As mentioned in last week’s column, its time to make some plans for this years’ garden.
Several Slayton stores have their seed displays out. The seeds should be ok to plant this year. Seeds left over from last year might still be fairly good but much older may not grow.
We’ve been looking at the nursery catalogs we’ve received and always find quite a bit out. Sometimes it the new this year seeds and plants. We also noticed prices of seeds (and plants) too. For common items its 10 or 20 to the cent. For rare items the price is out of this world.
One example is the giant pumpkins - about 80c per seed. And how about giant water
And how about giant watermelons. 100 pounds in some cases. Good for family gatherings especially to talk about and maybe share.
Our past experience is to order what we need to replace the seeds we nearly ran out of last year plus maybe try a few new ones.
We have done that in years past. In one case we tried new tomatoes which looked like 3 tomatoes together. (one tomatoe that is). About 6 inches in diameter, as we recall.
Our results were not too spectacular. None got past the green color.
We might try some giant tomatoes this year - about a pound each as described in the catalogue.
And some plants need replacing. There we might plant some asparagus, rhubarb, and maybe horseradish.
As for flowers including bushes, some thought is helpful. If the plants are permanent some things come to mind.
Some bushes like full sun and some are happy with shady areas. And then there are early flowers, late flowers and all summer flowers.
The same for some vegetables too. A few other thoughts: When planting sweet corn some different varieties must not be planted near others. Separate the corn rows - maybe on opposite sides of the garden. Check the directions. Some hybrids don’t mix.
We’ll talk about a few more planning items next time. Be sure to water your house plants too.
Until next week.
