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As you would have already presumed, we have been spending more and more time in the garden getting it underway for our major food producing time. It's hard to get a jump on the season when it still throws a frost at you like this morning. Thanks for the warning Lee over at Killiecrankie Farm.
You know how frugal I am....well I have been blown away by how much I have spent so far buying seed! It all seems to have gone up so much this year. I estimate that I have spent at least $50 on seed and that's only 50% of the total seed we use. The other 50% we have sourced from our stocks and family and friend seed savers. So I will be more vigilant next year about saving seed and send a timely reminder to my friends in the Northern Hemisphere to save your seed and check out my SEED PACKET TUTORIAL HERE.
Many have started their Christmas gift planning and a dozen of these little packets filled or unfilled would make a great gift for the gardeners in your circle or even for children's present. They love beans and sunflowers.
oh dear, wish I had known about the frost ...lets hope my little tomatoes survive! Thanks for the seed packet tutorial, they look lovely and a great gift idea.
ReplyDeleteso strange to read about you getting ready to plant, whe we're trying to figure-out how to over-winter our ferns in pots!
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paige
Oh yes - that frost was just lovely - you can see why i don't put toms in on show day !
ReplyDeletelost the tops out of our spuds, and the corn took a knock - but otherwise A-OK.
We share seeds amoungst our family, which helps, but seed saving is the key. The tutorial is superb - great, link !
I have a HUGE load of mizuna lettuce seeds ready in about four weeks so if you want some I'll post you a pack :) - they got us through the whole of winter for lettuce (just one plant).
Great tip Tanya!
ReplyDeleteI have quite a lot of plants that are seeding atm, it is my first year of seed saving. And also grow broad beans for drying.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tanya