Next Planting

We have planted about half of our next plot so far. Fourteen rows by about 26 feet. We had a picnic breakfast and the whole family (Jenn, Anna (2 yrs), Nate (5 mo.)) all came out to help. Nathan slept through all the work. We will need to fix that poor work ethic. And Anna was a big help with the snow peas. We had a fun time despite the 90 F. degree temperatures. For the first time on our vegetables, we are using the drip tape from Queen Gil. I hope it goes well. I would like to conserve the water and minimize weed competition where I am not growing plants between the rows. I am a little worried that the drip pattern will not reach the middle of the rows where I planted some seeds. We will find out quickly. We planted what worked well last time, some new things, and some seeds we saved from our last year. I also planted some left over herb transplants just to use them up. We will see what happens. I am disappointed with our cucumbers. I started them early so I could get them in before the frost sets in December. They were growing beautifully and were over growing the plug trays. They were the nicest cucumber transplants I have ever seen. Unfortunately I missed a watering for 24 hours because I thought that it was going to rain at night and it didn’t. They burnt up and I have been trying to nurse them back to health. Some of them are going to die. But I guess you can look at it that they have been screened for extreme drought tolerance. Maybe I can use that method in the future for all the cucumber transplants. They are also the last of our seeds we have saved from two crops. When I planted these plants I left the rest of my saved seeds out in the rain and found them all germinated about two weeks later. So if we don’t get some cucumbers to harvest we will have lost all our selected saved seeds. I think that I am going to try and save two years worth of seeds in case something bad happens to our crops. I am having some difficulty with our filter for our drip tubes getting clogged up rapidly. I hope I can fix this issue. We put pressure regulators on the pipes because the drip tube pressure was too great and was blowing the tubes apart. The tubes need about 12 psi of pressure but not much more than that or problems will arise. I buried some of the tubes to see if we can lay the tube that way and still have an effective germination.

Pumpkin Seeds For Sale

Organically produced, tropical pumpkin seeds for sale!
I am offering organically grown tropical pumpkin seeds for sale. These pumpkins or calabasa squash as they are also called, are internally the same consistency of pumpkin or butternut squash. An organic grower who made pumpkin pies with them introduced me to the plant a year ago at the Plant City Farmers’Market. I bought one, saved the seeds to plant, and ate it. I now love the plant both from a culinary and horticultural standpoint. Each plant has produced over 40 pounds of fruit, which I have eaten, given away, or sold. I have made soups, pies, and side dishes with the ones we harvested for ourselves. Once cooked, the flesh will store well in the freezer. You can use them any where you could use either sweet potato or pumpkin recipes. The plant produced beautifully in our hot, humid, tropical summer here in zone 9 with virtually no care. I will sell them as long as supplies last for $1.75 for 25 seeds. Email your name and address to ststeed@verizon.net if you would like a seed package.