Seed Savers Exchange<\/a>, which is a “non-profit organization of gardeners dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.” A cause I’m on board with!<\/p>\nIt 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!<\/b>. Here’s what I got:<\/p>\n\n- Mexico Midget, Organic Tomato<\/li>\n
- Empress Beans<\/li>\n
- Wormwood (it’s proven to keep bugs away!)<\/li>\n
- Black Beauty, Organic Zucchini Squash<\/li>\n
- Genovese, Organic Basil<\/li>\n
- Organic Cilantro<\/li>\n
- Giant Italian, Organic Parsley<\/li>\n
- Crisp Mint, Organic Letuce<\/li>\n
- Mascara, Lettuce<\/li>\n
- Hungarian Heart, Tomato<\/li>\n
- Bull’s Blood, Beet<\/li>\n
- Red Russian, Organic Kale<\/li>\n
- Yugoslavian Red, Organic Lettuce<\/li>\n
- Bloomsdale, Organic Spinach<\/li>\n
- Gold Medal, Tomato<\/li>\n
- Thai Basil<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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