It’s that time of year again! Time to start thinking about growing plants from seed. I had hoped to have the time/space/energy to grow some tomatoes in the basement this year but it just isn’t going to happen. I will probably take a couple of trips to some different growers to find some cool heirloom seedlings later in May or June, instead.
The whole shebang. Most of the seeds were either heirloom tomatoes (the trend continues!) or flowers.
I received the seed package on Friday afternoon, and today I sorted through and chose a couple of packets to keep:
Malabar Edible Climbing Spinach
Nasturtiums
Tithonia Mexican Torch Sunflower
Broccoli Romanesco
The source for all of these is unknown, but I can start them all either directly in the ground or outside when the weather warms up.
What I put in (pile on the left) and what I took out (pile on the right).
I think I put some pretty nice packets (all brand new) back into the envelope for the next person:
From Thompson & Morgan:
Morning Glory “Carnevale di Venezia”
Tomato “Vilma”
Pepper “Chili Pyramid”
Pepper “Mohawk F1 Hybrid”
From McKenzie: (You can follow McKenzie on Twitter now.)
Strawberry “Patio Temptation”
From Burpee:
Money Garden Pepper “Home Run”
Money Garden Tomato “Steak Sandwich” (The name of that one makes my mouth water.)
From Richters:
Poppy Opium Blue Seeded
From Heritage Harvest Seed:
Early Blood Turnip Beet
And from Mr. Fothergill’s:
Lettuce “Romaine”
I hope whomever ends up with these has good success with them!
Previous years’ exchange posts:
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Rather jealous… good luck with those seeds!
Hi everyone! Not sure if you knew that there is a new Seedy Saturday in East Toronto -Seedy Saturday Scarborough!! Sat Mar 6, 2010, Scarborough, ON – Hope to see you there!
When: Saturday March 6, 12-4 pm
Where: East Scarborough Storefront C.C.
4040 Lawrence Ave E (1 km north west from Kingston Rd and Lawrence)
Tthis day promises to be fun for gardeners of all ages. There will be a chance to exchange seeds with other seed savers and learn more about gardening in the workshops on seed starting, growing season extension, composting and container gardening and tables of vendors!
And bring the kids – there will be an activity area for them to learn more about being green!
For more information contact Katie Fullerton at k_fullerton (at) sympatico.ca or 416-691-5173 or go to http://www.tcgn.ca
Hey Amy –
I'm Kelly over on the YGG forums – I'm the one that organized this swap, and I haven't been able to get a hold of you, but I wanted to make sure you knew that Gayla wanted the packet after you were through with it. Please send me an email or drop in on the forums at the thread if you have any questions
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