Gardening in Extremes
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Newbie with questions of a Greenhouse Addition
Comments (3)Are you planning to grow enough veggies for four people over the winter in a GH? I'm in zone 6 and unless you add expensive lights, most veggies just "sit there" during the short days of winter. They produce nothing! You'd be better off gardening outdoors all during the warm months and either canning or freezing your harvest for winter meals. That's just my opinion. Others may disagree....See MoreRoof garden - extreme conditions
Comments (0)I would like to make a rooftop garden in a very dry zone (9 or 10) Could anyone recommend practical books on the subject? Many thanks....See MoreHAVE: Up-Dated Seed Trade List
Comments (0)Randy's Trade List Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada ZONE 6b -7 Seeds To Trade: Sweet Peppers: -Lipstick Sweet Pepper(200 seed Inventory) -Gypsy Sweet Pepper (60 seed Inventory) -Chervana Chuska Sweet Pepper(100 seed Inventory -Kavalova Pepper(100 Seed Inventory) -Ace Bell Pepper(700 Seed Inventory) Hot PepperÂs: -Hot Portugal Pepper(200 seed Inventory) -Bulgarian Hot Carrot Pepper(500 seed Inventory) Red TomatoÂs: -Nepal Tomato(100 seed Inventory) -BonnyÂs Best Tomato(50 seed Inventory) -Druzba Tomato(200 seed Inventory) -GregoriÂs Atlai(100 seed Inventory) -Grushovka Tomato(600 seed Inventory) -Grushovka Tomato  Weiner Mutation Acclimitized *** Very Limited Amount To Trade*** -Moskovich Tomato(1000 seed Inventory) Black TomatoÂs: -Black Tomato(200 seed Inventory) -Paul Robeson Tomato(100 seed Inventory) -Black Krim (Only 90 seed left!) -Nyagous(Only 150 seed left and disappearing quick!!!) -Black from Tula(120 seeds left and going quick!) -Black from Tula (British Columbia  Fraser Valley Acclimitized 8 years) ***Very Limited Amount To Trade*** - Grows very well in zone 5-8, cold & humidity tolerant MelonÂs: -Early Golden Oriental Melon(150 seed Inventory) -Yellow Doll Watermellon(200 seed Inventory) -Early Sweet Muskmellon(150 seed Inventory) Seeds Wanted: -Heirloom TomatoÂs (European, Asian, South American or North American Varieties) -Heirloom Peppers (Sweet & Hot) -Oriental Vegetables -Hop seeds -Herb seeds *****2006 Garden Experiments***** Tomato's: - Leningradski Big = pink-red, determinant, very early, really tasty, Russian from St.Peterburg.(Andrey's - GardenWeb) -Novikov's Giant = light-red with raspberry-pink shadows, indeterminate, vigorous, midlate, meaty and juicy. Introduced by Russian amateur gardener A.I. Novikov, who has up to 30 kilo per tomato bush 4-6 m high with 1,2 kilo fruit.(Andrey's - GardenWeb) -Extreme North = red, very early, determinate, Russian(Andrey's - GardenWeb) -Sibirsky Skorospely (Siberian Early) = red, early, sweet, the most famous Siberian tomato, bred by Western-Siberian Potato-vegetable experimental lab (Andrey's - GardenWeb) -Russian Chocolate Tomato = early red-rich brown, sweet fruit, produces plenty of 150g tomatoÂs(Friends Relative In Russia) -Black Seaman Tomato = early producer of black med. Size tomatoÂs on med. Size bushes.(Greta's Garden Seeds) -Russian Rose = indeterminate large bushes, produce plentiful large pinkish-red tomatoÂs around 1 lb., excellent taste.(Friends Relative In Russia) -Katja Tomato(Sören - GardenWeb)=additional information to come -Svoi Tomato(Sören - GardenWeb)=additional information to come PeppersÂs: Sören's Sweet Pepper(Sören - GardenWeb)=additional information to come Tomato & Pepper Seed Resources For Beginners: Excellent Seed Stock: *Tomato Growers Supply http://www.tomatogrowers.com/ *Seed Trust http://www.seedstrust.com/ *Greata's Organic Gardens http://www.seeds-organic.com/ *Full Circle Seeds http://www.fullcircleseeds.com/ *West Coast Seeds https://secure.westcoastseeds.com/index3.cfm *Two Wing Farm http://www.twowingsfarm.com/ Not Recommended Seed Stock(very poor germination rate): *Rachel's Supplies http://www.rachelssupply.com/ 2005-2006 GARLIC GROWING: *Susan Delafield(Hardneck Porcelain) 1 (most) & 5 *Armenian(Hardneck Porcelain) 2 *Majestic(Hardneck Porcelain  Huge Mutation) 3 *Yugoslavian 2( Hardneck Porcelain) 4 *Russian Red( Hardneck Porcelain) 1 *Czech Broad leaf(Hardneck Purple Stripe) 3 *Persian Star(Hardneck Purple Stripe) 4 *Belarusian(Hardneck Purple Stripe) 6 *Killarney Red(Hardneck Rocambole) 1 *Hokkaido's Zai Tai(Hardneck Rocambole) 2 *Spicy Korean Red(Hardneck Rocambole) 1 *Yugoslavian((Hardneck Rocambole) 3 *China Rose(Turban Garlic) 4 *Stein(Turban Garlic) 5 *Genki(Turban Garlic) 3 *Early SaltSpring(Artichoke Garlic) 5 *Transylvanian(Artichoke Garlic) 4 *Red Toch(Artichoke Garlic) 4 *Lorz Italian(Artichoke Garlic) 1 *Inchelium Red(Artichoke Garlic) 4 Garlic Source: 1  My Own stock 2  The Garlic Store stock http://thegarlicstore.com 3  Beaver Pond Estates stock *List in MS Word Contact: Paul E-Mail : garlic@rideau.net 4  Maple Bay Organic Garlic stock Contact: Val http://www.mbgarlic.com/ 5  Boundary Garlic Contact: Sonia & Henry http://www.garlicfarm.ca/ 6  Bulbil Trade 2004 Belarus ***Be Weiry of Dakota Garlic  Very Bad Stock(Except Metchi) -very dirty looking bulbs -some look to have mold on them HAPPY GROWIN !!!...See MoreAny gardeners in Southern Illinois ?
Comments (1)I am also in S IL, I see you are with SIU, I am about 45 min from Carbondale, in Chester. I would love to talk with someone from my area. Becky...See Moredigit (ID/WA, border)
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