All the plants sowed Jan.31 have now sprouted and I transferred them to the greenhouse, where they are living beneath a sheet of Remay for a little extra warmth. The rodent predation problems have ceased. Feb. 3 I sowed 3 different onion varieties (Ed Hume Seeds), each into 3 4 inch pots, indoors. Onions include:
Ringmaster White Globe
Italian Red Torpedo
Walla Walla Sweet
Of mice and mache
Mice ate nearly all the seedlings growing in my green house. Surviving plants include parsley, leeks and onions. I took appropriate steps to eliminate the rodent population. We will speak no more of this. Sowed new 4″ pots with spinach, savoy cabbage, mache, kohlrabi, marjoram, chinese cabbage, head lettuce, romaine letuce, bibb lettuce, endive, kale, swiss chard, cauliflower, fennel, broccoli raab, leek, celery and broccoli.
Stop global warming. Plant zuccini
Here is my modest proposal to stop global warming. Global warming results from increasing levels of atmospheric green house gases, principally CO2. Plants convert CO2 into cellulose, reducing atmospheric CO2. Therefore, I propose to plant the state of Kansas border to border with zuccini. Zuccini will be harvested when they reach full size, trucked to Arizona, and chucked into the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon has a total volume of 4.17 trillion cubic meters. Estimating that the dry weight of zuccini is 10% of their total weight, filling the canyon to the brim with zuccini will consume 417 trillion kilograms of CO2. In the dry climate of Arizona, the zuccini will not decompose for many years. Human activity releases 27 trillion kilograms of CO2 per year. Thus, filling the Grand Canyon with zuccini will consume sufficient CO2 to stop global warming for the next 15 years.
Past the Solstice
We had some of the coldest days in recorded history this winter, which really did a number on our winter garden. Hopefully that is well past. It’s not really spring, but the days are getting longer, and the gardening itch is upon me. I planted some early lettuce, water cress, spinach, and parsley in flats in the house. As these germinate, I move them into the green house, where they are protected under a sheet of row cover for extra protection from the cold.
Porter
Martino Roma
Black Prince
San Marzano
San Marzano is an Italian Heirloom variety, grown outside Naples since the 18th Century. It is the only tomato variety that may be used in the sauce employed for Vera Pizza Napoletana (true Naples Pizza).
2015 – June 28- 3′ vines with 5 fruit.
July 9 – 3′ vine, 60 fruit.
Brandywine
Brandywine is the great tasting beef-steak variety that started the heirloom tomato craze. Unfortunately, it does have a strong tendency to split.
Italian Tree
