I finished ordering all my seeds for this season last night. Altogether I purchased… Well, a gardener never tells! However, it appears that to date I haven’t purchased as many seeds as I did last year. But there is still snow on the ground and plenty of time to buy more seeds. When, or I suppose if, I decide I need more seeds, I think I’ll buy them at one of the local garden centers. I do need to make a list of all the seeds I have and carry it with it at all times. Then when, or … [Read more...] about Seed Update
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Start A Garden With This Book and Seed Giveaway!
As Cicero is quoted as saying, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” I would add that if you have a vegetable garden and a book about how to grow vegetables, then you have all that you need to at least enjoy some delicious produce that you grew yourself. Wouldn’t everyone like that? If you think you would, then this special giveaway is just for you! For the “library”, I am giving away one copy of Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs by Jim Wilson, … [Read more...] about Start A Garden With This Book and Seed Giveaway!
Hortothesis: Seeds and Snow
The Institute for Gardenetics Research and Other Works (iGROW)* would like to conduct a study to determine if the quantity of vegetable and flower seeds purchased by gardeners goes up when there is snow on the ground. The hypothesis, or rather hortothesis*, which is what we call a hypothesis related to gardening, is that when their gardens are buried under snow and activities of gardening are severely limited, gardeners will order more seeds to satisfy their need to feel connected to their … [Read more...] about Hortothesis: Seeds and Snow
I’ve Got Seeds!
I’ve got seeds! Take that Mr. Winter! You can huff and puff and blow your snow around. You can be cold and miserable and throw those icy paths before me. Give me your best shot and I’m positive I’ll remain standing because… I’ve got seeds! Like a kid with trading cards, I shuffle the seed packets from one hand to another. I lay them out on the table and look them over. I sort them by type and I admire the art on each package. I go to bed dreaming of the garden because... I’ve got … [Read more...] about I’ve Got Seeds!
Random Acts of Seed Purchasing
In what may seem to some to be an appallingly haphazard fashion, I’ve placed my first two seed orders. The ordering process went something like this: I need some green beans. Do they have ‘Provider’? Yes, good, I need a packet of those, and oh, look, there’s ‘Kentucky Wonder’ Pole Beans. I think my aunt said those were here favorites, so I’ll get some of those. Yes, check, I need ‘Cherry Belle’ radishes. And there are those ‘Trusty’ tomatoes. That’s what I really want. Might as well try this … [Read more...] about Random Acts of Seed Purchasing
How To Get Me To Buy A Seed Variety.
I am about to reveal to all those who have to write the thousands of descriptions for all those varieties of seeds in all those seed catalogs how to get me to buy their seeds. Tell me a story about them. Connect them to a person. That’s the hook for me. Yes, after twenty plus years of buying seeds, I’ve just figured out that I prefer seeds that are connected to a person, that have a story behind them. When I read about a tomato variety that is “German type, full, hearty beefsteak”, yawn, I … [Read more...] about How To Get Me To Buy A Seed Variety.
