Spring planting and transplanting time is upon us. How often do you see planting instructions that say "plant with crown at soil level" or "plant crown should be slightly above...

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Use Small Containers First

Start your seeds in small containers, such as yogurt, cottage cheese containers, or a milk carton, laid on its side (about 5cm deep), with the opposite side cut off (staple closed the end that was opened). Some people use egg cartons (expect to transplant quite quickly from such a small container). Make sure you put one or more holes, about half a centimeter in diameter, in the bottom of all these containers. If the holes are too big soil will fall out.

Egg and milk cartons, almost ready for seeds . . .

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I was finally able to get into the garden this weekend. On Sunday, Spouse spent some quality time with the leaf blower, while I got going with the vegetable garden. The weather was beautiful - mid-70's and sunny. . . .

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I got home from work tonight at 5:00, so I had a few hours that I could spend in the garden before it got dark. I needed to get my new grape vines planted. They have been in the packing material for about a week, and were starting to bud out, so I wanted to get them in. I am trying 3 different varieties, Canadice, Reliance, and Interlaken. . ..

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The soil is workable.
A bit too damp still, but I can ignore that small detail.

As is the case every year, the hubs had the usual fight with the rototiller. Apparently, just add oil and the motor will seize tight as a drum on you after it has started momentarily and then stalled. . . .

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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to planting, seeds, tools on 2008-04-08, 18:00:13

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Yesterday was a lazy day (sort of) we did a bit of stuff around the house and as previously blogged I made a cheesecake and marinara sauce. Here is a picture of my finished cheesecake! 

From what I remember eating (and I did it fast) it was quite tasty! We left our

 friend's house and came home and passed out. Today was much busier than yesterday, we watched a few hours of morning television and then got to gettin' on! I soaked my sweet peas over night and was ready to plant them but realized I did not have any potting soil so Sofia and I went to Home Depot, with a pit stop at the puppy store to take Sofia on a shopping spree. . .

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I have a new link to my spring planting records. Its near the top of my sidebar. It lists what I'm planting, where, how much, and when it sprouts. You can see what's sprouted today there. (Little broccolis just poked up this morning!)

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Posted by kathy Reblogged by Old Roses to planting on 2008-03-23, 23:41:39

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Allyson from Kennesaw, GA raised a question about the best vegetables for growing in a small garden area: “I am a first time gardener and I don’t know what to plant that will not over load my very limited garden space.”

“After reading your site, I have determined I could handle a few bush green beans, and some lettuce. I will plant zucchini in a couple of separate deep containers, but really want to plant some potatoes and onions. . . .

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Around here gardeners like to plan events in the garden according to Holidays. St. Patrick's Day is when they say you should plant peas, so I dutifully built my pea trellises and planted peas last Sunday (the day before St. Patty's Day).

May Dreams Gardens is just a couple hours away from me and she planted peas on Sunday too.

Maybe it's not just around here where gardeners shoot for pea planting on the Irish holiday because peas were planted in Skippy's Vegetable Garden on St. Patrick's day too. . . .

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Posted by Marc Reblogged by Old Roses to peas, planting on 2008-03-20, 18:58:10

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OMG - what a busy day we had. We went from a pile-o-soil at the street in the morning to getting our first plantings in by day's end.

For now, I'll let the pictures speak. I'll write more later to give a fuller update on our project.

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In a recent issue of Organic Gardening magazine, they quoted researchers from the University of Florida as saying that loosening the roots of pot bound transplants of annuals was “an...

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I did my first outdoor sowing today! Peas and fava beans. Its a beautiful warm day, but lots of rain is in the forecast.

I think I'll start a listing of what I plant when for my records. I'll update this list as I plant this season. . . .

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It is now over 3 weeks since I planted the winter seedlings and my apologies for being so tardy in updating my blog. Particularly if you were following my progress. My gardening blog is like the canary in the coal mine. If the blog falls off it's perch something isn't well underground. Only kidding. Well sort of. I do find that with all my responsibilities as mother of young children, part-time public servant, keeper of the home and hearth, that it only takes one or two slightly disruptive things to knock me off the platform that has space for little stolen moments of photographing vegies, uploading to the internet, composing a piece and posting to the blog. . . .

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I am off this week. Its one of those ‘my’ weeks. Nothing pressing, catching up on projects, sleeping in if I want to. If I feel like doing something, I do it. If not, I don’t regardless of what list may have made of various todos. You know, a vacation. [...]

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In our Zone 9a garden,
this past week...
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I did a lot of weeding:



I chitted potatoes:



I started tomatoes, peppers, and gooseberries:



And I did a lot of cooking of our harvests:

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Companion planting or interplanting means growing two or more plants in the same area to achieve a specific effect. It is mainly done to keep bugs and pests away from plants. . . .

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Even though we're forecast to have a very cool week (highs in the 60s... in March! That's been rare the past few years...), I decided to transplant and seed some of my plants for the summer season before heading to work today.... Very briefly. ..

