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I have ordered my vegetable garden needs from 3 different places. All have told me that the unusually large amount of orders has slowed shipping and reduce available supply to "sold out" status. Plus they have reduced the amount of employees working each day in efforts to keep them safe. This kung flu has no boundaries to what part of life it will complicate.
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That certainly is the truth. Might not be a bad idea to have a garden this year
I've read that also about the seed sales. We have onions, kale, collard greens, broccoli & cauliflower planted. And the tomato seeds are about 2 inches tall under lights. Fishing & gardening is pretty much what I do now in retirement. :biggrin
I have mustard greens, bell peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and jalapenos planted, then the straw berry beds
I have nothing planted. Here in central Illinois the soil temp is only 50° .
Here in Tennessee it has been a early spring. Had a few 80 degree days
And tonight you will have frost in TN. Was 90° here in LA Yesterday.
"gene"
We are supposed to have another frost here Sunday night.
It was 90 two days this week!
I love to garden!
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Gardening is a way of life. Those who have run out to buy seeds without knowing jack about gardening are in for a big surprise. It's not as easy as some politician said a while back, dig a hole, drop in a seed, water, and there you have it. Good luck to them I hope they have not wasted their money or some good seed.
"gene"
Royal Burgundy, is very hardy purple bean. They are very good, eating them right after picking, or cooked. Both the veins and beans are purple in color. It's the only bean we plant. Good for freezing too. I want to share this link.
https://lazytries.com/step-by-step-guide-how-to-raise-seed…/
Have a Troy-Bilt tiller. Believe in planting wide crop rows when planting. Tiller works up a 20 inch path. So I work up the whole garden to either 3 or 4 inches deep. Then when doing rows for planting, work the row on down to 8 inches. For beans, we make 2 rows, within the 20 inch width, and the rows are between 6 to 8 inches apart. Then we plant the beans 2 seeds together, spaced 3 to 4 inches apart. My grandfather always said to plant this way, one for the cut worm, and one for you. You get better germination this way, takes up less space, and I think you get better yield too. When we plant peppers, we do 2 plants across form each other, then 1, then 2, not spaced too far apart, and we plant around 32 this way. Yes peppers have flowers, but when they touch early, they will usually flower sooner. Hope this helps others.