Didn’t get stupid this year – too many years in a row of over ordering thinking I will spend a blissful growing season devoted to the garden. Reality says shit will come up and I’ll be fighting weeds as usual. So I got smaller packets and fewer items. Maybe half of the seed will get in the ground…
376RK-Red Kidney Bean (A=2oz) 1 x $1.40= $1.40
559GB-Golden Bantam Yellow Sweet Corn (B=8oz) 1 x $4.00= $4.00
678DO-Dakota Black Popcorn OG (A=2oz) 1 x $2.20= $2.20
692HB-Hopi Blue Flour Corn (B=8oz) 1 x $5.00= $5.00
893SO-Sugarsnap Snap Pea OG (A=2oz) 1 x $2.00= $2.00
943PF-Prescott Fond Blanc Cantaloupe (A=1/16oz) 1 x $1.80= $1.80
963SO-Sugar Baby Watermelon OG (A=1/16oz) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
1226NL-National Pickling Cucumber (B=1/4oz) 1 x $1.40= $1.40
1411BZ-Black Zucchini (A=1/8oz) 1 x $0.80= $0.80
1539CO-Early Summer Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash OG (A=1/8oz) 1 x $1.10= $1.10
1608TQ-Table Queen Acorn Winter Squash (A=1/4oz) 1 x $0.80= $0.80
1668SM-Sweet Meat Winter Squash (A=1/4oz) 1 x $0.90= $0.90
1675CR-Candy Roaster Winter Squash ECO (A=1/8oz) 1 x $1.70= $1.70
1720NO-New England Pie Pumpkin OG (A=1/4oz) 1 x $1.30= $1.30
1748CF-Connecticut Field Pumpkin (B=1/2oz) 1 x $1.50= $1.50
1962LU-Luffa Gourd (B=1/4oz) 1 x $1.80= $1.80
1966LB-Large Bottle Gourd (A=1/8oz) 1 x $1.30= $1.30
1990BS-Bushel Gourd (A=1/8oz) 1 x $1.50= $1.50
2073SK-Shin Kuroda 5″ Carrot (A=1/8oz) 1 x $0.80= $0.80
2136CH-Chioggia Beet (B=1/2oz) 1 x $1.70= $1.70
2248FB-French Breakfast Radish (A=1/8oz) 1 x $0.70= $0.70
2253PO-Plum Purple Radish OG (A=1/8oz) 1 x $1.50= $1.50
2300TG-Takinogawa Burdock (A=1/8oz) 1 x $1.20= $1.20
2372WE-White Egg Turnip (B=1/2oz) 1 x $1.20= $1.20
2540LS-Bloomsdale Spinach (A=1/4oz) 1 x $0.70= $0.70
2723SO-Salad Bowl Lettuce OG (B=4g) 1 x $1.50= $1.50
2849WD-Winter Density Bibb/Romaine Lettuce (A=2g) 1 x $0.70= $0.70
3158GI-Gigante dItalia Parsley (B=1/8oz) 1 x $1.20= $1.20
3313FO-Fiesta Broccoli OG (A=0.2g) 1 x $2.20= $2.20
3355EJ-Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage (A=2g) 1 x $0.70= $0.70
3459WO-White Russian Kale OG (B=4g) 1 x $2.60= $2.60
3722PB-Purple Beauty Sweet Pepper (A=0.5g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
3770CY-Long Red Narrow Cayenne Hot Pepper (B=1g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4038CO-Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato OG (A=0.2g) 1 x $1.20= $1.20
4136RO-Speckled Roman Paste Tomato OG (B=0.4g) 1 x $2.00= $2.00
4414SB-Sweet Basil (A=4g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4491BO-Borage OG (A=0.5g) 1 x $1.10= $1.10
4509NP-Catnip (A=1g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4512CO-Chives OG (B=7g) 1 x $2.50= $2.50
4531BO-Bouquet Dill OG (A=2g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4556ZF-Zefa Fino Fennel (A=0.5g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4580HH-Horehound (A=0.2g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4585LV-Lavender (A=0.2g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4592LV-Lovage (A=0.5g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
4643SN-Stinging Nettle (A=0.2g) 1 x $1.20= $1.20
4657RM-Rosemary (A=0.2g) 1 x $1.30= $1.30
4666WS-White Sage (A=0.05g) 1 x $1.30= $1.30
4679MD-Mad-dog Skullcap (A=0.05g) 1 x $1.20= $1.20-currently on backorder
4684ST-Stevia (A=0.01g) 1 x $2.00= $2.00-currently on backorder
5085PB-Pacific Beauty Calendula Mix (A=2g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
5369RS-Rocket Mix Snapdragon (A=0.025g) 1 x $2.20= $2.20
5499MD-Madder (A=0.25g) 1 x $2.00= $2.00
5930BR-Red Broom Corn (A=4g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
6022BM-Panorama Red Shades Bee Balm (A=0.02g) 1 x $1.30= $1.30
6146SM-Indian Spring Single Mix Hollyhock (A=0.25g) 1 x $0.90= $0.90
6316CT-Creeping Thyme (A=0.1g) 1 x $1.00= $1.00
6427DB-Danish Ballhead Cabbage (A=2g) 1 x $0.60= $0.60
We’ll see how it goes, eh?
comrade simba 
January 21, 2010 at 9:02 pm |
Where do you order from? Tried Morgan County seed? Good prices on heirloom seed. BTW, I’m down in Gainesville.
