavor and texture."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Developed by T. Rasp of Cheektowaga, NY. Tall, indeterminate, regular leaf, spindly plant produces round to heart-shaped, smooth fruit of 12-16 oz. Excellent, full tomatoey flavor and texture.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Red Currant"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Red Currant</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,70]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">70</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Red currant 1/2\""]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Red currant 1/2"</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Open-pollinated"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Open-pollinated</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"South American species of tomato. (Note: A different plant species, Lycospericon pimpinfolium, than garden tomatoes. Currant tomatoes can easily cross with with other tomato varieties. Don't plant near other varieties you are going to save them for seed). Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce huge, vigorous branches that yields thousands of 1/4\" -3/8-inch, fruity sweet (but slightly tart), red currant tomatoes. These are wonderful for snacking on fresh and adding to a tomato salad or adding to culinary dishes as decoration or delicious flavoring. Rare tomato seeds."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">South American species of tomato. (Note: A different plant species, Lycospericon pimpinfolium, than garden tomatoes. Currant tomatoes can easily cross with with other tomato varieties. Don't plant near other varieties you are going to save them for seed). Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce huge, vigorous branches that yields thousands of 1/4" -3/8-inch, fruity sweet (but slightly tart), red currant tomatoes. These are wonderful for snacking on fresh and adding to a tomato salad or adding to culinary dishes as decoration or delicious flavoring. Rare tomato seeds.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Rutgers Improved"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Rutgers Improved</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,78]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">78</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Determinate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Determinate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Red"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Red</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Rutgers was developed by the Campbell Soup Company in 1928 from a cross of Marglobe and J.T.D. The variety was later refined by Rutgers University in 1943. Rutgers Improved is a Rutgers-type tomato with additional disease resistance.Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce short, bushy, compact, determinate tomato plants that yield 7 oz., dark-red tomatoes with thick walls that are loaded with delicious flavors. Excellent canning tomato. Disease Resistant. "]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Rutgers was developed by the Campbell Soup Company in 1928 from a cross of Marglobe and J.T.D. The variety was later refined by Rutgers University in 1943. Rutgers Improved is a Rutgers-type tomato with additional disease resistance.Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce short, bushy, compact, determinate tomato plants that yield 7 oz., dark-red tomatoes with thick walls that are loaded with delicious flavors. Excellent canning tomato. Disease Resistant. </td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Spears Tennessee Green"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Spears Tennessee Green</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,80]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">80</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Green"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Green</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mid"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Mid</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Heirloom"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Heirloom</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"A wonderful heirloom grown by the Spear family of Tennessee since the 1950's. The seeds were passed to Jeremiah Gettle of Missouri, owner of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, who released the seeds to the public. Our certified organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield an abundance of 8-10 oz., slightly flattened, round, emerald green and amber-colored, tomatoes that excels in it's taste with sweet, well-balanced flavors with a tinge of spice and citrus. Lots of that old-fashioned tomato flavor. A rare and historic tomato variety."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">A wonderful heirloom grown by the Spear family of Tennessee since the 1950's. The seeds were passed to Jeremiah Gettle of Missouri, owner of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, who released the seeds to the public. Our certified organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield an abundance of 8-10 oz., slightly flattened, round, emerald green and amber-colored, tomatoes that excels in it's taste with sweet, well-balanced flavors with a tinge of spice and citrus. Lots of that old-fashioned tomato flavor. A rare and historic tomato variety.</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Tomato, Sweet Pea"]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomato, Sweet Pea</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,62]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">62</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Indeterminate"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Indeterminate</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Red currant 1/4\""]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: top; word-wrap: break-word;">Red currant 1/4"</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Early"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Early</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Open-pollinated"]" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; vertical-align: top;">Open-pollinated</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The smallest tomato I've seen. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce large, wispy, regular-leaf, indeterminate tomato plants that yield thousands of 1/4-inch, deep red, currant tomatoes that have an excellent, rich, and complex sweet flavor. That's a lot of goodness for such a tiny fruit! Tomatoes resemble ruby jewels. Perfect tomato for decorating culinary dishes, snacking or mixing into a tomato salad. A wonderful novelty tomato."]" