I am so jealous you have this problem. I wish I had 140 containers!
karen

Karen, how many containers do you have?

I am seriously jealous of all the containers you have going, I only have 50 so I have a long ways to go yet. I am sure you will find more room, we always do! oh and zone envy too, I can't wait to plunk and run!

I only have about 12 -15 so far... I just stared a week ago and did not have enough containers (or seeds)

I am going container hunting this weekend while it is warm. plus I joined freecycle.

Karen

Don't worry Token I did that many for a few years, now I can relax a bit, this will be a year of dividing and moving around for the ones I plunked and ran, misplaced perennials that haven't flowered but, have been happily getting larger for me to move.

When I read the title of the post, I thought "Oh no! Something's happened to token's sprouts!"

Well, I see something has happened ... they grew! LOL!

Karen, hit the dollar store and buy some 16-20 oz. plastic cups. I just got some yesterday, and I'm starting tomatoes in them. They're also very useful for those plants which you only want one or two of ....

PV

Well I'm not sure what the garden will look like this year, but I really hope all the seeds for the white bed are actually white. The only one I am worried about is Lunaria. I have seen white and pink varieties.

I've planted out so many now I cannot remember what I put where. I don't have enough tags and I'm not making more as I go. I don't want the yard to look like I planted mini-blinds instead of HOSs.

thanks PV I plan to stop at the dollar store as well. All i have to do is avoid the seeds!

Token, you will have to post a pic of your HOS's.

Karen

Token: I'm shocked and appalled at this revelation! Can this be? And you think you may have mixed colors in your white bed??? How will you sleep tonight?

;-)

Prof

PS: I may not be able to get mine up, but at least I know the names of my HOS...

Runandplunkandrunandplunk! And you thought that putting out all those jugs was FUN part!!
-B

Prof, I do believe I like you! LOL!

PV

I thought the same thing "tokens sprouts bit the dust" so glad they are fine and I do hope there's no pink in the white bed that would be shameful lol

Karen meat loaf tins in gallon zip locks work well. use straws of bamboo skewers to keep plastic up.
buy at dollar store or ocean state.

thanks playintheyard, I am going to the dollar store tonight or tomorrow.

I also have a message on craigslist and freecycle. one is bound to pan out.

That was funny prof!

Karen

Well what should I expect Prof? My seeds have been around.

- they all came from trades.

It's 70 degrees out there. I'm sweating like a pig. Already sunburned. Sheesh.

karen- You got a Starbucks nearby?
token- I feel for you. Really- I do. Don't let anyone tell you different.

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My HOS. Maltese Cross. I think. Maybe Nicotiana. Or was it Lamb's ear? This is going to be a fun summer seeing what blooms where.

Yes, that is an acorn sprouting next to my HOS. I have pulled nuts till I'm blue in the face.

Token et al: Wait about three weeks when yours truly posts a "My Entire Gardening Career is in Ruins" thread. I can see it coming: I have so much WSing still left to do, plus back-filling this pond, planting the raised beds (let's not forget the St Patty's Day peas), making trellises, etc.

I'll be more than defeated if these seedlings I've sprouted don't soon perk up.

Oh, and Token, you may have been pulling nuts, but I'm yanking on cherries. It's exhausting, but satisfying at the same time. Who knew a 60-year tree could be so fertile?

IS NO-ONE GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TOKENS NUTS!!!!!

Hey Karendee,
Last week i went to Wal Mart,i found these great containers,clear plastic boxes,they could be used for craft supplies,a tool box,shoes,ect.
What makes them so great,is the fact that they have a lid attatched,with a little click lock.They were $2.00.
I will be going back for more,save them,and reuse next year.
cAROL

brandy: I was going to say something, but I'm really a shy and introverted guy, who tries never to cross the line between appropriate and wildly savage.

But to answer your query: Token, man, pull those nuts! Yeah, yeah, go for it!

I think it's time for bed...

Cherries? Already? Is it that time of year?

I wish I had some squirrels around here that would eat these acorns. Instead, they eat from the bird feeders. Must taste better than rotting nuts.

Oh yes, there's nothing worse than rotting nuts!

Well, token I'm a few zones behind you so if you just really have an itch to plan and plant come visit me in May. I will let you plan to your hearts content. With 307 jugs of perennials I will gladly plunk while you plan. Do I even dare start any annuals? Me thinks a lot of them will get direct sown this year.

I'm not sowing any more annuals except vinca. I'm going to direct sow the rest of the seeds I have. Datura, gloriosa daisy, etc. I've still got veggies that I need to consider.

