Monday, April 27, 2009

Today I started pumpkins, winter squash, tomatoes, dill and basil

Another long day working in the garden today. After doing a bunch of work in the lot today, I spent an hour or so seeding some things indoors. I do not have a good indoor growing situation since we're doing some serious remodeling to the house, so Dan has been growing my tomatoes for me. I wanted to do a few things myself, mostly because I can squeeze in about one window's worth of flats.

Starting some seeds

Today I planted a six-pack of "Big Max" pumpkins. These aren't "Dill's Atlantic Giant", the one that all the gigantic-size record-holders use. But the package says it "regularly produces 250 pound giants." Sounds big enough to me. I also planted two six-packs of delicata winter squash, as well as some dill and three types of basil. I also planted precisely 24 seeds of Sunsugar hybrid tomatoes. I payed about $3 for 24 seeds, so I expect 100 percent germination, incredible growth, lots of fruit that easily ripen, and incredible flavor. The basil and delicata are for the CSA, the rest is just for me.

2 comments:

erikv said...

I read what it takes to make a 250 pound pumpkin. Wow.

SashaP said...

She really is a farmhand!!

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