Cantharellus
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Well I started my first seeds of the year and as always have big plans that I am sure will get interrupted regularly. I haven't grown any flowers since I did some greenhouse work a few years ago but I started those first. I make pottery and finally got everything setup so as soon as spring gets here I am planning on making vases. I will need fresh cut flowers for my display at the farmers market. I have a yard that has a lot of grass and I need to get rid of that because I hate to mow. My first seeds for that are
51 pow wow coneflower
51 giant painted daisies
Peppers do good at the market you need the whole spectrum of colors to make the display pop. Hot peppers do not sell well here. I still grow a few but not quite yet. Cheese peppers are popular. These seeds originated in Hungary I believe. They call them cheese peppers because they resemble a famous pumpkin variety called cheese but they are smaller.
15 each of yellow,orange,and red cheese peppers
3 Orange Banana Tomatoes
I will grow these tomatoes big inside and then move them out hopefully into some sort of small greenhouse the end of April. They will then be put in the beds first or second week of June hopefully full of fruit. I am hoping to have some ripe tomatoes that I like to eat early season. I will be doing a few others this way in the coming days. We will see if it works.
I have in my garden already
Raspberries- Anne, Heritage, Polana, Double Gold
Asparagus- Millenium
Strawberries- Various alpine varieties and Ozark Beauty
Blueberries- numerous varieties all doing sort of average at best
Plum trees - Superior and Alderman. The superior are excellent.
Shiitake logs - I did one set of logs two years ago and they fruited first time last year. I did another set this year. Primarily in Ironwood but I tried a few in what I think is basswood. The logs were cut for me by a friend and he brought me a mixed pile. I for sure got all the ironwood out because its the best. I now have about 30 logs.
Morel bed- This is a work in progress. I ordered the spawn 2 years ago and got sick and couldn't get the bed done. It sat in my fridge until last spring so I am guessing it won't work. I will redo the bed this spring with fresh material. It generally takes 2 years to see anything. If they come up they will be later than natural morels as they are a different variety.
That's where I am at for now. All suggestions are welcome.
51 pow wow coneflower
51 giant painted daisies
Peppers do good at the market you need the whole spectrum of colors to make the display pop. Hot peppers do not sell well here. I still grow a few but not quite yet. Cheese peppers are popular. These seeds originated in Hungary I believe. They call them cheese peppers because they resemble a famous pumpkin variety called cheese but they are smaller.
15 each of yellow,orange,and red cheese peppers
3 Orange Banana Tomatoes
I will grow these tomatoes big inside and then move them out hopefully into some sort of small greenhouse the end of April. They will then be put in the beds first or second week of June hopefully full of fruit. I am hoping to have some ripe tomatoes that I like to eat early season. I will be doing a few others this way in the coming days. We will see if it works.
I have in my garden already
Raspberries- Anne, Heritage, Polana, Double Gold
Asparagus- Millenium
Strawberries- Various alpine varieties and Ozark Beauty
Blueberries- numerous varieties all doing sort of average at best
Plum trees - Superior and Alderman. The superior are excellent.
Shiitake logs - I did one set of logs two years ago and they fruited first time last year. I did another set this year. Primarily in Ironwood but I tried a few in what I think is basswood. The logs were cut for me by a friend and he brought me a mixed pile. I for sure got all the ironwood out because its the best. I now have about 30 logs.
Morel bed- This is a work in progress. I ordered the spawn 2 years ago and got sick and couldn't get the bed done. It sat in my fridge until last spring so I am guessing it won't work. I will redo the bed this spring with fresh material. It generally takes 2 years to see anything. If they come up they will be later than natural morels as they are a different variety.
That's where I am at for now. All suggestions are welcome.