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; font-family: Arial; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">The smallest tomato I've seen. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce large, wispy, regular-leaf, indeterminate tomato plants that yield thousands of 1/4-inch, deep red, currant tomatoes that have an excellent, rich, and complex sweet flavor. That's a lot of goodness for such a tiny fruit! Tomatoes resemble ruby jewels. Perfect tomato for decorating culinary dishes, snacking or mixing into a tomato salad. A wonderful novelty tomato.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-16790239248685351572015-07-16T05:12:00.001-07:002015-07-16T05:12:26.263-07:00Hungry Hornworms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you've ever had any dealings with tomato hornworms, you know they are voracious. Overnight, they can strip all the leaves off a tomato plant. So, you can imagine my dismay when I discovered that they also enjoy <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/search/?F_Keyword=tomatillo" target="_blank">tomatillos</a>. Actually, I think they like them better than tomatoes, as shown by the two hornworms noshing on the same plant.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They must <i>really</i> like tomatillos!</td></tr>
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Given the hornworm attack on the tomatillos, which were in pots on the front porch, I just <i>knew</i> that my tomatoes had already been skeletonized. To my surprise, they seemed to be hornworm-free, so I sprayed them all down with organic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CPLTJ4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005CPLTJ4&linkCode=as2&tag=savory02-20&linkId=QEKQRW27NMDYBEZR">Hi-yield Thuricide</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=savory02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005CPLTJ4" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He should be brown within 24 hours.</td></tr>
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While it doesn't kill them immediately, I have had very good results with it. I did hand-pick the hornworms and dispatched them to their eternal reward.<br />
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Apparently, tomatillos are accustomed to such attacks as, this morning, I found new growth on the fully-skeletonized plant. And, right next to the new leaves was a bonus: a beneficial praying mantis!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what hope looks like!</td></tr>
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Both give me hope that, again soon, I'll be seeing blossoms.<br />
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What about you? What's growing in your <b>Savory</b> garden?<br />
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Nancy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beneficials are always welcome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A future tomatillo!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-62064431248806739772015-05-31T13:40:00.001-07:002015-05-31T13:40:21.308-07:00Making Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've always tried to be thrifty, but sensible. For example, the deep six-pack inserts are more expensive, but they allow better root development, so they've been worth the extra cost. I've found, though, that most of my Farmer's Market sales are of single plants rather than packs, which meant that I needed to cut the cells apart.<br />
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This worked well until I forgot my scissors, which convinced me that I needed to make a change to individual pots. They are more attractive, and just as easy to transport since they fit into the same 1020 trays. I took my first set to market on Saturday and the ease of selling individual pots versus cutting apart the cells made me wonder why I had not done it sooner!<br />
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Certainly the individual pots are slightly more expensive, but the ease and speed by which I was able to sell one or two plants at a time convinced me that the change would more than pay for itself.<br />
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This has me wondering in how many more instances I have been "penny-wise and pound-foolish." Of course, I want to be thrifty and maximize my margins, but I need to look at value more than cost. The individual pots are a better value than the trays for individual sales.<br />
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My pricing strategy must also consider the economic means of my customers. I have kept my prices low but I have not been accounting for my time. My time has value, and I need to start including that in my pricing strategy.<br />
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I wonder if, by keeping my prices in the "basement," I have created an impression that my plants are of poorer rather than premium quality. I grow premium products, and uncommon but desirable varieties. I need to price my product to reflect that.<br />
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Like many other entrepreneurs, I have to balance sensitivity to my market, the perception of product quality, and profitability. Which is more important? Well, if I'm not profitable, none of the rest matters. On the other hand, my customers have to be able to afford my product.<br />
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If it sounds like I'm talking in circles, that's because that's where I feel like I am. I'm still working on the answer. But, instead of allowing myself to suffer from analysis paralysis, I've set a price point that I think is both fair and profitable. Sales have been reasonable, so far, and, this week, I'm adding another market to test my theory.<br />
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Herb transplants have already shown themselves to be more popular than tomato transplants and I'm broadening that line. The season for tomato transplants is nearly over, and I'm up-potting them as patio specimens where the price will quadruple.<br />
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I feel like I'm making progress. It's always a challenge when transitioning from hobbyist to "professional," but, step-by-step, I'm learning.<br />
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What about you? What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy<br />
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Well, after weeks of worrying and watering, the first transplants of the season are ready! So, this weekend, I'll be at the farmer's market, and, hopefully, delivering transplants. It's also time to set out my own transplants to begin the 2015 season. All are heirloom, non-GMO, and grown using non-certified organic practices.<br />
