Yesterday morning Mama Duck was off her nest so I took the opportunity to check her eggs she had been setting. I only needed an up close & personal whiff of one to know the entire batch was no good. Whew, Damn! Even a hard core Vietnamese balut eater wouldn't go near these stinkers. As with the goose eggs that got killed in the rainstorm I buried the clutch. If ever I plant onions near the area they should be mighty strong with that much sulfur. I think I saw on TV a while back that what makes Vidalia onions so sweet is the extremely low sulfur content in the soil.
Anyway one of our local home improvement stores was having the last (or so they say) early bird sale of the year in the yard & garden dept. I did see Granny Smith apple trees there but even at half price they were still right at $20.00. I've read somewhere that apple trees grown from seed don't always run true to variety but I think I'll try and see what I get.
I did but a 4 pack of cucumber & a 4 pack of yellow crookneck squash plants and a pair of jalapeno plants as well as about 20 packs of seeds, mostly root crops again. There were a butt load of 4 packs I was interested in but they were looking rather poorly, many were more like 3 or even 2 packs.
I am loading up on root crop seeds mostly radish, beet and carrot because once I harvest the entire plant is gone. Ergo to keep harvesting throughout the season I have to keep throwing down more seed. If I have a better than decent yield from any given planting I'll let a few go to seed for next year.
One caveat regarding seed saving. I've read that hybrid seeds like your basic mule (a horse/donkey hybrid) are sterile so if you plan on seed saving always go heirloom.
I don't know if this applies to natural cross pollination like if bees swap pollen between my beefsteak and cherry tomatoes, jalapeno & bell peppers or just the Frankenstein hybrids developed by the seed companies. I'm thinking that a little natural crossing is gonna happen and is probably not too bad a thing. Anybody who knows differently please correct me.
Okay, I've got holes to dig and plants to get started before it gets hot out. Forecast is for possible showers later in the week so I'm hoping for a gentle rain and not a torrential downpour.
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