Bells of the North Homestead

Who likes free stuff? I know I do! Okay, well.  I did an inventory of our entire seed bank and found we have a lot of extra seeds. Now, I do have to say, this offer is not exactly free.  There is a cost somewhat. Like last years Black Futsu Seed giveaway the only thing I ask on this one is that if you are interested you must cover the postage. This means, unlike last year when people sent me a self addressed envelope with postage included (.45 postage on one envelope, .45 on self addressed envelope. .90 grand total), you will only have to send .46 to me via Paypal. If you prefer you still can send me a self addressed envelope with postage but I suggest the Paypal method to save a bit of $$$ and I did have quite a few people report that they sent me envelopes that I never received. I will cover the cost of envelopes. If you are interested in this offer you can email me. If you are interested in getting some almost free seeds this is all I ask. Email me your add...

Last year we had MASSIVE ISSUES with water retention so this year we plan to build raisedbeds (hence the boards at the front of the garden) Also last Autumn we took whatever leaves we could find and put them in the garden area in hopes they would break down and create a better soil. Now they're still in the process but we'll see what happens come summer time! This is what we're starting with this year! You seriously don't want to see the other parts of the yard yet, nothing but MUD! Still Edward and I got two beds done which was cold, feet numbing, hand numbing work! We have two more large beds, two more small beds for the Okra (and I'm thinking snapdragons!) and one out front for the Twice as Nice Melon. At Home Depot I added to our collection of seeds today: Nasturtium Alaska Mix and Nasturtium Empress of India, both by Burpee Marigold, Burpees Best Mix Lettuce, Little Caesar I almost added Snapdragons but I wanted to make sure all versions of snapdragons are e...

PH Level is about 7.0/Nitrogen very low/Phosphorus Medium to High/Potash is Very Low to Low Game plan is to add some compost (with coffee in it), some commercial fertilizer, and bonemeal to add Potassium. Pictures following soon of the raised beds. We took some of the pallets apart. Well no, I shouldn't say WE, I should say Edward did. As he did that I did the boring but energy saving job(I've been really sick lately) of cataloging all our seeds as of now. Here's the list: Bell Pepper~Carnival Mix; Sweet Pepper Mix Bean~Italian Rose Broccoli Raab Cabbage Invento F1 Hybrid Cabbage Cucumber~National Pickling Cucumber; White Wonder; Lemon Cucumber Eggplant~Black Beauty Okra~Burgundy Onions~Evergreen Bunching Pea~Super Sugar Snap; Super Snappy; Oregon Sugar Pod II Pepper~Pinata Mix~Hot! Radish~Cherry Belle Salad~Arugula; Roquette Arugula; Slow Bolt Arugula; Wild Mesclun; Microgreens ...