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Transplants $2.50 each</b></span></span></span></div>
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Vegetables: Transplants expected to be ready around <strike>March 15</strike>
March 21</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Broccoli</b>:
Waltham 29: Tolerates cold well, but may “button” at colder
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Early Purple Sprouting: Tolerates cold well, may “button” at
colder temperatures.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Broccoli</b>:
Calabrese Sprouting: <span style="color: maroon;"><i>new variety</i></span>;
Likes somewhat warmer temperatures.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Broccoli</b>:
Umpquah: Likes somewhat warmer temperatures.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Cabbage</b>:
Early Flat Dutch: <span style="color: maroon;"><i>new variety</i></span>;
reported to be good for kraut!</span></span></span></div>
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Small selection, but carefully curated. What do you think of my prices?</div>
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The 2015 gardening season has finally begun! Last Saturday was a balmy 60 degrees and I took advantage of the sunshine to start up the <a href="http://savoryjardin.blogspot.com/2013/01/diy-indoor-greenhouse-for-seed-starting.html" target="_blank">greenhouse</a>. It's time to sow brassicas.<br />
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After sanitizing the 1020 trays (I use fresh inserts every year), I filled the inserts with my own seed starting mixure of compost, coir, vermiculite, and perlite. I'm still trying to get a good crop of cabbage (which never "headed up" last year), broccoli, and brussel sprouts. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A simple timer suffices.</td></tr>
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My <a href="http://savoryjardin.blogspot.com/2015/01/organizing-seeds-for-my-organic-garden.html" target="_blank">seed album--newly organized by sowing date</a>--made the task easy: I just pulled out the first 7 seed packets I came to and sowed them. <br />
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I'm trying to keep the greenhouse around 70 degrees using a small heater and lights, although it will cool down to about 55 when lights are off.<br />
The temperature is a little warmer than I used last year, and I've cut down the lighted hours. I must be getting it somewhat correct because on Wednesday night I found tiny sprouts!<br />
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I always try to sow tomatoes on Valentine's Day, and a second warm Saturday--in the 50s--was perfect for sowing 11 varieties of tomatoes into trays. The greenhouse will only hold 19 trays (the heater takes up a spot), so I only have room for 4 more. Hopefully, the brassicas will be ready to move out of the greenhouse by the time I want to sow peppers on March 1. <br />
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The weatherman had been threatening us for a week and it finally came to fruition on Monday with rain, freezing rain, sleet, and a few flakes of snow to be followed by sub-freezing temperatures (and some single-digit!) for the next few days. These 50-degree temperature swings sure are confusing for the plants. It would be good if the ice coating stayed on the blueberries, however, they were already showing buds. I guess that's one of the challenge with perennials; they're always subject to the vagaries of winter weather.<br />
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I, too, am subject the the weather's caprice, so I sit inside, watching the herd of white-tail deer gambol across my yard while a red-tailed hawk flushes a snack of song sparrows from the tall grass in my cousin's field. The freezing rain continues, the trees grow more glassy, and I'm counting the minutes until the power fails. But, until then, I'll enjoy the warmth and the view.<br />
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What about you? What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Since everyone is doing "top 10" lists, I thought I'd share some garden lessons I've learned the hard way:<br />
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3. Heirloom varieties, especially cucurbits, will cross-breed. This orange cucumber resulted when I planted three varieties of cucumber (one white, two green) on the same trellis.</div>
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5. Don't dawdle when eradicating pests. It only took a day or two for hornworms to skeletonize 8 plants. Fortunately, the plants rebounded after I removed the pests.</div>
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6. Keep good records. It can be the difference between <i>thinking</i> you are making progress (or even a profits) and <b>knowing</b> it. Information can help you make the hard choices necessary to be successful.</div>
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7. Good sanitation <b>is</b> frugal. The time and money you spend on cleaning reusable equipment more than pays for itself in minimizing costs and in preventing crop loss from spread of diseases.</div>
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8. If you can choose your dirt, choose <b>good</b> dirt. I inherited mine, so I'll expend considerable effort (and expense) in amending it. I'm also limited in what crops will grow well on my dirt. I wouldn't want it to be easy, would I?</div>
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9. Roses are not nearly as fussy as many folks would have you believe. Choose own-root heirlooms rather than grafted varieties. Once they're established and mulched well, they're actually quite hardy.</div>
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10. I'd rather grow from seed than purchase transplants. Heirloom transplants are really pricey, so growing from seed is frugal, as well as gives me a wider selection of varieties. I can choose cultivars that are particularly well suited to my garden rather than being stuck with what commercial nurseries supply. Additionally, I can sell off my extra transplants.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-43090400686452573912015-01-09T15:54:00.000-08:002015-01-09T15:54:00.045-08:00Organizing Seeds for My Organic Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In previous years, I've separated the seeds according to category: tomatoes, peppers, cucurbits, and so on. Well, this year, it's occurred to me that it would be more efficient to organize my seeds by planting date, planting method (greenhouse or direct sow), then by category. <br />
