March 14th, 2010
Seeds!
A few weeks ago, when getting excited about the upcoming summer, I joined a non-profit called Seed Savers Exchange, which is a “non-profit organization of gardeners dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.” A cause I’m on board with!
It didn’t take me long to wrack up about $50 worth of seeds (the cheapest seed packet is $2.75, which contains anywhere from 25 – 100 seeds, depending on the plant). According to my SF Water Works calendar, I should be starting some plants from seed by now (Actually, should have got on it a while ago so hopefully will start it up this week/weekend). In fact, I’ve already seen some seedlings for sale at the Farmers Market. But, the point of this is I am totally pumped about growing a bunch of my own food!. Here’s what I got:
- Mexico Midget, Organic Tomato
- Empress Beans
- Wormwood (it’s proven to keep bugs away!)
- Black Beauty, Organic Zucchini Squash
- Genovese, Organic Basil
- Organic Cilantro
- Giant Italian, Organic Parsley
- Crisp Mint, Organic Letuce
- Mascara, Lettuce
- Hungarian Heart, Tomato
- Bull’s Blood, Beet
- Red Russian, Organic Kale
- Yugoslavian Red, Organic Lettuce
- Bloomsdale, Organic Spinach
- Gold Medal, Tomato
- Thai Basil
The Lavender (requested by a roommate) and Butternut Squash were on back order. So hopefully this week I can get at least some of them set up in some egg cartons so they can germinate. I have a vague idea how I want the backyard to be laid out…more on that later
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