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Jangchub wrote:

On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:47:50 -0500, Omelet
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In article ,
Jangchub wrote:


You have my sympathy and best wishes that most of your garden
survives...

I tend to cheat and buy "started" plants. The only things we have going
right now are herbs, marigolds, catnip, and the asparagus is producing.
Everything else is still in the greenhouse so all I had to do was cover
3 small gardens and close the greenhouse up, then turn on the light.

I'd not gotten around to planting tomatoes yet.

The greenhouse never went up last winter. I just overwintered
everything huddled together in containers, with sheets, blankets and
tarps covering everything.

Have you looked at "pop-up" greenhouses?
Affordable and perfect for the time challenged. Just be sure to put them
up in partial shade or the sun will rot them in 3 years. I finally lost
the one I had in full sun this year but the other three erected before
that one are still ok.


I only start seeds for plants which cannot be bought at the garden
centers. Some of the sunflowers, coreopsis, beautiful cream and light
yellow sorbet four o'clocks, daturas, etc. Special stuff. I also
give a ton of it to my friends who have huge yards with one stick in
them!

Ah, well it will or won't survive. The ones I really feel for are the
wildlife. Hummingbirds, all the migrating birds, swallows, martins,
etc. I hope they make it.

V

I generally scatter seeds for the ones that will eat in really nasty
weather. They are generally grateful. :-)
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