Well I haven't been able to get back in the garden, it's been to wet.  We even has some snow/rain mix yesterday! eeeks They are calling for it again tonight and then rain all day tomorrow...(sigh)  It does look like the rest of the week will be nice so hopefully this weekend we'll get the rest of the garden in!

This past weekend a friend and I took a trip to a huge garden center 2 hours away.  It's our yearly trip.  There I picked up some heirloom tomatoes Brandywine, Moskvich, Eva Purple Bell, Yellow Pare Cherry.

I was a little disappointed they didn't have any Roma types that were open pollinated.  But on the way home I found a woman selling plants that had lots of heirloom tomatoes.  From her I got, Opalka, Black Plum, Hillbilly, Rutgers, Amish Paste and Palmira.

At the first nursery I also picked up a rhubarb plant and 3 gooseberry plants.

As far as the rest of our garden we'll be planting 3 types of heirloom corn, national pickling cucumbers, yellow and green bush beans, zucchini, peas, red, white and purple potatoes, swish chard, broccoli, carrots, onions.

I know I have more to go in, but I can't remember the names right now LOL.  I'll post more as I plant.

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Posted by morningsunshine

3 types of heirloom corn? won't they cross-pollinate and thus be useless for saving the seeds for next year? I am still learning this stuff, but that is what I have been told. I want to grow my eating-off-the-cob corn and popcorn, so I have been researching this.

I am looking for a hand-made recipe for my wheat bread. I have used a bread machine, but cannot like it - it always turns out kind of soggy. And I really enjoy kneading the bread by hand. there is something just theraputic about it.

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Posted by Mennobrarian

It seems that a lot of us can't get our gardens in on time due to this chilly, wet weather. I'm glad that we aren't the only ones! Rain should be stopping here tomorrow, which may give us enough time over the weekend to get things done. I'm tired of carrying seedlings around everywhere and am anxious to plant them!

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Posted by KimMC

Yes the corn will cross pollinate. You need to separate it by enough distance and/or select types that tassel at different times. They only produce pollen for a certain amount of time so an early say 60 day corn and a late 80 day corn wont normally cross.

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