Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Lest you think that I’ve gone into houseplant rehab, be forewarned that posting will be light over the next few weeks. What with the holidays, some other looming deadlines, and the fact that not much is growing around here, I won’t have much to write about.

But before I go, one quick recommendation: If you pull out those veggie seed catalogs and are starting to pull together your list of what to order this year, be sure to check out the Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners website. (Full disclosure: I work on this website as part of my duties in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University.)

We’ve got descriptions of more than 5,000 varieties at the site. The whole idea is that you visit the site and rate and review varieties, and read the ratings and reviews of other gardeners. We’ve got a whole lot of improvements we’d like to make to the site to harness the power of veggie gardeners. But right now what we really need is for more gardeners to review more varieties to help build the knowledge base.

I’ll post more about it later this winter. But if you find yourself pulling out the seed catalogs before them, please check out the site first.

Hope you have a good holiday and will stop back in again after the New Year’s.