Comments on: Gifts for Gardeners 2009 Edition

By: Chicago Mike

Chicago Mike — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:43:33 +0000

Hmmmmmmm…… how to send this link to my wife without being too obvious? :)
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By: Andres Stell

Andres Stell — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:44:04 +0000

I think the idea of a Meyer lemon tree is a great gift. I have had one for a couple of years, and love having a few homegrown lemons every year.
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By: Susy

Susy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:47:21 +0000

With the kits you grow them indoors. You can buy spores and inoculate logs outside. Then you would know which ones you started so they’re safe.

By: Elizabeth Davis

Elizabeth Davis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:21:14 +0000

Where do you grow your mushrooms? Do you grow them indoors? I have been interested in growing mushrooms, but have not been confident to try because we have so many poisonous ones here outdoors. I saw the box and wondered if perhaps you grow them inside. I have heard of people growing them on old telephone books. I would love to know more about your growing process.

By: Susy

Susy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:40:31 +0000

Thanks for the link! I’ll check them out. I’m always looking for small companies to buy from (being a small business owner myself :)

By: Susy

Susy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:39:56 +0000

I’d love to grow some nut trees as well, but we don’t have space here. Perhaps someday when we have more land.

By: Sustainable Eats

Sustainable Eats — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:02:20 +0000

Those are great gifts! I just did a similar post today. It’s the time for shopping methinks. I listed some unusual plants that I want for my garden that will reduce our reliance on more store bought stuff, like sea berry plants and almond trees. One Green World has some great things! I also saw that Territorial now has hazelnut trees innoculated with black truffles. That one was tempting…
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By: andrea

andrea — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:42:06 +0000

There is a small local seed company in Maine that sells musroom kits, tons of seeds for sprouting and kits for that also, they have sets for making your own natural beauty supplies (my daughter had fun with this when she was in high school), not to mention their seed packets are small and very resonably priced and they have a lot of unusual latin and european vegetable seeds. Check out Pinetree garden seeds and get the paper catalog, it’s much better than the website!
https://www.superseeds.com/

By: KitsapFG

KitsapFG — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:03:20 +0000

Those are all great ideas. I am going to give packages of my saved seeds from the garden and my favorite salad spinner to the garden loving folks on my list.

By: the inadvertent farmer

the inadvertent farmer — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:21:46 +0000

I asked for mushroom spores this year…people thought I was crazy! Kim
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