This is hilarious! There are so many lines that I have typed, and then deleted.

Token, I have a great solution to your acorn problem: deer. I will be shipping mine to you immediately. No no, don't thank me, it's OK. Oh, and the squirrels bury the acorns for winter--ooh, that's SO helpful. To the acorns.

May I send you deers as well??? Think I can get them across the border? They ARE weapons of mass destruction!

Retiredprof, What a hoot you are! Saying "I was going to say something, but I'm really a shy and introverted guy." If you recall, just a few notes up you said, "I may not be able to get mine up, but at least I know the names of my HOS..." Was that an OOOOPSY?? LOL!!

Token, there's no doubt that you will have to get photos of those lovely gardens posted. Looking forward to seeing them!

No, I think I'm good without deer. I'm not so sure the neighbors would appreciate a family of deer on my little 1/2 acre. It would be nice to see some chipmunks or squirrels eating more than my bird seed though. I guess I shouldn't complain too much about the acorns. Oh who am I kidding? It's the only thing I had a bumper crop of last year.

And yes, there will be photos. But most of what I've sown this year are perennials so don't expect much more than a sea of green.

How about voles? Do they eat acorns?
I have a whole colony living in my garden-if I even have any garden left! You can have your pick, just let me know where to ship to...
-B

What you folks need are a couple Dobermans. I'm thinking about renting out my Leather Marie and Diesel Dolores for assorted varmint control. You know, a little extra retirement income.

Diesel tackles bunnies, ground hogs, assorted snakes, moles, voles and frogs. Leather Marie is on squirrels and chipmunks. The two of them take down deer. All they ask for in return is organic chicken jerky and oven-roasted Turducken bathed in garlic-chicken broth. Ain't no critters in my yard!

Has it occurred to anyone else that token and prof are really MIMS and maybe Ron using different screen names?

I'm scared to ask. What's a HOS?

Well seedmama, whoever they are I'm enjoying having them around!

Oceanna, HOS is 'hunk of seedlings'. For me, it's anything from a 1" chunk of soil and seedlings up to a 2 liter container plopped in the ground.

My HOS.

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I can assure you, retiredprof and I are not the same person. I am token. There is no other like me.

To clarify, MIMS is the shortened screen name of mudinmyshorts. He had a flair for double entendre and innuendo, and a few other things, I recall. :)

Prof,
"a shy and introverted guy, who tries never to cross the line between appropriate and wildly savage." I'm going to guess you prefer to stick to the wildly savage side. Am I right?

Martha

I was wondering what a "MIMS" was! I thought it was a scientific experiment gone bad or something!!LOL!!

Now I know!
-B

Token, Johnny's seed has a nice tool for weeding that's great for uprooting sprouting acorns. I've attached a link to it.

Lynda

Here is a link that might be useful: wire weeder from Johnny's

Thanks Lynda. Right now I'm clearing acorns as I plant. I'm sure there will be some missed and I will be pulling little trees all summer, but the dirt is soft and they come out easy.

I don't know who writes their copy on that site, but I have never found weeding to be "enjoyable" regardless of what tool I'm using. :)

Token - I didn't find weeding enjoyable until I got their wire weeder and their narrow collinear hoe!

They aren't lying. Wow - well balanced tools, light enough to handle easily but not so light as to be fly-away. Handle length and tool angle makes hoeing totally different than any hoeing I've done before.

I love strolling though the garden, looking at the posies, nipping out the weeds before they have a chance to go crazy, and aerating the soil so that watering is more effective. It doesn't take much longer or much effort than just walking around and looking at the gardens.

Once I got those tools weeding did actually get fun. Fast too.

Johnny's is one of the very few sites where I will buy things (tools, seed varieties, whatever) based on their recommendation alone. And on the wire weeder & collinear hoe order I actually sent them an e-mail afterwards mentioning how much I liked knowing that I could trust their product recommendations.

Go read the copy for Diva cucumber and Costata Romanesco squash on that website. Those are two we bought based on the blurb and they are now garden "must haves".

I'm sure I sound like an infomercial, but if you've never done business with them be sure to get their catalog and check them out.

Lynda

Martha: That is so not true. I may be a little savage, like when my loins are a-quiver with WSing desire, but normally I'm a straight up guy. I could be more straight up if these darn lettuce seedlings would get their stems straight.

And, I am not Token! That young man is heads and heels beyond me! He's excellent!

Thanks Prof! I always say it was because my dad beat me just hard enough as a kid. Nowadays, he'd be sent to prison.