New New-bee thread!! Come on in!!

2 days after ,, no problem , dug our way to the street , with help .. and around to here and there .
Most is melting away , so in a couple of days , a couple of more seeds , might get planted .. maybe ? . I don't like cold , Big Sigh ... or headaches , mild these days ,, and Good ,, that they are ..

Hello newbies and oldbees. I'm just catching up on my thread watching. it's been a very busy time.

I see everyone may still be covered with the white stuff. This morning I felt the promise of spring and it was delightful. Soon, my friends. Soon. :)

xox
A.

No white stuff here. Thank goodness. Everyone be well!

We're headed for the Southlands next week, hopefully Key Largo by Wednesday!

Al

Well, I'm envious. Have a great time (like you wouldn't).

Here , it is snowing again , enjoy the vacation ,, while your looking for the key and equator ,check out the Bimini coral for me .

Thank you Juhur that was a very nice spring like box of newbee donations :)
Go Al!! THe Keys will be glorious with only a memory of the dirty snow banks back here in the Northeast!! Enjoy!!
Hi Amanda staying busy as usual I see!!

Arejay59 ;Hope some can enjoy , most are easy seeds, We will try some more vegies and flowers later on . My snapdragons, lupine, Daylily get going . should be more seeds.
You will be seeing lots seeds for summer and fall ,from what I hear ..

It has snowed the past two days here , going back to zero the next two days , not much gardening here ...


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A new envelope with a request came in right behind your donation Juhur!! So the first enjoying party has already arrived and it will ship back out on Monday!!

hi ya arejay , well good ,,, I want to see some growing live anything after all this snow .
As is , a few of those could of been cleaned better , but most were as good as they get ..
I have lots to try for spring and more to plan to do , than I likely will .
Still it is nice to talk and think of spring !!!
^_^
Well there's always more to try !!!

I would like to thank DomeHomeDee for her very generous donation to the zone 8 and up newbie stash. Greatly appreciated!

Good Morning,
I just wanted to let those who sent envies know. I havent forgotten you. I have been on vacation and forgot to tell anyone. * See above*** I am known to forget things**** I am back this week and will send them back out to you full of seed ready to be planted any day now!!!! Yeeeayyy !! Spring..???
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Thank you Mittsy and James!! Planting time is so close!! The newbie box is filling up!!

Delightfully Delighted Robin !!! Got to keep the Butterflies and "Bees" happy and interested ..lol ^_^

After this years Round Robin Trade , You might be getting more seeds ,,

I am really looking forward to spring , ! Really !!!
Thank you Also ,,Robin ,,, ^_^

This years spring run-off will be interesting with all that snow.

So glad you got the packet. My grape tomatoes are the only thing doing well right now, but I've planted a few gazania seeds so maybe I'll have spring flowers along with my forced bulbs. The white iris are doing well.

Hey everybody come on out of hybernation. It is the 1st day of spring and although it is overcast with rain forcasted, it is above 0 and the snow is melting. Hooray for that! I'm so sick of looking at that dirty white stuff. I have gazania, marigold, geranium, begonia, datura,and more that i am not mentioning (-too many to list) seeds up.It had better warm up fast because I don't want to have to pot all these up. Half of my basement is taken up by layers of seed trays all sprouting seedlings. come on out and say Hi, best regards Sandra

hello . Wild asters are sprouting , Daylily shoots from older plants . Garlic I started from seed last year are showing up as are a few old sprouts of the Garlic .
It is a nice thought , plants and greenery returning . not much to see so far though .
Indoor starts , pepper salvia , marigolds . Tomato shortly ..
Spring ^_^ !!!

Yahoo!! Spring has arrived, why is it still snowing here? Okay, we're talking about SEEDS and not PLANTS just yet. My early Patio Princess tomatoes are started under the light stand, will be transplanted into portable buckets in a couple of weeks. Then on and off the porch depending on the weather and temps. We don't get seriously warm temps until mid-May or so.

Things are looking up!
Al

Hi Juhur and Al -Patio Princess? Full size or cherry? How long til maturity? I have yellow cherry -Chello, Celebrity Full size,indeterminate, 60 day, First Lady indeterminate, 66 days,full size and some seeds that a friend sent me from Northern Ontario that he was given by an elderly Italian man (my friend says they are the best he has ever grown). Would you believe ?-the Celebrity and First Lady seeds were in a box Of my father's stuff that I recently unpacked so the seeds are 12 years old and even if only half sprout it will be amazing! So far I only have 1 or 2 of each one of the above that have actually sprouted but it is eary on yet. Will give them another week.

