I just finished planting seeds for Goliath and DeCicci broccoli,
Copenhagen Market and Krautman cabbage, Bright Lights chard and
Broccoli Rabe. They are all in the greenhouse. Some of the tomatoes
in there are almost ready to start turning red. Next year I will
start them earlier.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

Next year I would also suggest planting redishes. lettuce, or onions early.
Then when they are harvested, it should be the end of June or First of July.
Plant the same cabbage, broccoli, etc so it would be big enough to plant at
that time. They make an outstanding fall crop.

Dwayne

"The Cook" wrote in message
...
I just finished planting seeds for Goliath and DeCicci broccoli,
Copenhagen Market and Krautman cabbage, Bright Lights chard and
Broccoli Rabe. They are all in the greenhouse. Some of the tomatoes
in there are almost ready to start turning red. Next year I will
start them earlier.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:28:17 -0500, The Cook
wrote:

I just finished planting seeds for Goliath and DeCicci broccoli,
Copenhagen Market and Krautman cabbage, Bright Lights chard and
Broccoli Rabe. They are all in the greenhouse. Some of the tomatoes
in there are almost ready to start turning red. Next year I will
start them earlier.

Ack...I hate you for having a greenhouse when I don't!

*pout*

*heavy sigh*


Well, anyway, I've got a variety of lettuces started, and my early
tomatoes, as well as a few flowers. I had to retire my faithful old
seed starting rack, the one my father built me this year. Two new
kitties joined the household last fall, and the gleeful leaping from
shelf to shelf in hot pursuit of each other was a little more than it
was built to withstand.

I bought a large metro shelving unit from Lowe's, one of the ones that
looks like stainless steel but isn't, and has wire shelves. It's 74
inches high, 48 long, and 18 inches deep. I put it on wheels, too.
Shop lights hang neatly from the shelf above.

I'm still wrangling with ideas for what to put under the seed trays.
For now I cut up the box the shelving unit came in, but I want
something more durable and less flammable. I've been thinking about
some of the foil or radiant insulation. It comes in rolls so I can
easily cut it to the right size, and I can get some that has a fire
safety rating.

I wonder if there's some that has a frisky kitty rating? They're
"helping" me scrape the ceiling in the living room right now. I lay a
drop cloth over the carpet where I'm working, and one gets under it
and one gets on top, and they wrestle through the cloth. Heh, so much
for easy clean up!



Penelope
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:32:06 -0500, Penelope Periwinkle
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:28:17 -0500, The Cook
wrote:

I just finished planting seeds for Goliath and DeCicci broccoli,
Copenhagen Market and Krautman cabbage, Bright Lights chard and
Broccoli Rabe. They are all in the greenhouse. Some of the tomatoes
in there are almost ready to start turning red. Next year I will
start them earlier.

Ack...I hate you for having a greenhouse when I don't!

*pout*

*heavy sigh*

Until we moved here I did not have room for one. There was a house
that we passed frequently that had a nice one. I turned green every
time we went by.


Well, anyway, I've got a variety of lettuces started, and my early
tomatoes, as well as a few flowers. I had to retire my faithful old
seed starting rack, the one my father built me this year. Two new
kitties joined the household last fall, and the gleeful leaping from
shelf to shelf in hot pursuit of each other was a little more than it
was built to withstand.

I should start some lettuces too. They will be ready to go into the
boxes soon. Maybe I can stick some between the onions and shallots in
the boxes. I do have some row cover in case of a late frost.

I bought a large metro shelving unit from Lowe's, one of the ones that
looks like stainless steel but isn't, and has wire shelves. It's 74
inches high, 48 long, and 18 inches deep. I put it on wheels, too.
Shop lights hang neatly from the shelf above.

I'm still wrangling with ideas for what to put under the seed trays.
For now I cut up the box the shelving unit came in, but I want
something more durable and less flammable. I've been thinking about
some of the foil or radiant insulation. It comes in rolls so I can
easily cut it to the right size, and I can get some that has a fire
safety rating.

