Comments on: This Is Too Hard for You http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/ a simmering pot of yoga, cooking, parenting and whatever else bubbles up Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: healingmagichands http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3197 healingmagichands Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:26:19 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3197 I'm sure it will be. Yogamum, I have been gardening for years, and the key ingredient that I have found is essential to success is making the commitment to go out and look at your garden every day. If you don't have the time for that simple 5 minute visit, you probably don't have time to give your plants adequate care. To that end, the garden should be as close to the house as possible, to make the trip shorter. Starting with transplants is easier than trying to sprout seeds. Even if your seeds germinate, and there are lots of reasons they don't, there are lots of vegetarians out there who find freshly sprouted seed to be very tasty, and your babies may have been eaten before you could recognize them. Carrots and lettuces are particularly picky about soil temperature. If it is too cold, they won't germinate, and if it is too warm they won't do it then either. "Best" seeds for germination success are peas, beans, corn and squash. And sunflowers, too. Quite often these are the seeds you find suggested for "kid's" gardens, because they are easy to start off. Good luck! I will be interested to see how it turns out next spring. I’m sure it will be. Yogamum, I have been gardening for years, and the key ingredient that I have found is essential to success is making the commitment to go out and look at your garden every day. If you don’t have the time for that simple 5 minute visit, you probably don’t have time to give your plants adequate care. To that end, the garden should be as close to the house as possible, to make the trip shorter. Starting with transplants is easier than trying to sprout seeds. Even if your seeds germinate, and there are lots of reasons they don’t, there are lots of vegetarians out there who find freshly sprouted seed to be very tasty, and your babies may have been eaten before you could recognize them. Carrots and lettuces are particularly picky about soil temperature. If it is too cold, they won’t germinate, and if it is too warm they won’t do it then either. “Best” seeds for germination success are peas, beans, corn and squash. And sunflowers, too. Quite often these are the seeds you find suggested for “kid’s” gardens, because they are easy to start off.

Good luck! I will be interested to see how it turns out next spring.

]]> By: yogamum http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3102 yogamum Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:48:58 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3102 Well, I feel somewhat better. Next year will be different! Well, I feel somewhat better. Next year will be different!

]]> By: Been awhile « Coming Home http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3101 Been awhile « Coming Home Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:00:18 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3101 [...] highlight of the workshop was having the wonderful pleasure of meeting Yogamum and her yoga posse…great people, very nice and welcoming, who I hope to hook up with again [...] [...] highlight of the workshop was having the wonderful pleasure of meeting Yogamum and her yoga posse…great people, very nice and welcoming, who I hope to hook up with again [...]

]]> By: everythinginbetween http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3096 everythinginbetween Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:29:34 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3096 Sorry about that - what a bummer! I guess that's why gardening is often a life-long endeavor, though - I bet next year your garden will be beautiful! Sorry about that – what a bummer! I guess that’s why gardening is often a life-long endeavor, though – I bet next year your garden will be beautiful!

]]> By: PRETTY IN THE CITY http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3094 PRETTY IN THE CITY Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:30:47 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3094 I like the smell of wet soil. Don't give up! I like the smell of wet soil. Don’t give up!

]]> By: justmakingitup http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3092 justmakingitup Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:25:31 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3092 My first garden was a total failure too. Then I settled for tomatoes, which have done marvelously for several years, so this year I have ventured back into it with peas, broccoli and carrots. The peas are appearing, but no sign of the carrots yet. And I'm not sure if those little green things are broccoli or weeds. Only time will tell. The tomatoes are good, though. Not as easy as it looks, huh? My first garden was a total failure too. Then I settled for tomatoes, which have done marvelously for several years, so this year I have ventured back into it with peas, broccoli and carrots. The peas are appearing, but no sign of the carrots yet. And I’m not sure if those little green things are broccoli or weeds. Only time will tell.

The tomatoes are good, though.

Not as easy as it looks, huh?

]]> By: Andi Allen http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3091 Andi Allen Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:50:53 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3091 I mean start seeds inside. Is what I meant. I mean start seeds inside. Is what I meant.

]]> By: Andi Allen http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3090 Andi Allen Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:50:23 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3090 Awwwww! I'm so sorry to heard that! It is a heck of a committment, especially when dealing with seedlings. I am very protective (and ridiculously proud) of my adolescents. But as you imply, there's always next year, and you learn from experience. And just think - you can always set in springtime bulbs this fall before the ground freezes over, and early next year you can start planning again and start some seeds outside and... ok, I need to calm down. Sorry, too much caffeine. Awwwww! I’m so sorry to heard that! It is a heck of a committment, especially when dealing with seedlings. I am very protective (and ridiculously proud) of my adolescents. But as you imply, there’s always next year, and you learn from experience. And just think – you can always set in springtime bulbs this fall before the ground freezes over, and early next year you can start planning again and start some seeds outside and… ok, I need to calm down. Sorry, too much caffeine.

]]> By: Mama G http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3089 Mama G Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:24:23 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3089 We tried a little bit this year too. We've planted red raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, and strawberry plants in one area. I've got tomato plants and chives in another area. And then Little J has his own pepper plot with lots of hot pepper plants. We got into it late this year, but next year we're thinking of expanding. We had to buy nets to keep the birds off the berries and a fence to keep the rabbits out of everything. Big J wanted to go organic, but his organic attempts were losing the battle with the Japanese beetles so he bought a bottle of stuff to kill them. This fall/winter we're going to try to go after the grubs. And we've had to water regularly because of the drought. It is very hard. We tried a little bit this year too. We’ve planted red raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, and strawberry plants in one area. I’ve got tomato plants and chives in another area. And then Little J has his own pepper plot with lots of hot pepper plants. We got into it late this year, but next year we’re thinking of expanding. We had to buy nets to keep the birds off the berries and a fence to keep the rabbits out of everything. Big J wanted to go organic, but his organic attempts were losing the battle with the Japanese beetles so he bought a bottle of stuff to kill them. This fall/winter we’re going to try to go after the grubs. And we’ve had to water regularly because of the drought. It is very hard.

]]> By: Andrea http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3088 Andrea Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:10:49 +0000 http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/this-is-too-hard-for-you/#comment-3088 I've always had a black thumb. ALWAYS. Then suddenly I've become mildly obsessed with gardening. I think the trick in my case though is that we bought most of the plants as actual plants. I have a feeling that if I tried to make things grow from seed they wouldn't work (the beets and turnips I planted this past weekend from seed will likely prove this hypothesis to be correct). --A I’ve always had a black thumb. ALWAYS. Then suddenly I’ve become mildly obsessed with gardening. I think the trick in my case though is that we bought most of the plants as actual plants. I have a feeling that if I tried to make things grow from seed they wouldn’t work (the beets and turnips I planted this past weekend from seed will likely prove this hypothesis to be correct).

–A

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