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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 08:40:57 AM
that $641.80 spent at Seed Savers is too much? LOL!
I got the catalogue yesterday and have already ordered my transplants, potatos, garlic and seeds as well as renewing our membership at $100 and bought $100 worth of books and postcards and such. oh boy.
it has only just snowed here and I am already antsy for Spring...or February at least when I'll get my starts going...
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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| greyghost |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 12:06:41 PM
Yep, I've been going through the catalogs and dreaming and planning away! So far I've decided on four new beds, two are extensions of existing ones that just need to be BIGGER! haha.
I'm really getting into herbs and herbology, so my biggest new bed is all herbs that I want to try for us - making tinctures and all. Some that I want are proving a tad elusive to find, but I'll find them!
So fun. Thankfully our winters are pretty mild until January (and even then, you up north folks would scoff at it and not wear a coat probably). Yesterday I was so happy that it was 50 and I could run out there and dig some holes and put in a few bushes, and look at how things are overwintering so far, and dream, baby dream. I love my garden... even if DH thinks I want too many plants. (is there such a thing?) |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 6:23:52 PM
I only buy seeds from Seed Savers Exchange...my one and only recommendation!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 5:15:06 PM
Gee Lea, I'm in Canada and cross-border shipping of seeds seems to be prohibited for the most part. I'm pretty sure if you do a google search you'll find more then you ever wanted! Also, the gals here will sure help with that one. I have been trying to give my business to small companies that promote organic heirlooms, bio-diversity and seed saving.
And ummm...I guess Tennessee is far enough away from me that you can tell him I told you about the school bus! LOL
Di |
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Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 4:32:08 PM
Tasha, your garden sounds heavenly. Just reading your posts has gotten me anxious to begin my garden. This year will be my first and it is such an adventure for me. I have it all drawn out and dreamed up in my imagination. I'm going to keep it small just to feed our family and a bit more to share.
Are there any seed catalogs that you especially suggest? Di, where do you order your seeds? I was pondering what you said about Stokes.
I don't think I'll be spending a whole lot this time round but I can only imagine whatever you choose to spend is so well worth the healthful benefits & grocery savings.
Di ~ you've also got me thinking about an old schoolbus for sale down the road. What a wonderfully clever idea! I can only imagine what my husband will say when he pulls up to see it sitting there. Of course, I simply must tell him that you told me too! LOL
Blessings, Lea
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 3:42:40 PM
Tasha, that isn't at all over the top to me, but I usually want two of everything =)
Wishing you joy in small things and peace in your heart
Annika
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 1:31:25 PM
that is a brilliant idea!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 1:19:25 PM
Swiss chard is one of my biggest sellers, along with beets which I could sell by the truckload. Folks really seem drawn to the colored chards.
The book you bought the girls sounds like a hoot and Square Foot Gardening is excellent.
"Root Cellaring" reminds me of an email I received as a joke a while back. It was a "redneck root cellar"...a buried school bus. Well I guess I must be a redneck, as when I started looking closely at what they had done I thought it was brilliant. They took the obvious parts off of it and sunk it in the ground. They poured a low concrete pad with steps so that the emergency back door served as the entrance to this sunken bus/root cellar. I'm thinking it would work great, being metal it would be varmint proof too.
Oh well back to work...and dreamin' of spring!
Di |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 11:24:23 AM
I got my usual tomato transplants and a few tomato seeds for transplants they dont offer anymore. We really liked the Wapsipinicon Peach tomato last year, but they aren't offering a transplant this year. I got the usual herbs and decided to try some Swiss Chard this time. We have had fun with the Purple Peruvian potatos in the past-though we didn't plant any this past season. I also decided on some radishes. I never knew they were such a fast crop!
I also chose some strawberry spinach. That should be fun for our market stand. I also thought to get ornamental edibles in peppers. Chinese Ornamental, Candlelight and Nosegay seemed like good choices for that as well as some peas-Tom Thumb-that grow in pots for ornament and eating!
Like Isaid, the bulk is transplants. Tomatos-for me- dont do very well from seed, so I prefer the transplants. I get 96 of them. additional plants are started too, to sell as transplants at the market stand.
So there ya have it...
oh and the books I got:
Root Cellaring
The Gigantic Turnip (I get the kids a new outside type book every Spring)
Color Postcards
Square Foot Gardening
Last Child in the Woods (I have read it before but lost my copy)
I am thinking about the Apple Orcharding book they offer, but we aren't sure about apple trees yet for this year. Once we decide that then I will make that purchase if necessary. I renewed our membership at $100 and that's about it.
I am super duper excited!!!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 10:37:14 AM
Yep they sure are Tasha. I like to order from smaller companies although I have ordered from places like Stokes in the past. But looking through their catalogue last night I was pretty put off. The thing I tell alot of my customers is "I grow food, not art" and Stokes seems to favor the latter. Everything is so perfect and almost all of their seed seems to be "bred", mainly for shipping and holding capabilites, not for nutrition and taste and a good majority of the seed is treated...I'll pass on them this year.
But I digress....so what all did you order??? Are you trying anything new this year? I'm going to try a few blocks of old heirloom Red Fife wheat, kamut and barley just for fun to see if I can actually produce it well enough to save seed and make it worthwhile. I also ordered a couple of heirloom tomatoes and a mix of eleven different kinds of heirloom dry beans which should be fun.
Ok, I want it to be spring now - as I look out my window to a frost covered field!
Di
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 09:25:40 AM
we plant a market garden, so this is typical, but its about 150 more than last year because I bought the few books. We plant close to two acres including our entire yard, so it's not unusual. I do sanve seeds, but the bulk of the ordering is on transplants, the tomatos, and when I feel like adding a new prairie flower to the mix I buy the plant, not the seeds. My seeding time is full up with planting veggies, so it's just easier that way and they all self seed so I am set. I like to try some of the new things each year that Seed Savers offers too. Seed catalogues are a sickness.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 09:19:38 AM
Holey Moley! I hope you are planning on doing a lot of canning!! ha ha I need to get cracking and order some myself. But first, I am making out my Christmas list for Mr. S- 2x12's and a lot of good garden soil to make raised beds. I know he will be soooo happy. ;)
Karin
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Nov 30 2007 : 09:12:41 AM
Good lord Tasha!! How big a garden are you planning on having?? But..but...if you're like me, you just HAVE to plant one of everything!
I <whispering> placed my first of three orders online last night. This was to an organic, local seed saving company over on Saltspring Island and it was for a few different and rare things that I want to trial this year...that order only came to $38 though. I have yet to order the seed for the market garden. This year I'd like to plant more heirlooms that I can save seed from, but I have to order the big sellers like beets, brassicas, etc. My total seed bill for the year should be around $200.
It is so hard to not go nuts when all those fabulous pictures grab at you and you look outside at the frost and dream of warm sunshine and playin' in the dirt!!
Di
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