January 21, 2010 at 9:13 pm |
We have been working to improve our seed saving which has helped to reduce the size of the seed order, but there is quite a bit to being a good seed saver. The biennials are really tough, so we always end up with beets and carrots on the order, but the alliums are finally under control so we are assured a good supply of garlic, onions and leeks. The requirement of only doing a single variety can also be a drag.
Planting more than I could weed has been a big problem in the past, but I started to let a bit go fallow, and started planting green manures which has the perfect timing for the early spring planting hormones, but they don’t require weeding ad they do no harm if left all the way until the next spring. I’m beginning to think that the wealth of a nation is in its soil and that too few of us know it, and that too many of us will soon be finding out.
I didn’t see any spuds on the list, and I must admit that they have become one of my favorites, and the day of the digging is just as good as Christmas only warmer. Temps in the 40 to 50 range and mud to my ass here in Oregon.
tired john
January 21, 2010 at 9:44 pm |
Been working on my order too. Usually I’m looking for plants that can take the heat, humidity and late summer drought of an Arknasas summer plus good for canning or keep well. Decided that after last year’s weird summer to choose a few things that can take damp or cool & get finished fast. Odd to look for those traits but got to get something besides weeds & okra out of the garden.
Who’d you order with?
January 22, 2010 at 10:05 am |
WOW – what a comprehensive list. Very impressive. Who do you order your seeds from? I’m trying to decide whether to order individual packets or go the “survival seed” vault route. There are several companies offering these vaults now – some don’t have the variety I’m looking for and some have too much variety……the prices vary quite a bit too.
AHHH – so many varieties, seeds, etc …so little ground. Good luck with your gardening / growing endeavor….may you be blessed with sunshine, few weeds and a bounty to surpass your expectations!
MaMaBear in the Mitten
January 22, 2010 at 4:34 pm |
Ed – I had a shell of a school bus outside of Brixey years and years ago. That was my first practice round of “living off grid” hahaha.
This order was through Fedco Seeds. Online catalog, easy to use and they don’t charge you through the nose or act stingy with the seed. I use Burgess for trees and fruity shrubs for the same reasons. I quit being concerned with the “heirloom designation”, as long as it’s open pollinated and not genetically modified it suits me just fine.
Tired john – taters go without saying… I have trays and trays of last years potatoes sprouting shoots in the basement, and I buy a 100# sack of spuds locally as soon as they come in. Didn’t list cowpeas or green beans etc either – have lots of seed saved from last years crop.
What I won’t do this year is go garden happy with the tiller – no ground gets disturbed until the actual time of planting. Too many years of tilling early and giving the weeds a nice place to grow before I get around to planting.
MaMaBear – I take the words “Green” and “Survival” with a grain of salt. Both are just marketing gimmicks. Buy twice as much seed as you think you’ll plant and store the leftovers wrapped up in a wax paper bundle and store them in a basement or back corner of an interior closet to avoid wild temperature and humidity swings. Well over half will germinate in following years. And if TSHTF bad enough to disrupt seed ordering via mail we are into a full on doom scenario where the luxury of gardening may be iffy in much of the country. Store beans!
The wife is a Good Witch so a lot of the order is herbs for potions. I got her some Red Broom Corn to complete her transmogrification, lol.
January 22, 2010 at 5:28 pm |
Damn, I remember last year’s seed order. Time flies… Got my seed last month, fire up the tiller end of next month. And we ain’t plantin’ so many f*#kin’ turnips this time….
January 27, 2010 at 4:48 pm |
I envy you your melons and squash! Too damn cold here in the mountains for those. We’ve given up, except for some summer squash in the greenhouse. Even those are a problem because we don’t have enough bugs to pollinate them – have to do it by hand. We had good results with planting marigolds with the cabbage family plants that kept away cabbage moths. This year we are adding tansy (Bachelor Buttons), too. We can’t grow corn, either, because our growing season is too short.
But, I like that fact that different places will sustain different things. That way we could go back to having regional foods instead of everything being imported from everywhere, so nomatter where you are, it’s all the same. And I like all the varieties that you can’t get in the grocery stores – 4 colors of carrots, beets shaped like cylinders so they slice easily, fennel and handfuls of fresh Basil for pesto pasta salads. I find that that’s the kind of thing that get neighbors wanting to grow stuff.
All those herbs for your Good Witch are really great, too! Potions and lotions and tonics and teas keeping the family and friends healthy – really important, especially with all the shit that might come down this year.
As nuts and sick and wrong as so much is now, I still find myself getting all happy and hopeful when I start making plans for the new garden. There’s just something about pouring over the seed catalogs and reading about other people’s plans and making my own that just brings a smile.
Best of luck this year, Comrade.