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Organized in this fashion, I should only have to turn pages rather than searching through each category. I am hoping this prevents my "losing" seeds like I did last year.<br />
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It probably seems ridiculous to start planning this early--the thermometer on my porch registered 3 degrees this morning--but there's really little time once the greenhouse season starts in late January.<br />
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I've discovered leftover seed packets for a number of varieties that I still want to try, so many that they will not fit in my raised beds. So, on to Plan A+: reopen the 30' x 50' garden plot that lay fallow last year. This time, I really do plan to use the weed barrier that languished unused last season.<br />
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I've already planned my raised beds, so, on another cold winter evening very soon, I'll have to create my plan for the big garden. Perhaps that will make this year will be more productive.<br />
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So, while you're bundled up against the cold, dream of warm spring days as you plan your next garden!<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-10851614509947160362015-01-03T07:48:00.000-08:002015-01-03T07:48:21.636-08:00Adding to My Organic Garden Plan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love seed catalogs! Colorful, attractive, lush plants that never look like mine but, being the eternal optimist, I keep trying! So, just after Christmas, as is my custom, I sat down and placed by tomato seed order during <a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/Tomato_Seeds_on_Sale_s/43.htm" target="_blank">TomatoFest's annual sale</a>. This week, on New Year's Day, I placed my remaining seed order for herbs and vegetables from <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/" target="_blank">Baker Creek</a>. I'm planning to grow more of fewer varieties this year, so it wasn't a very big order. Carefully, I drew up an intensive plan for my raised beds. I was feeling really good about the whole process. <br />
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Until I pulled out my seed binder from <i>last</i> year. (I organize my seed packets in inexpensive photo albums which have space near the binding for notations.) My binder was bulging, which meant that many of the packets were still <b>full</b> of seeds.<br />
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What's even worse is that I had, from last year, unopened seed packets of herbs I'd ordered for <i>this</i> year! What a violation of my own frugal principles! I can make excuses that there were many non-farm interruptions last year but those are mostly <i>excuses</i> rather than <i>reasons</i>. So, I have a decision to make: do I expand the garden and plant the seeds, or sell them, or give them away? Common sense says to make one choice, but I think I'll try to do all three, after a fashion.<br />
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<li>My big garden plot lay fallow last year even though I have sufficient weed block to cover it. So, I think I will use the weed block to kill off the existing vegetation, then cultivate there by making double-row beds. I've always had a soggy spot in the lower part of the garden, so I'm re-orienting the beds/rows to run with the slope instead of against it, although I may put a permaculture-style swale at the higher end of the garden. Since I have twice as many corn seeds as I expected, I can expand the corn plot! I also will have room for more squash and beans, which are the bulk of my extra seeds.</li>
<li>I had some success selling transplants last year, so I think I will do the same again this year--especially with the "bonus" seeds. Many folks in the city just need a few plants rather than a full packet and will pay a premium for organic, non-GMO plants, heirloom plants. I've found that the organic, non-GMO label is not as attractive in the country, but the heirloom varieties (just like Grandma used to grow) have some attraction, especially when potted for the porch.</li>
<li>Although the Garden Writers Association has the wonderful <a href="http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html" target="_blank">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> program, my much smaller version is to give away plants suitable for small beds or containers. Many folks have limited space, especially retirees, so one or two tomato plants could add fresh nutrients to their diet. It's kind of my version of "green tithing."</li>
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I feel less wasteful for having articulated my plan for these windfall resources. Now, I really need to sit down and plan my in-ground garden. I've always let the grass get ahead of me, so I'll be trying intensive planting practices there, too, after a fashion. I'm still flummoxed as to what to do with the "middles" between the double-rows to prevent the grass incursion. Any ideas?</div>
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I'm also starting the "nursery" earlier, I hope. If I'm to transplant in March, I need to start broccoli & cabbage by mid-January, which works well since they germinate in cooler temperatures.<br />
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I've always started tomatoes around Valentines Day but have found many farmers like to set plants out on Good Friday, which means I need to start early varieties plants two weeks earlier for that market. Last year, though, a wet, frigid spring meant many gardeners planted tomatoes twice or three times. My raised beds certainly were a boon in that situation both in drainage and soil temperature.<br />
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Peppers will be the last to start as they germinate better in very warm temperatures, and, at least in my area, do better when transplanted later than tomatoes. <br />
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As space permits, I'll be starting herbs throughout the season to maintain a fresh supply of potted herbs. They sold better in pots than flats, so I'll expand that this year. I'm also considering "recipe" containers: a tomato plant with basil in the same pot sold as a "bruschetta" pot. Any ideas other other "recipes"?<br />
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I have another reality to face: it's awfully nice to plan my garden, but, when it's 100 degrees with 90% humidity, it's brutal to work it. I just won't weed when it's that hot, which is when the garden goes wild. So, preventative gardening is going to be necessary. Again, any suggestions?<br />
