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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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. 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
This 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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