{"id":30,"date":"2007-01-27T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.remarc.com\/craig\/?p=30"},"modified":"2007-01-28T17:29:37","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T00:29:37","slug":"gathering-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Gathering seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At right is a wood block print of Iris Kaempferi<\/i> from the cover of an old, undated seed catalog from Yoshinoen-Garden in Tokyo, part of an online exhibit titled Mail Order Gardens<\/a> exhibit at Cornell University’s Mann Library. Larger image.<\/a><\/p>\n

I have a pretty rigid rule for winter activities: Order seeds before doing taxes. Do taxes before starting seeds. That’s the only way that I can make sure I get my taxes done on time. It also keeps me from starting my tomatoes too soon.<\/p>\n

This year, I decided to really use the Vegetable Varieties<\/a> website I help out with at work. We’ve got more than 5,000 varieties described there (along with seed sources), and more than 1,500 registered users visiting the site to rate and review what works for them (and what doesn’t).<\/p>\n

The process forced me out of my comfort zone. I ordered less from my favorite companies, and I tried a few new ones. We’ll see if the recommendations and reviews offered by other gardeners on that site pay off with a better veggie garden this year. <\/p>\n

I’ll paste my variety list below. It doesn’t include a handful of varieties I picked up in behind-the-scenes trading. And I usually by some tomato starts locally, as we’re blessed with greenhouses in the area that know a lot of folks around here are looking for something out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n

On the flower front, for the first time in a decade or more, I’m refusing to even open a single perennial catalog. That stack of porn is going to sit unread this winter. Oh, I may break down and look at the pictures should winter linger too long here. But I’m putting a moratorium on plant orders to try to focus a little more on what I’ve already got in the ground. <\/p>\n

There are a few morning glories I’m lusting after, so I’ll break down and order a few flower seeds. And I’ve still got my North American Rock Garden Society seed exchange order to place, which will give me a couple dozen more plants to check out. But like the block print above, I’m going with a minimalist approach this season.<\/p>\n

Gotta get those flower orders taken care of so that I can move on to taxes. <\/p>\n

Here’s this year’s veggie seed list. Any suggestions? Let me know. Or better yet, let everyone know through the Vegetable Varieties<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

Artichoke\tImperial Star
\nAsian greenYukina Savoy
\nBeans\tMolly Frazier’s White Cutshort
\nBeans\tCherokee Trail of Tears
\nBeans\tRomanette
\nBeans\tJumbo
\nBeans\tE-Z Pick
\nCelery\tAfina Cutting Celery
\nChard\tBright Lights
\nCollards\tChampion
\nCucumber\tPoona Kheera
\nCucumber\tSuyo Long
\nCucumber\tNorthern Pickling
\nEggplant\tSwallow
\nKohlrabi\tGigante
\nLeeks\t Tadorna
\nLettuce\tCracoviensis
\nLettuce\tGreen Deer Tongue
\nLettuce\tblack seeded simpson
\nMache\tVerte de Cambrai
\nMelons\tGreen Nutmeg Muskmelon
\nOkra\t Burgundy
\nOnions\tCrimson Forest
\nPak Choy\tMei Qing Choi
\nPeas\t Sugar Snap
\nPepper\tMelrose
\nPepper\tbull nose
\nPepper\tAconcagua
\nPepper\tHot Paper Lantern
\nRadishes\tFrench Breakfast
\nSpinach\tTyee
\nSquash\tZephyr
\nSquash\tCostata Romanesco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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