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I still have much to plan, but I feel the greenhouse calling me. Soon, I'll spend a cold evening recreating that little oasis of growth that is my first glimmer of spring.<br />
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Stay warm, and think of your garden!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The end of last season was especially hectic (when you're a church musician, things really crank up around All Saints Day!), so I'm just now getting around to my annual variety reviews. I tried an excessive number of varieties last year with mixed results. I grew a number of varieties, but also sold the plants at a farmer's market.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two of the three varieties will repeat this year!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A note about farmer's markets: location matters! Whereas my city customers were very interested in purchasing organic, non-gmo garden plants, the customers in a small-town in an agricultural area walked right past my organic plants to purchase packs of Early Girls, and Better Boys. Rather than be offended, I got to know the nurseryman who was quite generous with his knowledge and very friendly. The hard lesson was: organic, non-gmo is not a premium product at all markets. Still, I made wonderful contacts and was able to educate a lot of folks about the value of some of the "old" varieties.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After a year of research, I'm concentrating my efforts on fewer varieties which sold well at the market. Here are the seedmen's descriptions, followed by my findings with the varieties I'm repeating in '15 marked with an asterisk (*):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I like a mild, sweet tomato with a smoky flavor, and look forward to the first tomato sandwich of the summer. For variety, though, I grew a number of other varieties last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=bradley&Search.x=13&Search.y=15" target="_blank">Bradley</a><span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: "a wilt-resistant pink-red developed at the University of Arkansas" </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">okay producer, flavor unremarkable.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*<a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=ozark+pink&Search.x=0&Search.y=0" target="_blank">Ozark Pink</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: "a tall, flavorful pink suited for humid, disease-prone areas" </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">survived the great tomato hornworm invasion, produced throughout the season; good flavor</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*<a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=arkansas+traveler&Search.x=18&Search.y=18" target="_blank">Arkansas Traveler</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: "balanced flavor is the hallmark of this rose-pink suited to heat, humidity, and drought" </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suckers helped in recovery from hornworm damage!</td></tr>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">also survived the hornworm onslaught, produced late into the season, good flavor</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">plants sell well because of the Arkansas name connection</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/blue-beauty-tomato/?F_Keyword=blue%20beauty" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Blue Beauty Tomato</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: "modest beefsteak whose good flavor and interesting coloration blessed with resistance to sunburn and crack"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">pretty but tiny with unremarkable flavor</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">plants sold to experienced growers and gardeners looking for a novelty</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*<a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=arkansas+traveler&Search.x=18&Search.y=18" target="_blank">Cherokee Purple</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: "prolific rose to purple beefsteak, legendary for its complex flavor"</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">survived the hornworm invasion, good producer, excellent flavor</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">plants sold out at market; name recognition helps</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">*<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/japanese-black-trifele-t/" target="_blank">Black Trifele</a>: "</span></span><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">the shape and size of a Bartlett pear with a beautiful purplish-brick color"</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">flavor-wise, probably my favorite because of its mild and smoky flavor; much smaller than a pear for me, with a few cracks. Not a prolific producer, but worth the trouble.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">plants sold well at market, expecially because of "smoky" flavor</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">*<a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/Black_Krim_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0063.htm" target="_blank">Black Krim</a>: "3-4" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders"</span></span><div style="text-align: left;">
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Name recognition makes this a good market-seller for plants</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Good flavor</span></span></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibA0tOsp_aV3No3PNd9iKShCcUobhSbimS2AU0of6ItrvEB-LS75WgWHloUXJlPqhG3RYNukWMShhCEge5B4jTlxjW3TfmdcnKIvjviLgO1Jh0jlQFYknhPgvnCvsN6wY7SdODhsDfti6A/s1600/20140527_201332-picsay_wm" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibA0tOsp_aV3No3PNd9iKShCcUobhSbimS2AU0of6ItrvEB-LS75WgWHloUXJlPqhG3RYNukWMShhCEge5B4jTlxjW3TfmdcnKIvjviLgO1Jh0jlQFYknhPgvnCvsN6wY7SdODhsDfti6A/s1600/20140527_201332-picsay_wm" height="400" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">While taste is important, essential criteria are a high meat/juice ratio, low seed count, and productivity. I think for 2015, I'll put up salsa and spaghetti sauce for maximum convenience.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=costoluto&Search.x=0&Search.y=0" target="_blank">Costoluto Genovese</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: an Italian red, almost ruffled, described as a pungent sauce tomato;</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">excellent producer, but unremarkable flavor, would grow as a specialty tomato: its ruffled slices look very pretty on sandwiches presented open-faced.