The sun is out, the grass is thinking about growing, and spring is just around the corner! (at least I keep telling myself that...)
This can only mean one thing: time to garden!
I have big plans this year to smother every bare bit of ground with more tomatoes, peppers, cucurbits, and bizarre new greens and flowers than ever before. I'll actually be home all year to tend the garden, and our wonderful neighbor will be working with me in the greenhouse and on both property's gardens. Tragically, most of my old seeds were just that - old - or had gotten damp at some point. So new ones had to be ordered. Thus began the problem. Two seed catalogs and dozens of hours later, I had ordered 100(!) different types of seeds. What on earth was I thinking?
Follow my blog in the coming months, and we'll both find out one way or another...
In the meantime, here's The List:
(Seeds were ordered from both Pinetree Seeds and Baker Creek Heirlooms.)
Type | Variety | |
Flowers | Celosia | Flamingo Feather |
Flowers | Cleome | Rose Queen |
Flowers | Cosmos | Carpet Pinetree mix |
Flowers | Cosmos | Sensation mix |
Flowers | Four o'Clock | Marbles Mixed |
Flowers | Impatiens | Butterfly mix |
Flowers | Love-in-a-Mist | Persian Red |
Flowers | Marigold | Golden Gem |
Flowers | Morning Glory | Kikyozaki mix |
Flowers | Nasturtium | Gleam mix |
Flowers | Nicotiana | Scentsation mix |
Flowers | Petunia | Prime Time mix |
Flowers | Rudbeckia | Rustic Colors |
Flowers | Snapdragon | Brighton Rock |
Flowers | Statice | Mix |
Flowers | Sunflower | Pacion Gold dwarf |
Flowers | Sunflower | Tithonia Fiesta del Sol |
Flowers | Zinnia | Cut and Come Again mix |
Amaranth | Opopeo | |
Beans | Jacob's Cattle | |
Beans | Jade | |
Beans | Romano | |
Beans | Royal Burgundy | |
Beets | Golden | |
Beets | Early Wonder | |
Beets | Chioggia | |
Broccoli | Pinetree Mix | |
Broccoli | Broccoli de Rapa | |
Broccoli | Romanesco | |
Brussel Sprouts | Long Island Improved | |
Cabbage | Tronchuda loose head | |
Carrots | Cosmic Purple | |
Carrots | Rainbow Mix | |
Cauliflower | Snow Crown | |
Cauliflower | Green Harmony | |
Cauliflower | Cheddar | |
Chard | Bright Lights | |
Chard | Fordhook | |
Corn | Incredible | |
Corn | Argent | |
Corn | Honey Select | |
Cukes | Homemade Pickles | |
Cukes | General Lee | |
Eggplant | Lavender Touch | |
Eggplant | Longship | |
Fennel | Florence | |
Greens | Wrinkled Crinkled Cress | |
Greens | Rossa di Treviso | |
Greens | Arugula | |
Greens | Rose Orach | |
Greens | Seedling Pea | |
Herbs | Pinetree Basil Mix | |
Herbs | Chervil | |
Herbs | Anise Hyssop | |
Hot Pepper | Pimento de Padron | |
Hot Pepper | Corne de Chevre | |
Hot Pepper | Birds Eye Chili | |
Kale | Nero di Toscana | |
Kale | Redbor | |
Lettuce | Pinetree Mix | |
Lettuce | Pinetree Winter Mix | |
Melon | Ineya Asian Melon | |
Melon | Golden Midget Watermelon | |
Onions | Barletta Pickling | |
Onions | Red Long of Tropea | |
Peas | Super Sugar Snap | |
Peas | Knight | |
Peas | Carouby de Maussane Snow | |
Pumpkin | Small Sugar | |
Spinach | Space | |
Summer Squash | Striato D'Italia | |
Summer Squash | Summer Squash mix | |
Sweet Pepper | Jimmy Nardello | |
Sweet Pepper | Lipstick | |
Sweet Pepper | Georgescu Chocolate | |
Sweet Pepper | Ashe County Pimento | |
Tomatillo | Green | |
Tomatillo | Purple | |
Tomato | Cherokee Purple | |
Tomato | Japanese Black Trifele | |
Tomato | Green Zebra | |
Tomato | Woodle Orange | |
Tomato | Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge | |
Tomato | Rose | |
Tomato | Pink Accordian | |
Tomato | Gajo de Melon | |
Tomato | Amish Paste | |
Tomato | Costoluto Genovese | |
Tomato | Cour di Bue | |
Tomato | German Red Strawberry | |
Tomato | Ananas Noir | |
Tomato | Pink Grapefruit | |
Tomato | Sun Gold | |
Tomato | Polbig | |
Tomato | Sub Arctic Plenty | |
Tomato | Striped Roman | |
Winter Squash | Black Futsu | |
Winter Squash | Australian Butter | |
Winter Squash | Vegetable Spaghetti |
My seeds are getting old too; I need to find a good way to store them because I don't have time to refresh them by growing every few years (far too many species). I got some cobaltamine glass jars to store them in but I think I may have to go to cold store.
ReplyDeleteAlso I'm excited to hear how the amaranth goes; it's something we were considering planting at Caltech but never got around to, and it is INCREDIBLE as both a seed and a leaf!
I saw your post over at MDC and followed it over here to check out your seed list.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very impressive list!
That is quite a list!
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