Alice Nelson

I noticed some inquires about "Walls o' Water. These are adverised in many seed catalogs, Park and Jung included. Don't know if the inquiry about an unheated porch was in reference to mine, but mine is galssed in and warm enough right now to put the potted peony roots, which have already sprouted in the [...]

The snow banks are coming down; we can actually see grass in a few places. The Park's Whopper and Gardener's Delight tomatoes are just popping up, and can be put in a sunny window shortly, as are the Nagoya Flowering Kale seedlings. However, I've found an infestation of white fly on my large geranium plants [...]

In all fairness to Burpee, I received those seeds from them the day after I said I hadn't but still several days after Park. They are all (the tomatoes) planted now with the Early Girl up and growing. About roses: in Mich.U.P. I am pretty leery about planting hybrid teas, too, going for shrub roses [...]

I mentioned ordering more tomato seeds. I am trying Park's Whopper. I received seeds from Park in about 5 days. It has been over a week now, and I haven't received what I ordered from Burpee. From the looks of things, I won't get those Walls o' Water out anytime soon. We've 8-10" more of [...]

I wanted to get my tomatoes started so I could put them out in Walls o'Water a month early. Had some Early Girl seed left but not the others I thought I had. So I quickly place a couple of seed order. My favorite small tomato is Gardener's Delight, which Park used to carry. Now [...]