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Mid September Sunday Greetings, Gardener!
Heads Up: Save those Seeds!
Just like in the spring, we are seeing a seed shortage on the on-line seed company sites. Have you noticed too?
Many of our favorite bean varieties are sold out as well as varieties of garlic, tomatoes, chard, broccoli, and even radishes.
This looks to be a challenging time to procure new seeds. Fortunately, most seeds do last a number of seasons. But it also informs us not to wait until January to order seeds we’ll need for spring. At this point, best to order in advance as soon as they’re available, just in case.
Seed Saving and StoringThis shortage is also a good reminder of the value of saving our own seeds. Toward that, this article on storing seeds may get you headed in the right direction. If you’re a seasoned seed saver, feel free to share any additional thoughts from your experience that would be good for folks to know and we’ll add it to the article. Signs of FallIt’s seemed like a long summer, but the signs are here that intimate a change. The hummingbirds have been feasting heartily and vigorously defending their turf.
T hey’re just about ready to pack up and head south. I’ll admit a twinge of sadness seeing fewer and fewer of my garden companions flurrying by. It’s been a true pleasure to have these amazing aerial performers around… the Cirque du Soleil of the bird kingdom. The days are shorter and the tomato plants are nearly done. This where we get to have more fried green tomatoes, for to harvest the green ones doesn’t sacrifice them becoming something more. 😋 The tomato plants that are failing have been yanked up and incinerated. Fall Planting - NowAs the garden spaces open, we’re planting fall replacements: broccoli, arugula, Italiko Rossa dandelion, escarole, bok choy, and lacinato kale. Fall Planting - NextTop of the next-to-plant list are: Lettuce, radishes, chard, and other varieties of kale and more radicchios. Many of these will go into making awesome salads. |
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The hugelkultur topic has come up recently in the Planting for Retirement Facebook group. One member started his in spring and is planting them now. Others are starting to build theirs now.
Fall is also a fine time to start a hugelkultur garden bed with the ready availability of autumn leaves and limbs.
Ours is now about 5 years old and we’ve never had to add anything else to it and yet have enjoyed the perennial harvest each year. This permaculture method of no-till, no-water, low maintenance gardening holds many benefits.
Now, it’s your turn to let us know what’s happening in your garden world. Just drop us a comment, a photo, a question, etc.,, and we’ll be very glad to hear from you.
Articles From This Week:
Garden Seed Companies
Storing Seeds
Can You Plant Old Seeds?
Hugelkultur Raised Beds
May your gardens flourish and your harvests be bountiful, and when you look upon your little Eden, may you see that it is good.
~Coleman & LeAura Alderson
GardensAll.com
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