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First Seed Roundup for 2010

rareseeds_purplesmudge.jpg Photo of ‘Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge’ Tomato: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds If you've been reading this site over the years, you can probably make a pretty safe guess as to where I am right now in the areas of seed starting and garden planning

Your Questions Answered: Watermelon Radish

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Question: I am in South Mississippi and my Mother wants to know where you get the pink watermelon radish seed and how she can get some? - Betty Hi Betty, Watermelon radish are a fairly unknown winter radish that

Welcome and Seeds of Diversity 25th Anniversary

saturdayapril4_09.jpg Hello fellow gardeners. If you're coming from today's Globe and Mail article, the full story about the tobacco gardener is here. If you'd like seeds, I've got loads (I'm not going to grow them) and am happy to pass them on

Growing Food on a Windowsill - Microgreens

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Winter is slowly coming to an end around here and it is nearly time to start lettuce outdoors. Until then I've been growing and harvesting small batches of micro-sized greens on my windowsill as a way

Lucha Libre Fighter Seed Collection

This should be the last list for the season, unless something else catches my eye. It's time now to shift to the serious work of getting my seeds started! 'Ancho Gigantea' Hot Pepper 'Negro Azteca' Tomato 'Aztec 10' Tomato - An entire crew of luchadores. 'Fireball' Tomato 'Texas Wild' Tomato 'Ring of Fire'

Olde Thymey Seed Collection

Having been through an awful lot of seed catalogues I can say with a certain authority that the people who create varieties love an olde thymey name. Either that or they name the varieties after themselves or a great, great aunt and it just works out that way.

Filed Under “UMMMMM… HUH?” Seed Collection

Why is it always the bush beans and the tomatoes with the most absurd names? Some variety names are just plain confusing. And weird. Possibly a little bit embarrassing. 'Kung Poo' Sweet Pepper - The description reads, "Very red. Nice flavour." And they got 'Kung Poo' from that? 'Black

All of the Double Entendres

I'm thinking about picking myself up some 'Hookers'.... sweet corn that is. Har! No, but seriously. While perusing the Seeds of Diversity 2009 Member Seed Directory I stumbled upon 'Hookers' Sweet Corn, a variety that is described as great for containers and small spaces with kernels that

Seed Organizing

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Miracle of miracles! Not only have I managed to begin my seed purchasing and acquiring process on time this year but I also spent a few hours the other night organizing them all. Ironic that the

Getting My Seeds Lined Up in a Row

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved It feels like I'm going to be able to be more forthcoming with the garden projects I've got going on this year so I thought I would take advantage of the freedom by posting all the

Fondling the Beans

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Whenever I get a new pack of bean seeds I am always immediately compelled to open up the packet and inspect the beans. I used to play out this ritual with all seeds but years of seed

The Impending Arrival of Seed Starting Season

Seed Starting Season Seed starting season is just around the corner. It happens every year and every year I yell to no one and everyone that I'm not ready and could I please just have another day or a week, but it comes anyways.

Saving Seeds and Making Pickles

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Greetings from the hermit's nest where I am working feverishly, both figuratively and unfortunately quite literally through what I can only describe as a marathon of deadlines. This summer has revolved 100% around gardening and food, a

‘Chocolate Cherry’ Sunflowers

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I've decided to take the plunge back into the world of sunflowers. Anyone gardening in public space knows that sunflowers have a time-sensitive contract out on their lives beginning the moment they bloom. Their big

Seeds Brighten a Dull Day

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Just when I thought today couldn't get any worse and that I might waste the day away wallowing in a pity party for one, seeds arrive in the mail. It's amazing how such a small thing

Meat Lover’s Seed Collection

Sounds like meat, as opposed to accompanying meat. 'Bacon' Bush Bean - I am guessing it doesn't actually taste like bacon although meat lovers everywhere would like for someone to get on that, stat! 'Caseknife' Bush Bean 'Bloody Butcher' Tomato - Don't hurt me! 'Jack Rabbit Kidney'

First Look at a New Tomato

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved And the winner in the race to germination is... 'Purple Calabash' Tomato. Because I know some of you will ask, I will just go ahead and clarify that the drops of water on the leaves

The Slasher Movies and Adult Film Title Seed Collection

For the gardener with an unsophisticated sense of humor. Myself included. Tomato's tend to dominate this theme. 'Cannibal' Tomato 'Bloody Butcher' Tomato 'Beaver Lodge Slicer' Tomato 'Black Seaman' Tomato - No matter how I say it "seaman" always gets

Ordering Seeds the Hard Way

Photo by Gayla Trail I recently sent off seed requests via Seeds of Diversity Canada, a seed exchange organization dedicated to the preservation of heritage varieties that I joined last summer. In the face of online ordering, the ease of PayPal transactions, and

Old-School Seed Buying

johnbruceseeds_th.jpgThis turn-of-the-century seed catalogue, John A. Bruce & Co.’s Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Seeds, 1884, was perfect reading this morning as I prepare to make my final seed choices and orders for the 2008 growing season.
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