Seed Catalogues and Seed Racks
It is January and I am excited! Seed catalogues are in my mailbox.Seed racks are in the garden centers. And I am itching to get gardening.
The temptation is to buy way more seeds than I can ever hope to plant, so I have to make a plan and stick to it. (Who could blame me? Could you pass up names like: Limelight Zucchini or Sweet Treat Carrot or Kandy Korn Corn or Chocolate Cherry Tomato or Crème Brulee Pepper?)
The first thing I do is look at my vegetable garden journal from last year. This is a calendar where I noted what I planted, when I planted, how much I planted, what we liked, when it frosted, etc. I then select one or two varieties of each vegetable from my journal that I know did well. (For example, I know we like Gypsy Hybrid Pepper, Better Boy Tomato, Walla Walla Sweet Onion, Buttercrunch Lettuce and Melody Spinach to name just a few.) Next, I like to try one new variety of our favorite veggies each year. So I make my selection of these varieties we are going to try from the seed catalogue descriptions.
Here are a few links to some of the seed catalogues to get you just as excited about your own vegetable garden:
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Thank You. I found your web site to be very helpful. I was concerned about my early blooming bulbs and the application of HALTS to my lawn. When reading that the product neutralized seeds laying on the ground I felt that the application with a broadcast spreader would not be a threat to my existing perrenials.
Hi Mary Louise
Good news… I predict your bulbs will be fine! (And, I predict your lawn will have a lot less crabgrass and other annual lawn weeds this year.)