What did you do in your garden today?

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Can seeds be dried in a dehydrator and still be viable? I think the heat goes down to 90° on my big one. It's hard to dry beans and squash normally here with our humidity
 

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Can seeds be dried in a dehydrator and still be viable?
I would think so. My garden gets hotter than 90 every summer and I save seeds that sprout and grow.

I decided to go off script a little bit today. I decided I didn't have enough peppers so I direct sowed some in the garden. We'll see how that works... :fl Seems like way back when I might've done that before...But I must've deleted part of that memory because I can't remember the results. :old
 

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1 early jersey wakefield cabbage seedling $4.79 at Rural King. yes that's 1, spelled O N E. Defined as a single unit, object, or being.
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A head of cabbage at Kroger is $1.98

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I would think so. My garden gets hotter than 90 every summer and I save seeds that sprout and grow.

I decided to go off script a little bit today. I decided I didn't have enough peppers so I direct sowed some in the garden. We'll see how that works... :fl Seems like way back when I might've done that before...But I must've deleted part of that memory because I can't remember the results. :old

maybe you are far enough south that they'll be ok. up here there's not enough time for most of the peppers i'd eat.
 

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We had peppers into December this past year from plants in pots on the south side of the house. Two of those plants are volunteering for another season. I thought they were goners - but nope - they're putting on new growth. We really can garden in some form or fashion almost year round. Outside year round - not green house year round. However, February is not really a garden friendly month.
 

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Currently 41 but it feels colder than that to me. Chance of frozen mix in the morning, yikes 😳. I brought the peppers inside. Crazy things are blooming already. That's what orange / red sunlight will do. I prefer to keep them in the blue spectrum as long as I can that way they don't bloom or bloom very little.
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Anyways they are inside now so if it's gonna be freezing mix it'll be ok, I reckon. Cabbages and onions already set out should be ok also.

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