tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post8872194729758570987..comments2023-06-19T14:29:21.755+02:00Comments on Path to Self Sufficiency: Window of OpportunityHeikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-13684084706550002842010-03-01T09:27:18.374+01:002010-03-01T09:27:18.374+01:00GetSoiled,I think the 2 lentil per pod thing may b...GetSoiled,I think the 2 lentil per pod thing may be the reason not more home growers have them. I'll give it a go anyway and see how much I'll get out of it. A lentil poem? Now there's a thought. Can you think of anything rhyming with flatulence?Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-39082877456156991472010-02-28T22:13:11.718+01:002010-02-28T22:13:11.718+01:00Oh Heiko, I hope you are planning on a lentil part...Oh Heiko, I hope you are planning on a lentil party. I love them too, and considered growing them but...found out that most pods have only two lentils...oh boy, I see many a days of you and all your musical friends going at it! Maybe it will even inspire a Lentil Song? I don't believe there is one...or even better: A Lentil Poem from you?GetSoiledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950460137897791470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-31343432827199742522010-02-28T13:38:29.598+01:002010-02-28T13:38:29.598+01:00Angelica is known as Engelwurz in German. It'...Angelica is known as Engelwurz in German. It's a tall biannual herb, all parts of which are edible. The roots can be eaten as a vegetable, the stems are typically candied and eaten as a sweet, the seeds are used to flavour liqueurs. If you want I'll send you some seeds, there are already some in the post to Germany for my friend Angelika.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-42090403187972241052010-02-28T12:14:49.575+01:002010-02-28T12:14:49.575+01:00Aaaww, I am envious!!! Your garden sounds so lovel...Aaaww, I am envious!!! Your garden sounds so lovely and rich! Here, we still have SNOW on the ground, although it is finally beginning to melt. But I can`t wait, no matter what the moon says! What exactly is Angelica? Maybe I should plant that, too? <br />Thank you for your comment. No medals for me! I`m just having a lot of fun from it!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484336744673299416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-86053806158671768192010-02-23T18:51:33.728+01:002010-02-23T18:51:33.728+01:00Jan, I have a feeling it's a simple wisteria I...Jan, I have a feeling it's a simple wisteria I've got, in which case the seeds are poisonous.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-51671163335612622062010-02-23T18:21:19.371+01:002010-02-23T18:21:19.371+01:00I've just had a closer look and, although simi...I've just had a closer look and, although similar, mine aren't the same. The pods I have are about 5 inches long, quite flat - although they are very dry - and are ridged where the seeds are inside. The seeds are a lighter brown than yours and are about 3/8 inch long, so smaller than yours I think. Sorry, I should have looked more closely in the first place!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-52887471098898850702010-02-23T15:15:21.439+01:002010-02-23T15:15:21.439+01:00Hi Jan,
Did the seeds look anything what i've ...Hi Jan,<br />Did the seeds look anything what i've got in my hand?Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-81503646424940858192010-02-23T15:09:00.329+01:002010-02-23T15:09:00.329+01:00Hello!
I have also been planting by the moon phase...Hello!<br />I have also been planting by the moon phases. Frustrating sometimes.<br />The almond blossom is coming out here too, in fact I was just about to post a photo on my blog!<br />Looking forward to hearing how you go with your seeds- if you are interested I have some spare tomato seeds which I could send a few of to you - check the entry on tomatoes in my blog to see the varieties.<br />Regards<br />BeckBeck Middletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04441664837284322086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-27346196650113505442010-02-23T11:42:12.917+01:002010-02-23T11:42:12.917+01:00I'd be happy if I just had to keep a cat out, ...I'd be happy if I just had to keep a cat out, although I think I've won the battle against the mice... touch wood. That sounds like a lot of sowing, you must have a very big cold frame. I was given some seeds that look like those of the Judas tree, but I haven;t planted them yet.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-56872741393214535102010-02-23T09:35:28.785+01:002010-02-23T09:35:28.785+01:00Mr. H. I'll keep those cats under control alt...Mr. H. I'll keep those cats under control although from today we'll temporarily have 2 more cats and a dog!<br /><br />Kate, interesting to get these worldwide connections. But hey there's surely no harm in sticking to moon phases, unless the weather prevents you from finishing a job at the right time. Thanks for linking me up.<br /><br />Mrs. Ayak, good luck with the gardening. The digging over of course should have been done before (during the waning moon phase!), but as I say, it all comes down to when you have time. Good luck with the garden!Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-20332816749691211092010-02-23T06:51:27.828+01:002010-02-23T06:51:27.828+01:00Our almond blossom is coming out now...lovely isn&...Our almond blossom is coming out now...lovely isn't it?<br /><br />Mr A started digging over the soil ready for planting, a couple of days ago, and has had so many neighbours walk past, tut-tutting and telling him it's too soon, that he's now stopped. He's not a gardener and reckons they must know better than him.Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-59886256353204092062010-02-22T22:24:26.995+01:002010-02-22T22:24:26.995+01:00....and I am that Kate...hi C-L.
