Gardening

[cjsmith]

CA Bay Area garden-savvy folks, if you wanted to plant herbs and/or a few veggies (corn, tomatoes, cantaloupe, carrots) and you hadn't done a blessed thing up 'til now -- no seedlings in pots in a sunny room, nothing -- what would you choose to plant soon?

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[ambar.livejournal.com]

You'd wander over to Yamagami's Nursery (85 & De Anza) and see what they're selling. In short, it's tomato time. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hee! This answer (head over and see what's being sold) makes way too much sense. :) :)

[ambar.livejournal.com]

Yamagami's also has a ZILLION varieties of tomato. Want heirloom Amish Paste tomatoes? They've got 'em.

Herbs being in general tough, weedy things, they can go in at any time.

This book (http://www.amazon.com/Northern-California-Gardening-Month-Month/dp/B0011MO5V6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205432476&sr=1-1) is a must for gardening in Northern California. For every month, she tells you what's going on and what you need to be doing. I have the first edition, which I highly recommend; the link is to the second.

[ambar.livejournal.com]

NB: I didn't find the Bob Tanem books (Gardening Month by Month in Northern California, etc) very useful. YMMV, but get it from a library first.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Now I want to skim a copy of that book for each state. What would it be like to try to grow my corn in Maine or my lemons in Utah? ...Some day I may get over this compulsion to optimize every @#$!ing problem.