Get some trays or make something tray-like to keep the water from
running onto the floor.

I wonder if there's some that has a frisky kitty rating? They're
"helping" me scrape the ceiling in the living room right now. I lay a
drop cloth over the carpet where I'm working, and one gets under it
and one gets on top, and they wrestle through the cloth. Heh, so much
for easy clean up!

About the only thing I can think of to contain frisky kitties is
concrete. And I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:01:14 -0500, The Cook
wrote:
Penelope Periwinkle wrote:
The Cook wrote:

Well, anyway, I've got a variety of lettuces started, and my early
tomatoes, as well as a few flowers. I had to retire my faithful old
seed starting rack, the one my father built me this year. Two new
kitties joined the household last fall, and the gleeful leaping from
shelf to shelf in hot pursuit of each other was a little more than it
was built to withstand.

I should start some lettuces too. They will be ready to go into the
boxes soon. Maybe I can stick some between the onions and shallots in
the boxes. I do have some row cover in case of a late frost.

I have a portable cold frame to cover the rows, but we're having quite
a cold spell for this part of the country. The temperatures have been
below freezing almost every night for the last two weeks, and the
forecast is for that to continue at least through the coming week. My
plan was to be moving the lettuce out to the cold frame for hardening
off around now, but I think it's a little cold even for lettuce.

I am planning on transplanting some into pots this afternoon. I make a
"salad bowl" every spring for my mother and sister. I get one of those
large, dish shaped plastic pots, and fill it with a variety of
lettuces. I use Romaines, buttercrunch, and leaf lettuces as well as
using different color varieties like Sunset or Freckles or Yugoslavian
Red. The pots are really very pretty and allow for a couple of months
of daily salads.

I had planned to get another wave of tomatoes going today, but I'm
going to hold off until I can move the lettuce outside. My Stupice
tomatoes are doing very well, and have their second leaves already.


I bought a large metro shelving unit from Lowe's, one of the ones that
looks like stainless steel but isn't, and has wire shelves. It's 74
inches high, 48 long, and 18 inches deep. I put it on wheels, too.
Shop lights hang neatly from the shelf above.

I'm still wrangling with ideas for what to put under the seed trays.
For now I cut up the box the shelving unit came in, but I want
something more durable and less flammable. I've been thinking about
some of the foil or radiant insulation. It comes in rolls so I can
easily cut it to the right size, and I can get some that has a fire
safety rating.

Get some trays or make something tray-like to keep the water from
running onto the floor.

I do have some large metal trays that I use, as well as some plastic
containers from Walmart. However, since I set the trays and containers
on top of the seedling heat mats, I wanted something to go under the
heat mats to insulate and reflect the heat upwards, plus something to
provide an extra bit of protection to the lights underneath.

The foil insulation appealed to me because it has a fire safety
rating, is water proof, and would also reflect the light back down to
the seedlings. I guess I'm just going to have to buy a roll and
experiment.

I wonder if there's some that has a frisky kitty rating? They're
"helping" me scrape the ceiling in the living room right now. I lay a
drop cloth over the carpet where I'm working, and one gets under it
and one gets on top, and they wrestle through the cloth. Heh, so much
for easy clean up!

About the only thing I can think of to contain frisky kitties is
concrete. And I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

Heh, and how would I get them to keep their little feet in the
concrete while it hardened!

I had a cat who wandered into my life as an adult. I really didn't
know her age, but she was with me almost 15 years, so she simply
became The Elderly Cat. Every year when I started setting up to start
seeds, I had to take one of my seed starting mats and put it under a
big soft towel on one end of the seed starting rack. If I didn't, I'd
find her sleeping on the seed trays with nary a care about what she
was doing to my tomatoes!


Penelope
--
You have proven yourself to be the most malicious,
classless person that I've encountered in years.
- "pointed"