Last year in Fran.......and I am that Kate...hi C-L.<br />Last year in France an old neighbour shook his head in dismay at my sowing regime. He had traditional dates for everything; I only had ideas, some experience and, being Australian, no traditions. He grew beautiful vegetables his way and it surprised him to see that I grew beautiful vegetables, my way. And when it came to cooking them, "Quelle catastrophe!" exclaimed his wife at my methods..... but then she asked for the recipe!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140249815996700049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-10180226250463450752010-02-22T16:45:09.873+01:002010-02-22T16:45:09.873+01:00Sounds like you have a lot of growing on.:) Trust ...Sounds like you have a lot of growing on.:) Trust me you are better off not starting your seedlings inside the house if you don't have to. My least favorite part of gardening is having all these flats around the house, hardly any room to move around and the cats think they are in litter box dreamland. It's way to cold outside for ours, 19°F this morning so we have no choice.<br /><br />I love that you pickle your gherkins, I might try that with ours this year. We grew them for the first time in 2007 and love them. <br /><br />A seedless tomato...hmm. I did not know there was such a thing. Your lettuce selection sounds wonderful, I can't wait to plant some of my own.<br /><br />Anyway, it sounds like you are off to a great start for this seasons garden and that Judas tree look-a-like sounds most intriguing. Have a most wonderful day Heiko and don't let any more cats into those coldframes of yours.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-80063577655667022122010-02-22T09:38:59.066+01:002010-02-22T09:38:59.066+01:00Thanks Stefani. Oh dear! a basketball through the...Thanks Stefani. Oh dear! a basketball through the window... in winter... I hope you devised a suitable punishment for the lad, like extra shifts in the garden!<br /><br />Chaiselongue, it's exactly the way I look at it, it sort of structures your gardening year. The funny thing is the guys around here wouldn't even call themselves by new-fangled names like 'organic', and if you said 'biodynamic', they'd stare at you uncomprehendingly (is that a word?)Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-86340464196990626312010-02-21T23:43:54.736+01:002010-02-21T23:43:54.736+01:00This all sounds great - good luck with the seed so...This all sounds great - good luck with the seed sowing! It feels like time to start the new year. Here, too, people talk about the phases of the moon, although I'm not sure that everyone follows them. They also sow on saints' days - St Joseph on 19 March is supposed to be for sowing haricot beans, so we'll try them then. <br /><br />Kate, the Australian Vegetable Vagabond who visited us a year or so ago, says that she was told by a biodynamic gardener that there were also days when you shouldn't do anything in the garden. She reckoned that these 'superstitions' or whatever they are at least mean you spread the work out rather than feel you have to do everything at once!chaiselonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372135992072231446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-18790275581303082992010-02-21T20:36:59.693+01:002010-02-21T20:36:59.693+01:00No help on the tree, alas.
The cold frame looks ef...No help on the tree, alas.<br />The cold frame looks effective. My seeds are up despite the moon, so we'll see. Nice of the weather to cooperate.<br />Rain again today. Not bad except our son put a baseball through a window, so it's just got cardboard over it. I'm huddled by the heater with a hat on. Thin California blood, I suppose.<br />Good luck with the sowing.Stefaneenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.com