On Dec 3, 4:12*pm, Gardenjunkie Gardenjunkie.
wrote:
How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

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Gardenjunkie

I have compost to turn myself, and am eager to check on future garden
plot that me and DH have staked out. No children to put decorations
up for, it will be a quiet Christmas for us and our
pets. Not sure as to how winter here is, so that will be interesting
as well. Broad beans. Where do you get your seeds? I just found
seeds to a Chinese radish that says to plant in the fall, and
technically it still IS fall. And we've only had one hard frost
here. Should I take a chance? It might be interesting to see if they
take.
all the best,
Eva Shovelful gardening in zone 7 very near the Mississippi River