Next years garden

My husband did not want me to start a garden. All I could do was to throw things on the compost pile and hope they sprouted, so I also got a tomato plant and I did get a few raspberries and loads of apples that I did not need. But now he is disabed, and in a power wheelchair, so I think when spring comes, I am going to get someone to drive me down to Roma and get a couple of boxes, some top soil and dirt and have a container gardens. I do love Italian food and I find it is hard to buy fresh herbs at our grocery store.

hi Grandpa Bob my dad used to do that every fall , save watermelon and muskmelon seeds for the next summer. they always did so well too . I hated it when I had to help shuck dried corn to get the kernels off as it made my hands so sore.ugh.

I've done this in the past: watermelon, cantilope, beans, gourds. I've never tried it with smaller seeds but one year took a cherry tomatoe at the end of the season planted it in potting soil in the house and had tomatoes for Christmas :) not many and they were small but it was fun :)

Funny enough I used to live in BC (Canada) and as I'm sure you know we never get cold winters like in Alberta and Saskatchewan and in fact we grow fruit in BC, so obviously we have really hot weather and gardening is in great supply. I did several times try to grow from my own seeds and not even once did it work for me. I find your post most interesting in the fact that I am quite sure after reading your post after all this time I believe I know what I did wrong, plain and simple I didn't dry the seeds for long enough. Thank You as usual Grandpa Bob.

I saved seeds from vegetables bought from the store and they didn't come up. My garden this year was more one of experimentation, to learn what not to do! My dad gave me some seeds he found for half runner beans, sweet peas and something else, I forget. He says you can't find those beans seeds hardly anywhere anymore! Next year my garden will be bigger and more orderly.

Wow grandpa Bob, you seem to have a very good home garden and grow most fruits. I feel j!! I live in a metro city and space is a constraint here. I do have some pots but most of them are seasonal and by the time season is over, I feel depressed and the very thought of planting a new plant for the new season makes me back off from the idea. We have a small nursery for plants here just beside our building and it is quite a view from my bedroom window. Diffrent flowers bloom every day and I love watching them.

Unfortunately my garden didn't fair very well. Most of the tomatoes had blight, the zucchini didn't produce fruit, the cukes were pitiful. The only thing that we got a good harvest from was the green and wax beans and the carrots. Hopefully our next attempt at gardening will be more prosperous.

you are smart to start thinking about the garden already. i know that some of the bulbs and whatnot can only be planted in the fall. we have a small garden so all we plant are tomatoes but i am hopping to start some herbs over the winter (as long as i can keep kitty away from them!)

I save some of my beans for the next year, but my scarlet runners didn't do well at all this year, so I guess I'll be saving all of those for planting, none for soup. The yellow wax beans were great, though, and I've saved some for seeds, but a few are still producing for my culinary pleasure.

hahahaha I have dried seeds out before but then forget about them then end up throwing them away later on. If I gardened like you did it would be different, I would not forget about them maybe.

Wow, you're a great gardener. .. I also love to plant but I have no space to plant. I used to plant vegetables in softdrink bottles or plastics.

Hi GRANDPA BOB, They sure look and just think, you'll lovely delicious water melon again next yesr, brilliant. Tamara

I also keep my seeds from the fruits and vegetables that i grow in my garden. and i start them in the house around February. so i can get them in the ground again in may.

Hi granpa Bob, For me, next year´s garden is this year. In my country we are in Spring and yiou have been a model to follow for me. Thank you! I have small tomato seedlings (not yet ready to trasplant) and cucumber plant that I´ll set on eath today. Today I will also plant my green beans (the climbing type), 3 or four zucchini seads and fava beans. I did an experiment last year planting potatoesin winter and it worked. I planted them in sacs and put them where they wouldn´t be so cold. The kale is thriving and I also want to plant rucule as it´s very expensive here. Thanks again

I used to gardening in the place where we used to live. But now that we have transferred, there is not much place to plant to. drying seeds for planting is usually the common practice that we also do considering that it will be easier for the plant to grow if you dry it. Good luck with your planting and your gardening.

I save all kinds of stuff. I've been told numerous times that most won't grow or produce from even store bought produce, but that's not always true. I save mainly the following and have had good luck with(store bought or homegrown) seeds: Produce: varieties of tomatoes, okra, melons Flowers: Daisies, moonflowers, blackeye susans, zinnia, and a bunch of others (store bought or homegrown). I have the following but have had zero luck with: mango, grape I continue to use what will work and also try new things. Never hurts to try; especially when you have a huge compost heap with who knows what in it!