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plants were not a great market seller without a picture</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://store.tomatofest.com/Debarao_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0137.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Debarao</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: an early red paste variety, small but crack-free: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">unremarkable flavor</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">Plants were not a good market seller</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*<a href="http://store.tomatofest.com/Early_Annie_p/tf-0155.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Early Annie</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: short plant with few seeds, fruit matures all at once: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">good flavor, actually produced all season for me.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plants sold well at market because, I suspect, people may have confused them with the "Early Girl" varieties</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://store.tomatofest.com/Tennessee_Sweet_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0494l.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tennessee Sweet</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: suitable for slicing or canning, a large red sweet: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">good flavor, but not a great producer.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">Plants were a decent market seller because of the Tennessee name connection</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://store.tomatofest.com/Big_Italian_Plum_p/tf-0049.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Big Italian Plum</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: a large red thick paste plum: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">did not produce well for me for the second year</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plants did not sell well at market</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*<a href="http://www.territorialseed.com/product/11641" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">San Marzano Gigante</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: the legendary flavor and twice the size!: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">good flavor, and excellent producer: prolific nearly until frost</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plants sold well at market; many recognized the name</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm actually planting <a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/San_Marzano_Redorta_p/tf-0444.htm" target="_blank">San Marzano Redorta</a> this year, but looking forward to a good harvest</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The flavor of these single-bite beauties just explodes on the palate! They are more bushes than vines and enjoy cages. Be sure to space them so that you can pick from all angles. I gave a farmer friend several of these plants back in the spring. Later in the summer, he told me that his father--a farmer, too--picked the bush clean every time he came over! <span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">Great for beginners! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://store.tomatofest.com/Broad_Ripple_Yellow_Currant_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0085b.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Broad Ripple Yellow Currant</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: big bush, sweet, prolific: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">always a good choice, unusual color</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*<a href="http://store.tomatofest.com/Hawaiian_Currant_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0232.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hawaiian Currant</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: tiny, sweet, tasty: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">smaller than you think, but tasty!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Good market seller</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1199#minicart_a" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">White Currant</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: heavy clusters, very sweet: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> did not plant</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1167" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 30.7999992370605px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Red Currant</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">: smoky, sweet, tiny, prolific: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">great taste, great snacking tomato</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">*<a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/Gold_Rush_Currant_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0206e.htm" target="_blank">Gold Rush Currant</a>: "large, indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato </span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">plants with wispy foliage that yield excellent, heavy sets of 1/4-inch tomatoes borne in trusses of 10-12"</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">Heavy producer, great flavor</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30.7999992370605px;">Good market seller</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though I'm cutting back on varieties, I am making room for a few new ones:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/Arkansas_Marvel_Heirloom_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0027.htm" target="_blank">Arkansas Marvel</a>: "4-inch, 1 lb., meaty, yellow-orange beefsteak tomatoes with red marbling with a gush of wonderful sweet, well-balanced tomato flavors that hold a distinct hint of mild, peach flavors"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://store.tomatofest.com/Homestead_24_Tomato_Seeds_p/tf-0245.htm" target="_blank">Homestead 24</a>: " smooth, red, round 8 oz. fruits with exceptionally good taste"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As my gardening skills improve, I have to become even more diligent about watching the "bottom line" and increasing margins. After all, I hope not only to feed my family, but to make the farm self-supporting. That will require planning; it's not too early to start!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-38903083634647621292014-11-02T04:25:00.001-08:002014-11-02T04:25:05.424-08:00First Frost<p dir="ltr">I woke to my first killing frost of the season this morning. Since I didn't cover up the Tabasco peppers last night I guess I'll be pulling them and drying them to make sauce later. It's 2 weeks later than our usual frost date of October 15th but it certainly is heavy enough to do the job!</p>
