Hi Margaret!
I've been so busy that I haven't been on here at all for a few months. I found that if I visited, I never left, so I stayed away! I'm surprise I lasted as long as I did!
I really appreciate your information. That's how I thought the Deno method worked, but then I read that the seeds needed to be chilled after adding water. Since I had already chilled them without water, I was confused. I'm so late in getting them planted that I may do a little of everything to see what works best for me. I've got a few seeds that I'm really excited about from my crosses, and a ton of bee crosses that I couldn't care less about, so I'll play with the bee crosses and see what happens. It was a very strange year for hybridizing for me. The bees were way more successful than I was! It was only my second year, but I had a lot better luck the first year. I've got to be much more selective this year since I'm totally out of room. I don't even know where I'll put the seedlings once I get them started!
To make matters worse, we bought a travel trailer a couple of months ago, and have been camping every chance we get. It was fun the first time we went because it was snowing, and we didn't know how to work anything in the trailer! Good thing the heater came on without much effort. Now I've got to convince my son that he'll need to keep my babies watered when we are out of town, which seems to be every week. We're determined to get our money's worth out of the trailer! That's another reason I got a late start. We were either gone, or the weather was lousy, so I kept putting it off.
I hope all has been well with you!
Natalie
