Gardening Time - Ordering seeds

 

    One of my favorite times of year is the time where I get to plan my garden and order seeds. I love seeds, because I love plants. This year we are going to work a lot on growing our plants from seeds. I’m hoping to grow enough plants to have them for my garden and be able to sell them cheap ($0.50-$1) Just to cover the cost of the seeds and stuff we need for the garden. I don’t want to make a profit. I just want to cover my cost. I mean you get 300 onion seeds, I won’t need 300, if I can sell then to make up the difference that would be amazing. If not, I will give them away.

I’m chancing the way we are eating and also need spring and fall crops. From Baker Creek, I ordered onions, spinach, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, luffa (I know I need that seed). I also ordered their Catalog, honestly that was the reason I went to their site. I love their catalog, it has so much awesome info in it. I can’t wait for the seeds to come in.

I also placed an order with Urban Farmer. This will be the 1^st time I order through them. I got a coupon for 15% off for Cyber Monday. I need potato seeds for the year and asparagus, for the new asparagus garden. I will transfer asparagus roots we have but new roots will be nice too. I’m hoping that this company is better than the last one I used.

What seeds are you ordering for the year? Would you rather start from seeds or buy transplants? Check out my other 18-17 weeks before average date of last frost goals. Let me know what you are doing in the garden.

Gardening Goals ~ 18-17 Weeks Before Average Frost Date

The Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook has flipped to the being again. This is one reasons I love this book so much. I can use it over and over again. Can you believe we are going to start seeds for 2021 Garden!!! I’m so excited. 2020 Gardening has harvested 151.28lbs of food! 😄 My goal was 100 lbs. We are still harvesting celery, rosemary, and sage out of the garden. My garden has become completely kid friendly, meaning nothing but water is going on it. My littles are little most are 3 and under, they grab food and eat it. I don’t want them to fear eating anything.

18-17 Weeks before average frost date

v  Clean up around the green house. Work on organizing it.

v  Place Seed orders- The magazines will be coming in soon, but I know there are something I want no matter what. I want to get them ordered.

v  Paint the roof of the Green house. It has been painted in a few years. I want it to last a long time. Painting it will help.

v  Hook up the heat to the green house.

v  Sow Herbs – Start Thyme and Parsley seeds.

v  Sow Vegetables – Start Onion and leeks.

v  Start to plan next year’s gardens. What do I want to grow?

I am so thankful this year for having the time to get back into my garden.  Know COVID-19 was a huge pain, but it did give me so much time for my garden and a chance to geek out about it. We have plans to extent it this year. Then it will be as big as I want it until we decide if we want to move or not. What are you doing in your garden?

 

Gardening - 8 Weeks After Last Frost 2015- Weekly Goals

My garden book with my notes

     By having a journal you can see what was going on in the garden the years before and that will help you prepare for your garden this week. As you can see last year around this week it was super hot and my plants were dying. This note will help me be prepared for hot weather and think about my plants in pots. Do you keep notes on what's going on in your garden? Does it help you with your garden? 

Weekly Gardening Goals

1.  Plant Fall Seeds - I need to plant lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots, and turnips.
2. Hornworms - I need to keep an eye out for Hornworms. 
3. Cleaning veggie and fruit - I need to make some veggie and fruit cleaner. 
4. Mulch - I need to mulch around the fence around the garden. 
5. Harvest - harvest squash, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, raspberries, and beans. 

This week I also want to work on my gardening goals for 7 weeks before last frost. What are you doing in your gardens his week? 

Check here to see what I did last week in the garden. 

Gardening - 6 weeks after last frost 2015 - weekly garden review 

Gardening - 7 weeks after last frost 2015 - weekly gardening goal review

Gardening - 7 weeks after last frost 2015 - weekly gardening goals

My grasshopper water catcher

     Rain rain go away, please come back next week. I don't know about you but I'm a little rained out. I'm good with one or two showers a week, but here in PA it feels like all it does is rain on the days that I have off. How is the weather were you are?

Weekly goals

1. Rooting plants - I want to start to cut plants that won't seed and start to help them grow roots. I would like to do this to the lavender and rosemary. 
2. Blossom Blight - It has rained her so much that I need to keep a good eye on my plants. I have to really keep an eye on the squash so it doesn't get blossom blight. 
3. Plant seeds for fall harvest - in all the areas around the garden that haven't gotten plants growning in them I want to start to plant carrots, turips, Swiss chard, brussel sprouts.
4. Plant the plants that are growning - I have flowers and veggies to get in to the ground. I want to work on that this week. 
5. Mulch - mulch around the garden fence. I planted plants in it but the wedding are coming back so fast. I really need to mulch it

    What are you doing in the garden this week? What are your gardening goals?