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to planting on 2008-03-07, 18:44:34

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The Polyanthus Blue Shades is growing lovely now, even with todays wind and rain.
I am back on nights for three so the posts will slow down untill Monday.I was very productive yesterday with Cat helping me out. I bought three large 75 litre bags of compost, two bags of Pea gravel stones, and a few more plants to go with the four from Harlow Carr. I wanted to make the African bag gardens with Cats assistance. . . .

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I'm out of control! I've ordered more seeds since setting up the indoor lights in the basement. There is no way in hell I'll ever be able to use all these seedlings if they happen to grow. Looks like my friends and neighbors may be able to come over and go shopping.

I did a few more containers for Winter Sowing and I think I'm done with this method until next month when I'll do a few annuals. Thanks for the help, Connie!. . .

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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to planting, seeds on 2008-02-22, 18:26:32

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Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start

Now that you are all enjoying a Rodgers and Hammerstein earworm like me, I can tell you spring has officially sprung at Blithewold. There’s something that happens in the 3rd week of February - have you noticed a change? We mark it in our calendars every year. The sun is a certain smidge higher in the sky so when it’s out - even if there’s a frigid wind like there’s been this week, the greenhouse toasts right up. The birds have noticed the change too and I’ve noticed them - just this week. . .

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And speaking of the moon-
Another 'new' old fad is coming back into fashion.
Ask an oldtimer - they'll tell you it works. Well, if Mother Nature decides to work with you, anyway. . . .

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Get a head start on spring with this list of tasks to get your garden ready for spring planting.

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With last year’s drought a distant memory I am preparing for this year’s garden. Things are pretty soggy outside and have been for some time. I am sure the trees are loving this moisture. It hasn’t been very cold but fortunately cold enough to keep things dormant so far in my yard. [...]

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The last thing that I think that you need for a successful and easy to care for garden, is in my opinion, the hardest. The goal in your beds is to have no openings were you can actually see the soil or the mulch. The plants should grow together, just until they meet, and maybe mingle a little bit with each other. This is very difficult for me, because I have always read that you need to keep plenty of space between plants for good air movement. They need this to keep from getting mildew, and other diseases that plants get from being to close together. . . .

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Step-by-Step Process:

• Keep roots of bare root trees and shrubs moist and protected at all times prior to planting. Prepare planting hole for each plant before removing it from it’s protected, moist site. . . .

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My Main Regret from Last Year’s Planting.
As I look through my numerous seeds left over from last year, I realized that I succumbed to societal pressure when I decided what to order. Everyone plants xxx, so I should plant xxx. As a result, I spent a lot of time planting, nurturing, and devoting valuable resources to things we don't really eat. And I didn't plant things we eat a lot of. . . .

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hi!!
it's winter here on vancouver island and i am preparing
a new veggy garden.
my best spot is situated where a thick grass mat exist....

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Posted by manuel Reblogged by Old Roses to planting on 2008-01-24, 06:29:00

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I like to get a list of when and what to plant in the spring. Another way of working on the garden when its still the middle of winter. Also, I can get an idea of when I need to have the soil and pots and tables ready.

This year I'll use my fish tank light again as a good area to keep the soil warm for sprouting (>75F). It worked well for peppers last year. This year I'll plant peppers, tomatoes and squashes (cukes, zukes, watermelons, pumpkins) indoors. . . .

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How do you plant true lilies? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Hey all, I know this is slightly off topic, but I hope I can benefit from others' experience. I bought a huge quantity of bulbs this fall, and then I got sick and stayed that way for most of September and October (my kid started Kindergarten and I caught everything he brought home). So I have about 165 bulbs that never got planted. If the snow melts off can I plant them? What happens if I try to plant them in the spring? I might use some of the tulips by making little indoor bulb gardens and forcing them, but that won't use them up, and the allium are too tall for that.

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The weekend gone by was a weekend of firsts.

The first sowing of next years pea crop - Taiwan Sugar Pea - which Patrick at Bifurcated Carrots sent me. . . .

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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to peas, planting on 2007-11-28, 00:32:07

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Many books have been written on the subject of companion planting, the technique of grouping plants that benefit each other. But centuries before those books were written, the Iroquois and...

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When it comes to fall planting tips, there's still time to plant according to Doug - this one-minute garden video tells what you can still plant at the end of November as long as your ground isn't frozen. . . .

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Don't think that you can't garden now. There are many plants that can go in the ground now, particularly in the low desert.

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Many hands make light work Today we planted the last of 1,000 Daffodils and 400 Crocus along Cortelyou Road. Over two weekends, we covered every block from the Q subway stop to Coney Island Avenue....

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I am in the middle of planting my garlic now. I planted two types last weekend. Today I planted some heirloom top sets (photo bottom left) of a variety called "Old Homestead". Also several large heads of cloves that I saved from the Farmer's Market. . . .

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