The Fresh Dirt folks have been engaged in seed catalog talk for a couple of weeks now. I on the other hand have been hoarding seed catalogs and have placed zero orders. That is until now. I know what you’re thinking; she has over one hundred seed packets she couldn’t possibly want more! Oh contraire.
The kind people over at Botanical Interests offered me a nice discount on my seed order. I restrained myself and only purchased the following:
Turnip Purple Top White Globe Organic Seed
Tomato Pole Aunt Ruby's Green Organic Seed
Tomato Bush Ace Organic Seed
Squash Winter Vegetable Spaghetti Seed
Squash Winter Pink Banana Seed
Squash Winter Burgess Buttercup Seed
Pepper Chile Pepperoncini Greek Organic Seed
Parsnip All American Seed
Melon Charentais Seed
Leek American Flag Seed
Gourd Luffa Seed
Edamame Soybean Butterbean Seed
Corn Sweet Painted Mountain Organic Seed
Corn Strawberry Popcorn Seed
Broccoli Di Cicco Organic Seed
Beet Early Wonder Organic Seed
Inspired by Kathy at Skippy’s Vegetable Garden I chose Strawberry Popcorn Seed in hopes of popping my own corn. How rad is Gourd Luffa? Is there anything you can’t do with it? I plan on growing my own sponge but if I’m hungry I can harvest it young and cook it like squash or toss it in a salad. The whole darn thing is edible!
I’ve never grown winter squash, parsnips, turnips, or leeks. I can’t wait to grow and pickle my own pepperoncini! I could eat bowlfuls.
I’m a big fan of Botanical Interests and have used their seeds with great success. Besides conveniently finding their seeds at my local Henry’s or Whole Foods I feel like I’m purchasing art with every seed packet. Tips and recipes can be found inside and out. They also offer a flat shipping rate of $3.95 on all interweb orders. Score! I’ll be patiently waiting by the mailbox.
3 comments:
Damn your garden is going to ever more off the chain soon.
I need to just break down and grow my own basil..at this point I don't even have a good place to have a window garden. Hopefully soon, though.
I could just break down and go to TJs, but then I just feel dirty inside :)
Hehe, so that's ALL you bought. Yikes, that's a ton. Way to go.
Oh, by the way, I'm so jealous of your soil block makers. They're just not an expense I can justify right now (of course I could if I could guaranty I'd still have a job this time next year, hehe).
Take care!
Ooh, seed orders. I miss the excitement of ordering seeds. I love Botanical Interests too. Since I don't have enough garden space to go wild, I just go to the store and buy a couple of packets though. Armstrong and Rogers Gardens carry this line.
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