tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post5570141435272783684..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Embrace Seeds For A Happier LifeCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-55157072793031999742008-10-16T19:46:00.000-04:002008-10-16T19:46:00.000-04:00I'm a compulsive seed saver. Paper bags from the g...I'm a compulsive seed saver. Paper bags from the grocery and liquor stores, coin envelopes purchased at an office supply store, tiny plastic storage bins ... I've got all those and more stuffed with seeds! I don't buy a lot from catalogs or online, but I love to peruse the catalogs and THINK about it. I bought Linaria maroccana/Toadflax from Wildseed Farms in 2006 or 2007. I think I still have Cindy, MCOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094260737874973235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-27111427812935350102008-10-11T17:09:00.000-04:002008-10-11T17:09:00.000-04:00Oops, forgot to mention that I suppose that there ...Oops, forgot to mention that I suppose that there are some seeds that could be tossed on the garden now like poppy, sunflower, cosmos, nicotina and other self starters. But I agree, I don't want to rush the seasons and fall is fantastic.Ottawa Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486499450332482461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-36421756242330612342008-10-11T17:08:00.000-04:002008-10-11T17:08:00.000-04:00Love, love, love catalogues even though I hardly e...Love, love, love catalogues even though I hardly ever purchase anything from them. As for the BSSS? Are you saying something?Ottawa Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486499450332482461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-32450242049459531772008-10-11T12:04:00.000-04:002008-10-11T12:04:00.000-04:00Thanks Acorn! I did a very quick check on Gurney'...Thanks Acorn! I did a very quick check on Gurney's and decided I would not be ordering from them as they have too many negative comments.<BR/><BR/>I'll keep looking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-80628549409362296782008-10-11T10:01:00.000-04:002008-10-11T10:01:00.000-04:00I too love seeds, saving my own and pouring throug...I too love seeds, saving my own and pouring through the catalogs. I have an unheated hoophouse to over winter plants that are just a zone or two warmer than here(zone 5/6) and to start seeds. I have tried a winter garden of leafy plants and an early spring sowing in there. But I lack a place to begin seeds of other plants very early. I would encourage Terry to check out gardenwatchdog.com for acornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581544144657027437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-7621738884217827732008-10-11T09:36:00.000-04:002008-10-11T09:36:00.000-04:00I regularly embrace seeds. I'd take them to bed wi...I regularly embrace seeds. I'd take them to bed with me if I could.~~DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-86628881709549091342008-10-11T02:24:00.000-04:002008-10-11T02:24:00.000-04:00The chipmunks ate all my seed except for the Zinni...The chipmunks ate all my seed except for the Zinnias and some giant sunflowers. I would say I'm one of the discouraged ones. I had such hope. <BR/><BR/>I will try and enjoy this season without planning to much for the new possibilities. You didn't even peep to see?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-7672929958099566752008-10-10T12:45:00.000-04:002008-10-10T12:45:00.000-04:00Okay, Carol, while I'm not seedless - for tomatoes...Okay, Carol, while I'm not seedless - for tomatoes and peppers I only buy little starter plants. Since I only want one or two of a variety it would be goofy to embrace 8 packages of seeds to get a dozen plants! <BR/><BR/>Like Gail I have no place to start them inside. I direct sow annuals and vines. <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-22934841523124248832008-10-10T11:36:00.000-04:002008-10-10T11:36:00.000-04:00I once read a wonderful piece about the miracle of...I once read a wonderful piece about the miracle of seeds. Take a watermelon seed:smaller than your smallest fingernail yet it becomes something that is 65,000 times bigger than its original size and provides sustenance and the seeds for the next crop x 500 more seeds. (OK, I am not sure about the 500).MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698595362707489593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-53141815096348639372008-10-10T11:29:00.000-04:002008-10-10T11:29:00.000-04:00Much to my horror I opened my mailbox today and di...Much to my horror I opened my mailbox today and discovered a freshpak from Gardens North of Corydalis ochotensis var. raddeana....darned if I can remember why I ordered it, or what it looks like. That's what happens when you order seeds in Jan and they're delivered in Oct.Barbarapchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990013417063903768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-33469407316418098842008-10-10T11:26:00.000-04:002008-10-10T11:26:00.000-04:00Hi CarolI am a new gardener this year with bigger ...Hi Carol<BR/>I am a new gardener this year with bigger plans for next year, and have a question for you old-timers about ordering from catalogs. I got on an email list for Gurney's but I've never ordered seeds or plants from a catalog or online. I am looking at some seeds that say will be shipped in my proper planting time which according to the chart is up to Nov 7. I live near Detroit, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-75962276911713411222008-10-10T10:46:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:46:00.000-04:00After 35 years of starting seeds on a makeshift ta...After 35 years of starting seeds on a makeshift table in the kitchen I finally got my greenhouse. It is bursting at the seams with seedlings in the spring and cuttings in the fall. When it's 100 degrees in the summer it gets a good sterilization.