Patio Princess is Burpee hybrid, don't know if they are available in Canada. It's a short determinate tomato bred for large pots and containers. Fairly early, but I also start mine 2 - 3 weeks early anyway. It's a "large cherry" about golf ball size tomatoes. Info at http://burpee.com
Contact my D-Mail if interested.

I've grown a few tomato seeds 10 years old or more, all depends on how they have been stored. Some will germinate, some won't. Only one way to find out, win or lose. I would just space them out in a cool-whip container with a good quality starting mix, then pluck out the ones that grew for transplant into a flat. Some folks have their own recipe for doing this such as adding a very light dilution of Miracle-Gro to the water to help.

Al

Just wanted to thank Mitt again for the irises, which are starting to bloom in our weird warm calif weather.

Seeds sprouting !! I still have lots of snow. Soon I hope to see the mud!!

Mit has blessed my with some beautiful blooms and still waiting for some to bloom....
Red Rider and Thornbirds.....

Hi Charleen!! Nice posies you got posin' there!

Al

I love this time of year. Al. How you all doing????

YaHoo! It's Spring. Time to get planted. We've got sunshine, and green grass again..

Al

Okay Chit-Chaters, where have you all been? We're finally eatin' tomatoes here in NY, seems like we're about the last ones on the entire continent! Sandra sent me some seeds from Manitoba that turned out absolutely delicious!

Is the Newbie Thread still intact?

Hope everyone is happily gardening!

Be Well!
Al

Those are nice maters! I have a bit to go before I can pick mine. Not quite ripe yet for that full blown flavor that I'm craving for my BLT sandwich.
In the seeds for newbies dept. I have been harvesting the Columbine, Larkspur and Bolero Marigold seeds. Checked the Eastern Blue Star (Amsonia) and Hollyhocks and found Jester's Jacket is blooming, tiny pink flowers, so cute. Had to give the Columbine pods the freezer treatment as they were full of tiny beetles. All good now! My red raspberry crop was so sparse there was hardly enough for a little grazing let alone desserts of any kind. I'll miss my raspberry jam this winter, but raspberries are too expensive to purchase for jam making. The asparagus was excellent this spring. But no apples. Late frost got them all. I sure hope we get a nice fall so lots of tomatoes will have time to mature.

Mine are about gone. Still picking some bell peppers though...

I'm not getting enough peppers so I have to buy them and corn on the cob.

Hi everyone - time marches on! :)

hope you're enjoying what's left of summer. I am still nursing some seedlings. I have been REALLY behind this year what with school and all. Better luck next year, and/or I am about to start some sunflower seeds which will bloom well into November.

Good night!
A.

I'm still looking at (maybe) my last bacon, lettuce, and tomato salad for the season. Just adding a little Italian dressing and a few blue cheese crumbles. The garden is drying up pretty good despite the cool summer here in New York. Time to start getting our new catalogs for next year! LOL

Al

I have my fall crop of peas started and my butternut squash are looking good. Beets were very disappointing, no size at all. A few tomatoes still green but of good size.

Holy CROW we have fallen down in here!!!

How is everybody? We have folks on the round robin thread already talking about beginning their winter sowing on the solstice. It's right around the corner! Me, I am still just cleaning up the yard from summer. Slowly. A single black plastic pot at a time. :D

Hope everyone is reasonably well and settled in for their long winter's nap.

ox
A.

Hello Amanda ,, not ready for winter ,, Stringing Christmas lights today , well was helping the elderly find the ends of the light cords ,,
Indoors I have several started , several house plants looking pretty good .. outdoors the garden is ,, what it is ,, gone WILD !!!
About nineteen bags of seeds hanging in the garage ,, Annuals mostly ..

2 and three ,, are did someone mention taking a nap ,, ? zzzzzz

Yep, still alive and well... I'm searching out a few seed catalogs for my "perfect" tomato for next year. Trust me, I've tried dozens.

Christmas lights are up and running, it's starting to look holidayish here.

Good to hear from everyone!

Al

I just love the lights, too. Cocoa Beach is looking very festive.

Hi Amanda!