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Gardening - 6 weeks after last frost 2015 - weekly garden review

Gardening - 6 weeks after last frost - planting

Doesn't look amazing yet but will shortly

    My second goal this week is the frist goal that I got done. It was to Plant the rest of my peppers and orka- I started to plant them but haven't gotten to finsh it.  I need to plant the front box. I want to plant these awesome pepper plants and tomato plants there. I also want to plant my orka there. (To be honest I love their flower and can't wait to see it bloom). While getting my orka out of the green house I saw lost of sunflowers and calendula. Therefore I decide to plant them in that bed too. I also bought red, white and blue petunias for that bed to show my patriotic side.

I can't wait to see the flowers blooming!

     This bed was a mess and short on dirt. I forgot to take a picture of it before. But it was a mess. It took 5 wheelbarrels of dirt and 4 wheelbarrels of mulch to fill up the box. I also filled up 2 wheelbarrow weeds. It was a long process. It took me 2 nights to finish it up. 

Can you find the tiny tomato and pepper?

     I know it doesn't look like a lot now, but in a few weeks it should look awesome! I can't wait to see my hard work pay off. 

Gardening - 6 week after last frost - planting flowers

     The 1st goal I have this week is Plant flowers- I have found so many great deals on flowers this week. I have 5 flats to plant and didn't paid $17. I got an amazing deal on this flowers and if they don't get planted then they will died. My tip is to start to look around and look for deals on flowers and seeds. Most place know that they can't sell to much more because people have their gardens planted and it's to late for the seeds. 

     I got so many flowers. One reason they were cheap. I love finding a good deal. They also will add color into my yard. I have 6 flower boxes around the house and these I use for mostly flowers to make the house pretty. I did buy so marigold for around the garden. 

     Have you found any really good deals on flowers or seeds? If so did you buy them?

Gardening ~ 12 Week After the Last Frost 2014 ~ Garden Bed 4

Garden Bed 4 ~ finished and ready for planting

      I start this week with my biggest Gardening ~12 Week After the Last Frost - Weekly Goals my Garden Box 4. I'm going to plan fall crop in this garden bed. This gardening box is going to be half broccoli and half cauliflower. 

What it Looked like before I finishes it

     I started on this bed on Thursday morning. It was over grown and empty. I never got around to planting my wheat in it. My spring and summer were super busy this year. Luckily I will be able to plant Fall crops and get more out of my area

Bye- Bye weeds

     I took the time to weed it. Then I handed tilled it. The bunnies love when I leave the garden! All the weeds go to them. 

Rabbit Dropping to help fertilize the bed

     I do though make out the best because then I use their droppings as fertilizer. Because the grass and weeds are now rabbit droppings, it is easier to finalize the garden bed with them. I am not waiting for the grass to decompose I just letting the water wash the little pellets into fertilize. 

Top soil to add some rich soil to the box

     After watching and finalizing my garden beds I always had a bag of topsoil. I do this to replace any dirt that has been washed away or pulled away when I'm weeding. Plus it adds rich dark soil to my garden bed. 

     I completed my gardening weekly goal of garden box four. I read it fertilize and got the bed ready for planting! 

     How's your garden coming? Do you have any gardening goals for this week? 

Weekly Goals - 12 Week After the Last Frost - Weekly goals

     This summer is been super busy, I feel like I haven't even had a chance to keep up with the garden. Good thing with the Garden you can always start over! It's time to start getting season for the fall planting. Are you getting ready to plant seeds for a fall garden?

My Garden 

This Week's Gardening Goals

1. Vines- I have apple melon and sweet melon vines growing all over the garden. Time to clean them up and have them climb the fence
2. Harvest - it's time to harvest cucumbers, potatoes, garlic, peppers. Mmmm I love fresh veggies!
3. Gardening Box 4 - Weed the gardening box. Get it ready for fall planting. 
4. Pallet Bed - I need to weed around the back pallet beds. I want to get them ready for fall plants.
5. Plant - plant broccoli, cauliflower, and peas. 

How are you gardening growing? Do you have goals for this week? 

Gardening - 1st Week After Last Frost - Weeding a Garden Box Daily

I started My 1stWeek After Frost Goals, weed a garden bed daily.

