doodle by andre: attention, seed-catalog shoppers!
UM, I GUESS OUR FRIEND Andre Jordan got a peek at the way we really order seeds, huh? Trouble is: I’m still stuck on Step 1, that “Bloody Brilliant Big List” thing.
'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener
For me, unfortunately money is more of an issue than space is. The vegetable garden isn’t that bad, but now I’m starting to focus on the landscaping more. It’s a good thing our ground doesn’t dry out until May, because I may still be trickling out seed orders at that time.
In the last couple of days, I took a count of my seeds (present and previous orders, saved, received) and I’m proud to announce that I have more seeds than soil in the garden!
I go seed crazy every year — so this year I limited myself to hardy annuals. No jiffy pots this year! Just in-situ.
Our Master Gardener group grows tomatoes for the annual May plant sale fundraiser. We normally start seedlings mid February. I decided to use up older seeds (3 and 4 years old), and overplanted since I figured only half would come up.
You might know it, I had nearly 100% germination and now have 125 of them in 4″ pots crammed under 2 banks of growlights in the garage (a space that normally holds 72 pots).
Most of them will find new homes but in the meantime, I’ll be rotating those trays like crazy since my husband won’t let me put grow lights in the living room.
Dear Andre,
are you stalking me? ;) my house is 742 sq feet, and the garden is 875 sq feet (so far).
and i skipped 4a, no revising the list!
Vegetable seeds are a delightfully inexpensive hobby, in my opinion.
I like to buy them, and share!
Happily, I do a lot of vegetable gardening classes and donate transplants to our local growers for food banks. Woo-hooo!
My name is Michele, and I’m a NEW seedaholic. This is my first attempt at gardening, and I MAY have puchased an over-abundance of seeds. Go big or go home, right? I liked Lucy’s comment – You are buying dreams….very well-put!
My name is Robin and I’m a seedaholic
ha, I may have to steel that for a doodle
Haha. This made me laugh. We recently sold our 43 acre farm and are living in a CONDO no less. My husband saw me pouring over my seed catalogs with list in hand and just shook his head. What’s wrong with me?!
Haha! So true! I always seem to *need* more seeds…even though I never have enough space for them all!
I’ve already got all my garden space accounted for and I’m *still* drooling over seeds. I’m pretty sure my husband thinks the patio is slowly turning into a pot maze.
You’ve got to over-order seeds. You are buying dreams.
Maybe I am lucky. I am still intimidated by seeds. Instead I want to buy every plant I see at the nursery and give it a home.
I think that’s a strain of the same bug, Susan. :) I have both forms of the disease — but nowhere nearly as bad as when I first started gardening. But they do have a powerful pull on us, don’t they? See you soon, I hope.
haha! I’m with Robin, I DO live on a farm with acreage and yet I still want/need/yearn for too many seeds. It’s a universal affliction :) No cure except to order even more!
I have 45 acres. I still do it. My name is Robin and I’m a seedaholic who has no concept of reality when it comes to how many seeds I *need.*