<p dir="ltr">A friend spoke of seeing snow up in Middle Tennessee on Thursday. Autumn maybe a little bit late but it seems to be coming in with a bang!</p>
<p dir="ltr">What about you? What's happening in your savory garden?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Nancy</p>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's almost too pretty to cut!</td></tr>
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Wow! It's been a long time since I've written, but I have a really good reason: I've been on the tractor!<br />
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I set a goal for myself of cutting all of the property I'm responsible for--42 acres--so that we can hay some of it, and, if I can get the fence in over the winter, buy 2 or 3 beeves in the spring.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Far from fashionable, <br />
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It's been a long fall: working all day, then coming home--on the days when I did not have an evening meeting--and jumping on the tractor for the 1-2 hours of daylight left. Over half the fields have not been cut in several years, and the <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=22" target="_blank">bluestem sedgegrass</a> and <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_list2.pdf" target="_blank">sweet gum trees</a> had taken over. One of the most aggravating thing about sedgegrass, other than cows do not find it palatable when it's dry, is the fluffy seed pods. The fluff was so thick that I had to wear a mask (I cannot wear the usual kind, so I used a pillow case and some binder clips!). Even more importantly, I had to stop every 600 feet and clear <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopping to clean away "fluffies" <br />
from the radiator screen.</td></tr>
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fluffies from the radiator screen. Given that my bushhog is only 4' wide, you can imagine how often I had to stop. Eventually, I got smart and realized that, if I mowed while the dew was still wet, the fluffies wouldn't "fluff." This made the mowing go much more quickly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This field can be used for hay!</td></tr>
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The fields I had cut in early summer needed cutting again, so I whipped through those, managing to cut the sedgegrass just before the current year's fluffies emerged! <br />
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<i><b>Note to self: always cut the new sedge in the first week of October!</b></i></blockquote>
Some of the fields are, currently, too rough for hay. I have a plan, though: disc first, then till (to smooth the field), then adjust the pH, then add a little common bermuda seed (per the suggestion of a life-long farmer). Sounds like the tractor and I will have a busy autumn!<br />
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<i>Lesson learned from all this:<b> it's easier to maintain a pasture than to repair it!</b></i></blockquote>
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But isn't that true of most of life's endeavors? I wonder what has "gotten away from me" while I've been mowing? I think I'd better go look.<br />
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Nancy<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-38764787068986319602014-06-30T07:21:00.000-07:002014-06-30T07:21:27.932-07:00Cane-do: Blackberry Season Tips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Primocanes need to be trellised.</td></tr>
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The first of the blackberries are ready and they are large and luscious this year! The hard winter killed off about 1/4 of the floricanes, but those plants are sprouting vigorous primocanes for next season!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They won't produce this year, but<br />next year has possibilities!</td></tr>
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While picking the first pint-or-so of berries, I realized it was time to tie up the primocanes. Most of our canes are thorn-less, semi-erect Triple Crown, but tying-up will simplify mowing this year and harvest next year, while preventing layering.<br />
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In previous years I used the soft plastic tape for tying up, but, this year, I am using jute. It's inexpensive, unobtrusive, and compostable. I start by tying a 12-inch jute string to the lower trellis wire with a tight square knot: this allows me to use both hands to control the knot and the primocane. <br />
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Gently pulling the primocane erect, I tie the jute into a loose loop (about 1" bigger than the cane), and repeat if the cane is taller than the top trellis wire.<br />
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If your primocane is taller than your top trellis wire, "top" it about 6" above the top wire. This will help it develop laterals and, it seemed this year, bear more heavily.<br />
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Your berries can be fertilized during bearing season, but I will be waiting to fertilize (balanced with a little added nitrogen) after I've trimmed out the spent floricanes. If your fruiting season is dry (like last year, but this year is quite wet), then don't forget to water for juicier fruit.<br />
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Any blackberry cane trimmings, especially diseased ones, should be burned to prevent the spread of diseases to the new canes. If your land is suitable (wild blackberries are a pioneer species in my area), blackberries can be a suitable cash crop. The yield is seasonal (mid-June here in Zone 8) and time investment is seasonal, but not constant as with annual vegetables:<br />
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<li>Spring, after the hard freezes are over: Tie-up, prune (consult an extension service bulletin), fertilize (balanced), mulch with pine needles for moisture retention.</li>
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<li>Summer: Water, pick, tie-up & top new primocanes, trim out spent floricanes & burn them, fertilize with a balanced fertilizer, fill-in mulch as needed.</li>
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<li>Fall: Tie-up, leave some length on the canes if you're expecting a hard winter, mulch deeply with pine needles.</li>
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The frugal among you will be wondering what I did with the green trimmings when I topped the primocanes: I'm trying to root them. I've tried rooting hormone and "sticking" them with NO success, so, this time, I've stuck the trimmings in water and will see what happens.<br />
