Now that the garden is established, we had a dilemma as to what to do with the leftover seedlings that didn’t get planted.\u00a0 We had tentatively discussed putting them on Freecycle, and last night J announced he was sick of tending to the unplanted seedlings and I should post them to the list.\u00a0\u00a0He put the trays out on the front porch last night, and\u00a0wondered if anyone would be interested.\u00a0My experience with the list has been there is a taker for everything.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Particularly free seedlings.<\/p>\n
I posted this morning just before 8:30.\u00a0 It’s now just over two hours later, and I’ve had over 30 responses.\u00a0 It helps that we offered a lot of variety – tomatoes, eggplants, zucchini, summer squash & peppers.\u00a0 The first respondant sent her email within 2 minutes of my post and has already picked them up.\u00a0 I reposted that the seedlings were taken, but the emails still keep coming in.\u00a0 I’m the kind of person who responds to everyone, so I’ve been letting people know that they’re taken.\u00a0 Several people have mentioned in their emails that they’re behind with seedlings this year and they wouldn’t have a garden without getting seedlings, so I’ve recommended our local nursery.\u00a0 This is so much more fun than focusing on work.<\/p>\n
Only\u00a0one set of our plants is from a nursery – I purchased Brandywine seedlings when I was picking up flowers for the pots I have all over the front porch.\u00a0 When I read The $64 Tomato<\/em> the author went on and on about how good Brandywine tomatoes taste, so I asked at the nursery while I was there.\u00a0 Sure enough, they had some, so I bought a flat of six and we planted five.\u00a0 Bradywine tomatoes are an heirloom tomato, which I’ve discovered is code for “might not look so pretty.”\u00a0 I am okay with that, if they taste as good as that guy said they do.\u00a0 If they don’t, I’m totally writing him a letter.\u00a0 False advertising!<\/p>\n The potatoes, carrots and lettuce have all sprouted.\u00a0 I’ll try to get some photos tonight, even though the carrots and lettuce can hardly be seen (and I can’t weed right now, for fear of accidentally mistaking the carrots for grass blades.) The potatoes look really good.\u00a0 I should really figure out what the signs are that the potatoes are ready to harvest.\u00a0 I think I read someplace that the plants die, and that’s when you harvest them.\u00a0 You would think, being Irish, I would have some idea.\u00a0 But I’m pretty sure I’m the first person in my family to grow potatoes since we left the Old Country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that the garden is established, we had a dilemma as to what to do with the leftover seedlings that didn’t get planted.\u00a0 We had tentatively discussed putting them on Freecycle, and last night J announced he was sick of tending to the unplanted seedlings and I should post them to the list.\u00a0\u00a0He put the … Continue reading Psst! Hey kids, want some free seedlings?<\/span>