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-83702608066174519102008-10-10T09:41:00.000-04:002008-10-10T09:41:00.000-04:00I've been lurking here, Carol, pondering what to s...I've been lurking here, Carol, pondering what to say--am I that seedless gardener everyone scorns? And then I realized, no, I'm not! But I must admit I like to buy tomato seedlings someone else has planted, and my first attempt at starting seeds indoor this year didn't go so well. But I've been collecting some seeds already and am determined to do a better job this winter of raising some Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-33798310634798325002008-10-10T09:01:00.000-04:002008-10-10T09:01:00.000-04:00It's funny, I direct sow and for a few seconds tho...It's funny, I direct sow and for a few seconds thought I might technically be a seedless gardener! It's been difficult to manage plants inside...No basement or garage. If we decide to put in the vegetable garden this fall...I will have to embrace more seed planting!<BR/><BR/>My favorite seed catalog is Chiltern Seeds, the vegetable catalog is always an enjoyable read! I have ordered from themGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-11382069609059772952008-10-10T08:40:00.000-04:002008-10-10T08:40:00.000-04:00People garden without seeds? My first dianthus cam...People garden without seeds? My first dianthus came from seeds (T&M BTW). All twelve of the little plants had slightly different growth habits and their flowers were slightly different. Over the years only one has survived. The rest weren't either worthy of the garden or couldn't survive the heat/wet/cold/whatever of my garden. If I had bought the plant from a nursery would I have Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-76906309826847741772008-10-10T08:21:00.000-04:002008-10-10T08:21:00.000-04:00When I'm frantically looking for another inch of f...When I'm frantically looking for another inch of free space in the garden for all the seedlings I've started, I think I've embraced too many seeds. Fortunately, I forget all about that by the time the seed catalogs arrive again. Like MSS, I get great satisfaction from watching a seed turn into a plant.Entangledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-51449989616454940662008-10-10T06:58:00.000-04:002008-10-10T06:58:00.000-04:00Hi Carol, this is a great public service announcem...Hi Carol, this is a great public service announcement. I got that catalog too and really like the rudbeckia on the cover, THE FIRST RED RUDBECKIA!!!! They always are trying for that next big thing, but T & M is a good company, I try and buy from them and others to spread the wealth, good for the economy you know. I cannot imagine gardening without seeds, how do they grow their veggies? OrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-72887431614033647952008-10-09T23:40:00.000-04:002008-10-09T23:40:00.000-04:00Well, I have embraced seeds, but I am not sure the...Well, I have embraced seeds, but I am not sure they are hugging me back.vertiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199391563643437871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-79841183456834481512008-10-09T22:26:00.000-04:002008-10-09T22:26:00.000-04:00I, too, have read about these "seedless" gardeners...I, too, have read about these "seedless" gardeners--that they can't be bothered with the "fuss" or that seeds are somehow scary. I don't get it.<BR/><BR/>I love growing things from seed. In fact, my downfall is that I often lose interest in a plant after it's moved past the seedling stage. It's sort of like children. I love to nurture and coddle them as infants, but can't stand the maintenance Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-70972818567572608372008-10-09T21:57:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:57:00.000-04:00I deal with seeds most of the year. If I'm not...I deal with seeds most of the year. If I'm not planting them, I'm collecting, drying, packaging, or trading them! <BR/>BTW, I'll take the T&M catalog anytime of year....it is surely eye candy for the gardener.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539232387597508849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-78772816236294794532008-10-09T21:12:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:12:00.000-04:00Hmm. I haven't gotten mine yet. I wonder if they f...Hmm. I haven't gotten mine yet. I wonder if they finally gave up on me? I have cut way back on what I start from seed because right when the seedlings need the most attention I am going outside and working on the early spring garden. I just hate to see seedlings die! But I had fun doing some winter sowing last year. Will probably do that again.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-64394627501081314432008-10-09T20:59:00.000-04:002008-10-09T20:59:00.000-04:00There are people who actually garden without seeds...There are people who actually garden without seeds? Say it ain't so! LOL! <BR/><BR/>I definitely "embrace seeds". I can't imagine missing the pleasure of watching a tiny seed become a beautiful flowering plant.<BR/><BR/>I've been going outside every few days collecting seeds from some of my favorite plants.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-25271155060697349732008-10-09T20:48:00.000-04:002008-10-09T20:48:00.000-04:00I have a seed addiction ... In past seasons, my hu...I have a seed addiction ... In past seasons, my husband has had to physically drag me away from seed packet displays. <BR/><BR/>Case in point, right now I'm thinking I really need to grow the red Rudbeckia on the front cover of that catalog ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-29121599134077466832008-10-09T20:33:00.000-04:002008-10-09T20:33:00.000-04:00Oh boy Carol. I have certainly embraced the purch...Oh boy Carol. I have certainly embraced the purchasing part of seeds. I just don't always get them into the ground. This year I expect to try that winter sowing. I want to use the milk jug process during winter to get a jump on that seed sowing process. This means that I will have to create a new area to plant said seeds. Something to look forward to. Embracing. Yes,as Martha would say "a Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.com