Since I've seen a lot of other blogs posting their seed orders, I thought I'd post mine real quick (partly cuz I wanna update my blog but don't have much time...).
We've ordered from Fedco this year, but will also buy some from local seed and nursery stores I'm sure. I went with Fedco for a few reasons. One, they test all their seed to make sure it's free of genetically modified organisms. Two, they are a Maine company and I thought ordering from a northern location would be good. And three, I really like their catalog, and they offer a lot of organic seeds.
Here's the list for 2009 (these seeds join a lot of seeds from 2007/2008 that we'll still plant):
Provider Bush Green Bean OG
Sugarsnap Snap Pea OG
Red Ace Beet OG
Chioggia Beet OG
Detroit Dark Red Short Top Beet
Prisma Shallots
Copra Onion
Clear Dawn Onion OG
Watercress
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Danish Ballhead Cabbage
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato OG
Heinz 2653 Paste Tomato OG
Jewel Mix Nasturtium OG
We really focused on short season, cold weather hardy plants. Last year our tomato plants (grown from organic seed bought locally) were all close to 90 day plants, which meant it took them far too long to ripen in our cool and short season.
New to us this year will be growing onions from seed. We never get good onions from sets, and I read in several places that starting onion seeds indoors can work better. We'll see.
We've also ordered the following potatoes from Fedco's Moose Tuber line:
Red Gold organic
All Blue organic
Kennebec organic
German Butterball naturally grown
We should have a nice variety. Anyone wanna come help plant?
This spring, I'm also helping to organize a brand new community garden at our church, Bethlehem Lutheran. I'm excited about this opportunity. St. Cloud has a growing network of community gardens now, which is being organized into one "community" by a professor at our nearby St. Cloud State University. It will be a lot of work to get the garden started and growing, but I think there will be a lot of interest due to the economy and people wanting to eat healthy, locally grown food these days.
What are you planting this year?
We've ordered from Fedco this year, but will also buy some from local seed and nursery stores I'm sure. I went with Fedco for a few reasons. One, they test all their seed to make sure it's free of genetically modified organisms. Two, they are a Maine company and I thought ordering from a northern location would be good. And three, I really like their catalog, and they offer a lot of organic seeds.
Here's the list for 2009 (these seeds join a lot of seeds from 2007/2008 that we'll still plant):
Provider Bush Green Bean OG
Sugarsnap Snap Pea OG
Red Ace Beet OG
Chioggia Beet OG
Detroit Dark Red Short Top Beet
Prisma Shallots
Copra Onion
Clear Dawn Onion OG
Watercress
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Danish Ballhead Cabbage
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato OG
Heinz 2653 Paste Tomato OG
Jewel Mix Nasturtium OG
We really focused on short season, cold weather hardy plants. Last year our tomato plants (grown from organic seed bought locally) were all close to 90 day plants, which meant it took them far too long to ripen in our cool and short season.
New to us this year will be growing onions from seed. We never get good onions from sets, and I read in several places that starting onion seeds indoors can work better. We'll see.
We've also ordered the following potatoes from Fedco's Moose Tuber line:
Red Gold organic
All Blue organic
Kennebec organic
German Butterball naturally grown
We should have a nice variety. Anyone wanna come help plant?
This spring, I'm also helping to organize a brand new community garden at our church, Bethlehem Lutheran. I'm excited about this opportunity. St. Cloud has a growing network of community gardens now, which is being organized into one "community" by a professor at our nearby St. Cloud State University. It will be a lot of work to get the garden started and growing, but I think there will be a lot of interest due to the economy and people wanting to eat healthy, locally grown food these days.
What are you planting this year?
Comments
Though I think there's a state law about every citizen of Idaho growing a minimum of one potato per fiscal year. . . .
If I were closer I would come over! Sounds fun!
Judy
~Tara