My Garden Box 2 - potatoes, horsradish, and radish

This goal is very important Goal for me as a part time gardener. I have to be able to keep up with the weeds before they take over. Also by doing it for 10 minutes a day, then I can focus on bigger projects on the weekend. 

How do you keep up on your weeds? Do you break it up or do it all at once? 

Gardening ~ Gardening Goals - 4 Weeks Before My Last Frost (praying) Weekly Goals 2014

 According to my book Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook, I am on Week 4, but I am so far behind. I am still playing catch up. This cold weather just makes me want to stay in bed with a book! Okay I know we have been spoiled the last few year and had light winters. Spring is coming in my garden though, I can see it is trying! Time for me to start to try!

Green Daffodil

 Weekly Goals

1.  Harden off ~ broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce,cabbage, and brussels sprouts. Do this by using a green house before planting into the ground. I have to get my green house up and ready.
2. Plant seeds ~ I have so many seeds to plant! Every seed I want to grow needs to get planted this week.
3. Clean up Gardens ~ My Gardens are a huge mess. It has been so cold, getting outside is hard. I have to get to it though. Luckly I have a 4 day weekend still. I am hoping to be in the garden everyday except Easter!
4. Trees ~ I want to give them a little bit of fertilizer and new mulch. The girls have been taking the mulch off the trees. 
5. Bugs ~ Cleaning up my Rabbit Area, I came across at least 3 ant homes. I don't normal do this but because of the way the ants destroy my garden last year. I'm going to lay poison feed in their path. I don't want to kill all the ants. Last year I had over 40 different ant homes in my gardens. They were farming Aphids which were killing my plants. I'm hoping if i can take out a few ant colonies then maybe I will have less trouble this year!

What are your goals this week?

My Apricot Tree's blooms

Gardening ~ 6 Before My Last Frost (2014) - #3. Cleaning up garden

My Mess Gardens

Wow, my gardens are a hot mess. The winter has done damage to my gardens. I have broken branch and dead plants. I can't wait to see it with things growing. I didn't get to work on all my garden beds, (there are a lot) but I did remove 3 wheelbarrows of weeds. But that was for a little area around Garden Box 3, I have so much more to clean up. It was nice to see it getting picked up.

Cleaning Up

Even though I got some of it cleaned up, I have so much more to go. How are are you doing in your garden? Are you cleaning up because of the winter? What is going on in your garden?

My messy garden

Gardening ~ 6 Before My Last Frost (2014) - #1. Plant peas, lettuce, radish, and kale outside

My Garden Box 3

This weekend I was working though my  6 Before My Last Frost (2014) - Weekly Gardening Goals

I had a chance to clean out my garden box, and start to plant seeds. I was so excited! I planted my  peas, lettuce, radish.

 I still have to work on my Improved Maestro Garden Peas in the pallet bed. I will have to work though that because I don't know how I'm going to do that. I have to wait from Hubby ideas on how to make it.

Check out the Rest Of Gardening ~ 6 Before My Last Frost (2014) - Weekly Goal . I have a lot of work to do this week, come back and checkout the rest completed goals though out the week.

Gardening ~ 6 Before My Last Frost (2014) - Weekly Goal

                    My Book

Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook is still helping though out the week to say on base with my gardens. I am also going though last years Gardening ~ 6 and 5 Weeks Before My Last Frost- Weekly Goal to stay on track. This year, I did push back the last day of frost for my area to the weekend of other's Day. This year our area was hit so bad with snow and cold weather. I would rather be safe than sorry, plus Mother's day Weekend the family will help e in the garden too.

Weekly goals

1. Plant Peas, lettuce, radish, and kale outside ~ they weather has broken here, so time to plant my cold crops outside.
2. Make a Pallet bed ~ I don't have the Money to add more gardening boxes, so when I came across Marvis Idea of a bed I was so excited! It will work perfectly.
3. Clean up garden ~ This week I will start to pick up what the nasty weather left behind. Our yard is a mess!
4. Spray Trees ~ Last year I had leaf Curl and I lost a lot of my produce off my trees. This year I want to spray the tress to help protect them.
5. Plant ~ I have so much to plant this week, marigolds, rosemary, flowers (to many to write) and potatoes

 What are you hoping to get done in your garden this week?

