Why seeds (catalogs) are evil...

Before or after the forklift races on wet floors ?

 

No races( we only got the one, but did you know you can drift one? (tongue in cheek)

 

I happen to like a wander, but the OP may not. Perhaps a new thread on practical jokes and jokers?

 

No worries, I remember a few years back I was IM'ing a friend, we started out talking about ice cream, and somehow it ended up with a discussion about Chernobyl.

 

My Baker Creek catalog has quite a few recipes in it, including one for Ground Cherry Crisp. So happy about that, I grew quite a few of them last year, but had no idea what to do with them really. Tomorrow I hope to finalize this year's seed/plant orders. Talk about the GMO apples that's going around should convince mom that we need those 2 heirloom apple trees I want(Duchess of Oldenburg and Wolf River).

 

I was curious about those ground cherries, never had them but thought it might be a nice alternative to a cherry tree.

 

Oh they're not cherry cherries, they're very much like tomatillos.

 

Well they look exactly like tomatillos but the way they write them up I thought they'd have more of a sweet taste

 

Yeah I will find out this summer. Mom's after me to eat more than meat and cheese all the time. I had a donut for breakfast, I don't know what she's complaining about...

 

I got my order plans finalized!
From Seed Savers:
Amish Pie Pumpkin
Horned Melon(Jelly Cucumber)
Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans
Romanesco Broccoli
Bells of Ireland(decorative flower)
Banana Melon
Sweet Chocolate Bell Pepper

From Territorial:
MacGregor's Favorite Beet
Sorrento Broccoli Raab
Red Noodle Long Beans
Strawberry Spinach
Galilee Spinach
Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry
Snapdragon Rainbow Mix
Waooh Sunflower
Chocolate Ghost Pepper

From Baker Creek:
Asian Winged Bean
Pink Banana
Vine Peach
Ghost Pepper
Trinidad Scorpion(according to some, hotter than Ghost Peppers...I just think the name is cool)
Red's Red Sweet Sorghum(should be ok for northern growers)
Gigante D'Inverno Spinach
Plantain
Mixed Canterbury Bells

From Horizon Herbs:
Witch Hazel
Absinthe Wormwood
Official Belladonna
Black Henbane
Official Mandrake
Soapwort
Official Angelica

From Bountiful Gardens:
Thousand Headed Kale
Mary Washington Asparagus
Country Gentleman Corn
Rainbow Chard Mix
Leaf/Cutting Celery
Oilseed Radish
Rare Wheat Collection
Safflower
Wax Myrtle/Bayberry
Boneset
Lomatium

From Jung Seed:
Wooden Pint Size Berry Boxes
Paw Paw Seedlings(I'm gonna name them John and Denny, but since the first pair of them I got died, their nickname will be J2D2)
Lingonberry and Cranberry offer(1 of each for reduced price)
Spruce Windbreak Special
2 1/4" Round Peat Pots
Shitake Mushroom Kit
Northern Sweet Potato Collection
Virginia Bluebells
Hardy Native Fern Collection
Contorted Flowering Quince

From Raintree Nursery:
P. Nuda Bamboo
P. Bisetti Bamboo
Highbush Cranberry
Autumn Olive(supposed to be able to handle the cold we get here)
Wolf River Apple
Macrocarpa Medlar
Corkscrew Willow
Petite Negri Fig
Old Homestead Quince
Paper Bark Maple

From Stark Bros:
2 Heartnut trees

Grand total of all of that, minus Stark Bros cause I can't find shipping prices, is $576.66

Of course this doesn't include anything we end up buying in town. It's funny in a good way that before she saw Doomsday Preppers last month, whenever I would suggest items for the shopping list it was always "And where are you going to get the money for it?" Now it's "And where are we going to get the money for it?" She said that again when she looked over the finalized list, then she rewatched the first disc of season 1(checked it out again from library on Wednesday) and said "So what are we ordering this month?"(as in February even though it's still a few hours away).

I plan to order from Baker Creek and Territorial in the next few days, then in March order from Bountiful Gardens and Seed Savers, in April put in one of the plant orders, then the rest in May hopefully. That way I'll get the seeds in time to start them at the appropriate time, and the plants when the weather is better. And it doesn't overtax our budget.

 

That is a really great selection V!

 

I like variety Of course the Horizon Herbs selection, mostly want them as a curiousity. Most of them are dangerous, which is also kinda the point. People know I have them, it will make them wonder about me and think they should not bother me. Bountiful Gardens also has a home oil press I want, but that will have to wait, it's $160 plus shipping.

 

I have about half of my order placed; what I'm getting from "Sow True Seed." I order as much from them as I can. They're a big supporter, and provider, of heirloom seeds; and work with children's gardening programs, and gardening educational programs. They seem to have their hearts in the right place, and they're local, for me anyway - up in Asheville, NC.

 

LOL I used to plant castor beans for gopher repellent. People would ask, what are those? I'd say, oh that's what you make Ricin from. Then I'd smile and chuckle.

 

I just faxed in my order to Territorial a little bit ago. I am so excited. I can almost taste the food!

 

Are you considering planting these plants in a polyculture?