Time to put one's money where one's mouth is. I had two days off for jet-lag and today I got a start on the long-abandoned veg patch [had not been planning to be here enough to do it]. It doesn't look like much of course, right now. So my 2 weeks isolation and whatever comes next will not be wasted. Cleared a 2' x 20' bed and sowed it today.
I'm really fortunate to be picking fruit every day - bananas (green to use instead of potatoes), passionfruit, sour oranges, coconuts, moringa leaves, cacao pods... But although it's a bit late for veg here, I've started with a bed of lettuce, other greens, coriander, basil, and whatever seed was in my fridge. Even if it's just microgreens in 3-4 weeks it's something. Some of the flowers today for encouragement too... and I cut up a sweet potato that was languishing in the fridge to see if I can force some slips. Friends and passers-by are starting to trade their produce and eggs, for our stuff!
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Nice! I just planted my first ever sweet potato slips, courtesy of two I purchased from the grocery and stuck in the kitchen window for several weeks. Also trying to sprout some passion fruit seeds.
MikeInBatonRouge
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Mar 21, 2020
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Always fun to see Passionflower blossom, reminds me of those silly, psychedelic plastic flower toy makers from the sixties (?). I planted a vine once in Portland that flowered, but never fruited.
tinkercreek
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Mar 21, 2020
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I started germination trays today. Tomatoes, eggplant, bell and banana peppers. Trying to figure out when I can plant collards and spinach.
farmboy2017
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Mar 21, 2020
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@Allamanda Collards and other greens can take a little frost. We're almost past that. Tomatoes, etc. will be transplanted Mid-May.
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