Tag: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

• Lettuce and Peas, Please

  

  Here’s a bright idea: Bookmark this page for updates throughout the season — words + photographs JULIE JOHNSON — Today’s the day, or so says my mom’s printed copy of the 2023 The Old Farmer’s Almanac. If I am to plant lettuce and peas under moon-favorable conditions and timing and all, it’s now or wait…

  homegrownjournal

  March 7, 2023

  2023, Garden, March 2023

  Arugula, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Bronze Beauty, Chinese Narrow Leaf, Compost, Crisp Mint, Elevated garden bed, Garden Planning, Garden Planning Dates, Hartville, Henderson's Black-seeded Simpson, How to plant lettuce, How to plant peas, Julie Johnson, Lettuce, Little Marvel, Mansfield, Merlot, Merveille Des Quatre Saisons, Midwest grown seed, Missouri, Old Farmer's Almanac, Peas, Raised bed gardening, Rare Seeds, San Marzano tomato, Spring Garden, Springfield, Square Foot Gardening, The Buffalo Seed Company, Urban Farmer, Uses for tackle box, What do pea seeds look like?, What does lettuce seed look like?, When do I plant lettuce?, When do I plant peas?, White Harvest Seed Company, Wild Rocket

• From the Editor: Used People, Danger: Ripe Tomato, Planted: Cherokee Sunset Rudbeckia, Jumajo Writing Company

  

  Used People A few nights ago, I finished reading The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, Holland’s first licensed woman watchmaker, born to a watchmaker dad who was born to a watchmaker dad. After her mom passed away and other siblings moved out, she lived in the family home with her older sister Betsie and…

  homegrownjournal

  August 4, 2022

  August 2022, From the Editor

  Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Betsie ten Boom, Bible, Casper ten Boom, Cherokee Sunset Rudbeckia, Corrie ten Boom, Foil around tomatoes, Genesis 50:20, Holland, Homegrown Journal, Julie Johnson, Jumajo Writing Company, Mansfield, Missouri, Squirrels eating tomatoes, The Hiding Place, Watchmaker, World War II

• Pink Bumble Bee Cherry Tomatoes

  Hear me. I cannot see myself becoming an expert gardener. I laughed off the completely ridiculous notion of Master Gardener. However, I will try, try, try again. I also vow to expand my garden interests, experiment with different varieties and learn, learn, learn. This year, one of the newcomers is the pink bumble bee tomato…

  homegrownjournal

  September 5, 2021

  2021, Garden, September 2021

  Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Bees, Cherry Tomatoes, Missouri, Pink Bumble Bee Tomato, Pollinators, Springfield

• Strawberry Blonde Calendula

  I have not been successful in identifying this insect. The flower, on the other hand, is a strawberry blonde calendula. Seeds were purchased from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Flowers are mixed in with both the flower garden and vegetable garden. Bees like them, but so do green worms. The plants do not seem to do…

  homegrownjournal

  September 5, 2021

  2021, Garden, September 2021, The Great Outdoors

  Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Julie Johnson, Strawberry Blonde Calendula