My daughter is a student at ACU and she and a few friends are going to start a vegetable/herb garden. Are there any Abilene area gardeners that might have a spare plant or two to help them get started? I know sometimes I end up with more plants from seeds planted than I need. Just wondering if some of y'all may have the same "dilema"?
Abilene Area Gardeners?
I am nowhere near the Abiline area here but I'm curious, are they starting their garden this time of year? Early Spring is when I normally have more starts of plants than I have room for.
If they are interested in herbs, there are a few that are perennial but those should be in the ground and established thru summer before they try to overwinter them.
They might be interested in gathering the desired seeds and start their own plants and then they can have lots of plants to share with others in the springtime. Just a thought.
Here is a link to some forums where you could solicit seeds for them.
seed trading http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/trading/all/
vegetable gardening http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/yumyum/all/
herbs http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/herbs/all/
and the easy way to start seeds so they will have way too many plants to spare http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/coldsow/all/
Meanwhile they should be preparing their garden spot for springtime planting. That is a good ambition for those young ladies and I will encourage them. Should they want seed, I have some to spare.
Great advice Podster. I was thinking of some fall crops, but did tell her that some of those are easy to start from seed, like lettuce, etc. I'm not real familiar with veggies to be planted in the fall. In fact, in New Braunfels we have done lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. , but, now that I think about it, we don't get nearly as cold as Abilene and we don't get snow! I'll make sure she see's the links you mentioned and help get them started on preparing the bed and dreaming on springtime! Thanks so much for your offer of seed. I bet she will take you up on that! She is very excited about this new project. I just love watching a new gardener "blossom"!
I am not an expert but glad to help inspire a new gardener and I will gladly share seeds. I have an assortment of both herb and vegie seeds.
This link has some good info on fall gardening that she also may find useful. It was recently shared by BettyDee on another thread.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/fallgarden/fallindex.html
Thanks podster. You say you are not an expert, but I have read your comments on many threads and I would say you are right up there! Your generosity is greatly appreciated, as well. I spoke to my daughter about this thread yesterday and she was excited about your info and your seed offer. I will be getting all this info to her (and reading up on it myself!).
Tonya
BTW: I've been doing the wintersowing for a couple of years, too and love it! Learned the hard way this year, though, that the pill bugs love it too! Was pretty disappointed at some losses this year and didn't figure out what got 'em until I had lost a bunch. I'm ready for 'em now though! I'm sure I'll have some plants to share with the Abilene crew in the spring. Might be a good way to get her to come home for a weekend!
Did the pillbugs get in the containers and eat the sprouted plants? Wow! I placed my containers up on a shelf but for a different reason... to keep the fireants out of them. When it is wet in spring, the ants look for higher drier ground and containers are usually victimized by fireants.
I will try to list some of the herbal and vegetable seeds I have available and she can pick and chose. You can too! LOL Will try to do it this weekend.
Yes, the pillbugs were all around the containers, especially under them, and I would occassionally find one in a container. After researching, I found out that they are night eaters and were chomping away whilst I slept! We had a lot of fire ants this year, but none in my containers. I guess they preferred my beds and grass where they could more easily attack me! I keep a tube of Benadryl cream with my gardening tools for just that reason. I can't tell you the number of times I could be seen hopping around and swatting at my feet and legs!
Thanks for taking the time to list your seeds and offer them to us. I am sure we will take you up on it!
So far the seeds I have extra of are these and I may be able to add more by the end of summer.
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Tomatoes:
Sugar Plum ~ hybrid http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/117457/
Druzba http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/87641/
Golden Jubilee http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/124509/
Porter http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/112800/
Herbs
Basils:
Genovese (Italian) not sure which as it has been called both http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/48823/
Lemon http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/921/
Lime http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/48754/
Cinnamon ~ hopefully. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/920/ I am waiting on the flowers to produce seed on these.
Oregano vulgare ~ not sure which one http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/126271/
Sweet Marjoram ~ http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/306/
Anise ~ I believe this is one of the hyssops. Foliage smells wonderfully licorice.