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It's a busy time here in my Savory garden! What's happening in yours?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-12216550009277935562014-06-25T10:02:00.000-07:002014-06-25T10:02:36.795-07:00The Summer Schedule is Heating Up!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Summer's to-do list is neverending but yesterday I crossed off a big item: bushhogging the future pasture. The wet spring (more winter than spring!) has made the weeds/grass/whatever more lush than usual at this time of year, but, I suspect, the weekly rains will end soon and July and August will be wickedly hot and dry.<br />
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The wet spring has also been good for the trees I put out. I planted a v-shaped windbreak northwest of the house and, so far, all of the trees are leafing out. I've lost several in other parts of the yard, but all but one of those were tragic lawnmower accidents.<br />
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I finally pulled up the garlic last week and was surprised at how much the bulbs had grown since I checked them about 6 weeks ago. I planted Nootka Rose and Inchelium Red (both softnecks) way back in October in a 12-inch deep raised bed, mulching them over the frigid winter with cedar shavings since I had no straw. The spring warm-up made them nice and green again until they started showing the tell-tale browning in mid-June. I'm curing them in the garage and will let you know how that goes. I've not tasted them yet, but, as far as bulb size goes, I like the Inchelium Red better. Garlic is easy to grow, but you have to commit a bed for most of the year since it's, basically, a 9-month crop. I've put peppers in that bed, which will be done with the frost, just about time to put in the garlic. If you want to grow garlic, order it NOW for a fall ship date for a better selection.<br />
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Tomatoes, blueberries, and blackberries are almost ready; summer is here!<br />
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What about you? What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-19033563375019405062014-05-28T19:56:00.000-07:002014-05-28T19:56:00.562-07:00Garden Gallery: A Tiny Tomato!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's the first tomato of the season! I think it's either a Gypsy or Richardson. It lives in a pot on my back porch. I hope yours are growing well, too!<br />
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What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-80683172579507942212014-05-27T20:03:00.000-07:002014-05-27T20:03:00.035-07:00Garden Picture of the Day: Thriving Tomatoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, my cousin Mary was right. She's been recommending raised beds to me for years, and it appears I should have taken her advice sooner. While my regular garden is still unworkable due to rain, the tomatoes I planted in raised beds are ready to bloom. The Costoluto Genovese plants seem especially vigorous. Thank you, Mary! I'll listen sooner next time!<br />
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What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-15193936466124958402014-05-25T19:49:00.000-07:002014-05-25T19:49:00.333-07:00Garden Picture of the Day: Blackberries Suffer from the Winter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The coldest winter in 20 years took a toll on our blackberries. The floricanes on 5 plants are brown and withered, but primocanes are peeping up from the root!<br />
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What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-46356190985104707202014-05-23T19:46:00.000-07:002014-05-23T19:46:00.200-07:00Garden Picture of the Day: Obstinate Oregano<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I planted oregano in this bed several years ago, but have cultivated it several times since, thinking I'd turned under everything there. Obviously, I was wrong!<br />
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What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-59166447176320058472014-05-21T19:43:00.000-07:002014-05-21T19:43:00.267-07:00Garden Picture of the Day: Brave Broccoli<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This broccoli (Waltham 29, I think) survived the coldest winter in 20 years. I've let it bolt, and I'm definitely saving those seeds!<br />
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What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-54310718459131531952014-05-19T19:40:00.001-07:002014-05-19T20:04:47.107-07:00Garden Picture of the Day: Muscadines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Now that winter's finally over, the muscadines are making up for lost time!<br />
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What's growing in your Savory garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-88593660929432995712014-05-14T18:48:00.000-07:002014-05-14T18:48:00.292-07:00Chasing down heirloom "walking" onions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how the walking onion "walks."</td></tr>
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Part of the fun of gardening is finding unusual plants or tracking down heirloom varieties. One variety I remember from my childhood visits with my grandmother is "walking" onions. Something like a large, spicy green onion, the walking or Egyptian onion reproduces by sending up a scape which bears multiple "bulblets." The weight of the bulblets causes the scape to lean to the ground where the bulblets take root and start a new clump of onions--hence the name "walking" onions. Every part of the plant is edible and is a delicious substitution for standard onions!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364624374566684245.post-18508369927178948602014-05-10T15:54:00.003-07:002014-05-10T15:54:58.967-07:00A quick hello<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did you know that asparagus blooms?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roadside iris just brightens my day!</td></tr>
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Sorry to be away so long, but life is just insane right now. The permaculture design certificate course I'm taking is really good, which means it's really time-consuming. I'm learning so much, and will be back to regular updates in early June! See you soon!<br />
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What's growing in your <b>Savory</b> garden?<br />
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Nancy</div>
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