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Dawn and northern gardening

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Dawn
we show up as 4 on most maps but 3 is better choice. Another problem is WIND
not a mild breeze under 20 mph but nice strong wind that blows for days and
is about 30 to 40 with gusts to ??? think highest recorded lately was 98 at
the airport near us.
I just started some seeds I had from last year. I started sweet basil, two
kinds of tomatoes and some snap peas.  Everything seems to do so much better
if I start it in the house than transplant.  Lettuce however and mseclun do
grow if seeded out side and so do marigolds LOL friend threw a whole packet
in to one of my squares last year I thinned plants for a good long time  but
it worked out in the end the strong ones over grew the late sprouters and
the weaker plants but  this year I will plant the flowers not her.
Green tomatoes? you mean mine should not be light and dark green striped?
Even unripe my green zebras are great :)
OH and I am not planting out side yet we got fresh snow last night again

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn Gilmore" <dgilm@starbase21.com>
To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: Sqft Gardener's Logbook - week of 4/3/00


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> Dorothy.
>
> Sounds pretty much the same here.  (I've heard conflicts re: whether we
are
> zone 4 or 5, doesn't matter much, not safe from frost until "after the
> first full moon in June."  Then our killing frost usually comes
> mid-September, followed by a couple few weeks of absolutely gorgeous
Indian
> Summer, in October then winter starts in earnest.)
>
> Bought my first seed today from the Farm Store...  onion sets, spinach,
> peas, broccoli, tomatoes & morning glories.  We've had an exceptionally
> early spring (I guess along with the rest of the country) so I'm thinking
> the ground may be ready for my cooler weather crops (frost-tolerant) a
> little earlier this year, and then the 'maters I want to start indoors,
> 'cause with our SHORT growing season (~100 days) I always seem to end up
> with GREEN tomatoes come fall!
>
> Kids planted sunflower seeds with Grandma in egg cartons this morning. (my
> suggestion was just to plant some birdseed and see what came up, but
> Grandma thought sunflowers would be more fun.  Any ideas when it will be
> safe to put them out??  Hopefully they won't outgrow the house before they
> can go to the garden.  We will be moving them into paper pots just as soon
> as they sprout, to give them a little room.)
>
> Dawn
> rambling on when she should be sleeping...
> Petoskey, Michigan
>
> At 11:07 PM 4/3/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >Not much to report here. I am finally buying seeds and getting peppers
and
> >tomatoes started.  They will not go out until the end of May.
> >It would be nice if it would stop snowing every other day but oh well we
> >need the moisture.  Glad I am not in Colorado, they get so much more snow
> >then we do here in Cheyenne.  Once the snow lets up and the ground thaws
I
> >will put out my sugar peas but until then all I can do is dream and plan.
>
>
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