Happy New Year Gardeners
Happy New Year!
I’m hoping that all of my fellow gardeners and gardener wannabees are happy and healthy as we start this new year.
I know for many of you your gardens are now dormant since it’s winter and it’s too cold for leaves on our plants let alone flowers! However I’m sure many of you are making plans for Spring.
I haven’t done this for a few years, but this year, cme February or so I’m going to set up my seedling trays and start planting seeds. If I remember correctly you have to start Asters, Impatiens and a few other plants quite early in order to have big enough plants for the end of May or early June planting. Of course, the majority of plants that I’ll start indoors don’t need to be planted until March ie Tomatoes.
Luckily I have a good stock of seeds in my cool basement storage. I hope that most of them are still viable! I also collected seeds off a number of my plants this year ie Cosmo, Cleome, Liatris etc so I’ll be planting some of those in little pots and others right in the garden beds ones the soil is thawed in the Spring.
I know that growing some of my own plants will cut our costs greatly. As I said I haven’t grown my own seedlings for a few years now … instead I’ve purchased annual flowers and some veggies at a nursery in late spring or early summer … but enough of spending money on things i can grow on my own! I just have to get started early enough.
Do you grow some of your own seedlings? If so – what types of plants do you start indoors during the winter?
January 17th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Happy New Year.
I’m getting ready to start my spring garden…yes, I know its early. But, I can’t wait! I just get so excited once the New Year roles around because I know that the days just keep getting closer to spring.
I’m growing veggis this year, and some, like the peppers, need to be started indoors really early.
Who else is starting their garden this soon?
January 19th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
I’ve already ordered my seeds to get things started, since the garden here was such an (unusual) bust last season. Yes, I ate out of it, but I didn’t get enough to put by, so sad!
I’ll be starting tomatoes, cukes, peppers, and squash fairly early. I start mesclun, chard, lettuce, pole beans and spinach a few weeks before planting.
January 23rd, 2010 at 5:32 pm
this is probably blog for my mum-she is crazy for flowers .We have them in house and around house
January 24th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Green Thumb Sunday post is up for 1/24/10
January 26th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Happy new year to you.
Just can’t wait for the frost to get away so i can get started in my garden again.
I sure miss it alot, and this grey weather is making me depressive
January 31st, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Hello! GTS post is up for 1/31/10!
February 7th, 2010 at 8:46 am
GTS post up for 2/7-09
February 8th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
My life has been a more wonderful place since I turned my useless dog run of a backyard into a veggie & Herb garden. Now I cook with fresh from the yard produce, that not only tastes much better, but gives you a nice sense of acheivement with each meal
February 14th, 2010 at 5:47 am
I also love to grow my vegs in my home. I like your blog for good info.
March 31st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
I had recently planted two trays of petunias which were taking nicely, then a local deer came by to taste the yummy new sprouts and destroyed the past two weeks worth of growing I had been doing. I ended up buying one of those motion activated sprinklers to shoo them away, worked a treat.
Dan.
April 5th, 2010 at 8:02 am
same to you, when i found this blog its great to read out the blog, am also love to grow plants and vegetables and its awesome to find so many comments which helps me in lots of manners.