#gardening December 20: Onion Seedlings were found when Raking The seeds as described in my first post about the onions told a bit about the history of the seeds that actually did some bit of growing under cover; with dirt! As also described in my previous post here I transplanted the onions into my potting […]
Author: Chris Kline
Mixing my ashy soil with moist outdoors, found onions and more
#gardening First picture when I found my old onion seeds on Threads original threads post here As soon as I found one, several more just kept coming up from under the dirt pile that’s been there for a couple months. These weren’t really coming up through the top of the dirt, or maybe they were […]
Final Stage of Seeds in Jars: Drying + Indoor Germinating
#gardening Indoor Germination Info As of this time, it won’t be until about January 1 2025 that I start to test about 8 seeds of each kind indoors to see if they are capable of doing any germinating. The rest of them are pretty dry, but just like the other ones in jars. Seeds that […]
Beginning to dry fermented seeds
#gardening Are the seeds heirloom seeds? Yes, all of the seeds that I have been posting about recently have been confirmed to have been from an heirloom seed batch. Final Stage of Preserving Seeds After the seeds sat overnight for one more night in a bit of room temp water, I rinsed them out in […]
Fermented Seeds Final Storage until Post-Frost
#gardening More updates on process of seeds coming out of their own fermentation, outside in jars The first step was highlighted in my first two blog posts about the seeds but as a recap, the seeds were sitting inside in jars with paper towels tightened to the mason jar lids for air. Another thing to […]
Introducing my fermented seed collection
#gardening History behind this seed collection From the fruits and vegetables that I collected from farm stands in the 2024 growing season, from May to September were Tomato varieties, watermelons, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers and more! In this post, I am showing the 6 seeds that I managed to preserve in their own fermentation. No water […]
Seeds that have multiple preservation methods
#gardening “Try not to get too grossed out,” would be the best way I can title this question. Should you order heat mats and begin to germinate inside your closet in December/January or wait until everyone else starts in early March? Well, I have seeds that I’ve chose to test preservation methods on. Dried ones, […]