Gardening Goals ~ I don't even Know

More Snow on the Way

I'm so sick of the snow. I don't even know where I should be on my goals. It is getting warmer, but there is still snow on the ground. What are you guys doing in your garden? I have learned one thing though. Next year I'm taking up 4 season garden.

Gardening ~ 8 Weeks Before My Last Frost (2014) - Weekly Goals

                      My book

Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook, is missing! I'm so lost an behind because I can't find it. Plus this weather we are having in Pennsylvania doesn't say spring! All the snow on my garden beds have just melted and there is a 30% chance of snow on Monday. I did go though Weekly Gardening Goals to see what I'm behind on. It sad to see last year, I have peas growing in the gardening already. This year I can't even get outside to add compost and get the garden ready. I used Gardening~ 8 weeks before my last frost - Weekly Goals to help me plan my goals today

Weekly Goals

1. Plant Vegetables Seeds-  egg plant pepper, kohlrabi, watermelon, loofah seeds onions, cauliflower, and broccoli
2. Plant Herbs Seeds - Anise, parsley, summer savory,  fennel, chives, cilantro, oregano, alyssum and basil
3. Plant Leafy Plants Seeds- lettuce, kale,  Swiss chard, celery and collards (I'm not planting kale or collars until fall, but if you like those plant you can plant them indoors now.)
4.  Plant Flowers Seeds - Zinnia,  daisy seeds and petunia seeds indoors
5. Price compost- I want to go Wal-Mart and price compost. I have over 10 garden boxes, so I never have enough compost. I awesome have to buy some. We also are getting aged cow manure for the garden. I shouldn't buy to much this year but I like to make sure I have some to add. 

What are you doing in your garden? Has the weather pushed you back? Let me know

Gardening ~ 28 Weeks After my last frost ~Weekly Goals

My book

Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook, is how I manage my many gardening. I have so much going on in my gardening plans, but never remember or know when without this book. I have told so many of my friend to buy the book. They love it too.

Weekly Goals

1.   Sow some culinary herbs - I will sow basil, mint, parsley and chives. This week. I will be able to use them thoughout the season, then plant them outside in herb garden.
2.  Cleaning - I have so many started pots to clean. I like to start most of my plants inside. That way my growing season is longer. This is imporant for my area! So I have many pots to clean. I want to clean at least enought starters to start 140 plants. 
3.  Research wheat plants and how to have them growing. This will be my first year growing wheat so I want to have as much information, on wheat as I can. 
4.  Order seeds - This year I'm ordering a lot of seeds from Braker Seed Company. They are Non-GMO organic heirloom seeds.  I'm doing this so I can start to save seeds and get a better seed for my area. I'm so excite to save my seeds, it will save me so much money.

What are you doing in your garden? 

Gardening - 27 Weeks After my last frost ~Weekly Goals

My book

Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook, Is still helping me figure out what 'm suppose to be doing in the gardening. I love this book, because it is so organized!

Weekly Goals

1. Planning Garden ~ Plan garden Box 4, this is the last gardening box in my vegetable garden. It might not be the last thing holding veggies! I have an idea  want to try this year.
2. Start to organize and clean growing pots ~ my garden tool are a mess.
3. plant herbs in door ~ this goal is a little hard because I can't seem to keep the plans living inside. I just don't understand why.
4. Research ~ This week I'm going to work on research Alyssum and Potatoes. Join me on Facebook at Pa Gardeners to see what I find!

A lot of the work is researching my different plants so I know more about them. What are you doing in our gardening? Are you getting ready for next spring yet?

Gardening- 20 Weeks After Last Frost-Weekly goals

                    My Book

Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook is still helping thoughout the week to say on base with my gardens. Week 20 and 21 are combined. I am going to break them up so that it is easier for me to accomplish my goals. 

Weekly Garden Goals

1. Clean up- I have over 10 beds. I won't be using thoughout the winter. So I want to clean them up and put compost on them. This week I have 3 days off so I want to get 3 beds cleaned up. 

2. Pumpkin, squash- clean and preserve for the winter. Don't for get to save some seeds for next year!

3. Bring in plants that won't last thoughout winter- I have mosquito plant and fig trees. They won't last my PA winter. Before the 1st frost, I have to bring them in. 

4. Make a worm compost box- I am bringing in some plants and hoping to have nerves growing inside this winter therefore I want to make compost that I can use to fertilize the plants throughout the winter. 

5. Harvest basil- with the first frost coming at some point this week I want to harvest my basil and start to try it out. This will make for a wonderful Christmas gift!

What are you doing this week in your garden?