Friday, January 9, 2009

Seed Inventory 2009

Here we are, dreaming of this year's garden. We have all of our seeds spread out in front of us, making us shake with delight (like just before our cat Topher gets a bite of tuna). So here is the list:
New and partial packets (all heirloom seeds from Baker Creek)
Just in... heirloom seeds from Bountiful Gardens! I will add them in purple.
  • Squash (“White Bush Scallop” summer squash, “Red Kuri” & “Pie Pumkin” both winter, loofah)
  • Peppers (“Tabasco” & “Chinese 5 Color” both hot, “Purple Beauty” & “Golden Cal. Wonder”, both sweet)
  • Greens (Pepper Cress, Mesclun mix, “Ford Hook Giant” chard, “Romanesco Italia” broccoli)(“Arctic King” butterhead lettuce, celery)
  • Fruit (Kiwi & melons-"Banana", "Tigger", "Kiwano")(black currant, "Moon and Stars" watermelon)
  • Eggplants (Rosa Bianca, Rotunda Bianca)
  • Grains ("Stowells Evergreen" corn, "Love Lies Bleeding" amaranth "Country Gentleman" corn)
  • Root crops ("Bull's Blood" & "Chioggia" both beets, "Cosmic Purple" carrots) ("Giant Zittau" onion)
  • Herbs (Summer Savory, Sweet Annie, Soapwort, Cumin, Wormwood, Oregano, Lemongrass, Thai Sweet Basil, Cinnamon Basil, Anise Hyssop, Catnip, Cilantro, Dill)(Borage, Chamomile, Toothache plant, Meadowsweet, Savory, Sweet Cicely, Valerian)
  • Beans & Peas ("Molly Frasier" climbing, Hyacinth Bean, Snow Pea)("Envy" Soy bean, Fava Bean)
  • Tomato (Brandywine, Paul Robeson, also tomatillo)(Chadwicks Cherry Tomato)
  • Cucumber (lemon, delikatesse)
  • Flowers, other (Poppy, Nasturtiums, Sweet Rocket, Asparagus)
We also have some nigella and clematis seeds we collected from established plants. It's gonna be an exciting year.


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