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[nkaust]

i have already been getting seed catalogues too, its crazy for them to be sending them out this early but again too i guess spring isnt that far way either.

[LilysDad]

Some peoples need the time to start their seeds indoors.

[FrozenInTime]

Some peoples need the time to start their seeds indoors.

Yea, I'm going to get started here pretty quick, usually first or so of Feb.  I'm behind on getting seeds ordered this year, if I do a garden.

[oldedeeres]

I get "farmer's fever" around this time each year. Simply itching to get something growing even although I know there's no point in starting seeds here until at least the end of March.  Dreaming my way through seed catalogues and planning the garden helps. Now is when I sort through the garden box, read over my notes I made last year on the planting dates, weather, varieties, what I planted next to each other, etc. and how things yielded. Just busy work, I know, but it helps calm the fever.

[KennyP]

I get "farmer's fever" around this time each year. Simply itching to get something growing even although I know there's no point in starting seeds here until at least the end of March.  Dreaming my way through seed catalogues and planning the garden helps. Now is when I sort through the garden box, read over my notes I made last year on the planting dates, weather, varieties, what I planted next to each other, etc. and how things yielded. Just busy work, I know, but it helps calm the fever.

This time of year it's nice to have something to keep the mind occupied! I daydream of 90F+ days!

[nkaust]

lol i don't know about 90 kenny but i sure would like above freezing.

[Sawdust]

We got a Johnny's seed catalog just before Christmas.  I'm waiting for others to show up.  Nothing like sitting next to the wood stove in cold weather and drooling over all the summer photos in the catalogs!

 

We want to try some new plants this year.  Two which come to mind are collard greens and Cilantro. 

 

One of the seed companies we often buy from is "Territorial Seed" in Oregon.  They have some varieties that work better in the cooler parts of the PNW.  However, I do think that usually the seed companies buy seed from the same place and just package it. 

 

As a rule, we are trying to move away from hybrids and save our own seed. 

 

Regards,

 

Doug

 

We got a Johnny's seed catalog just before Christmas.  I'm waiting for others to show up.  Nothing like sitting next to the wood stove in cold weather and drooling over all the summer photos in the catalogs!

 

We want to try some new plants this year.  Two which come to mind are collard greens and Cilantro. 

 

One of the seed companies we often buy from is "Territorial Seed" in Oregon.  They have some varieties that work better in the cooler parts of the PNW.  However, I do think that usually the seed companies buy seed from the same place and just package it. 

 

As a rule, we are trying to move away from hybrids and save our own seed. 

 

Regards,

 

Doug

 

Doug my wife is into heirloom seeds. She has several bean seeds from plants that her grandma used over 80 years ago not to mention cuttings from plants like roses & lily's. That's a nice thing to do so much of the good ole stuff is gone now.

[Vrdaddy]

We got a Johnny's seed catalog just before Christmas. I'm waiting for others to show up. Nothing like sitting next to the wood stove in cold weather and drooling over all the summer photos in the catalogs!

We want to try some new plants this year. Two which come to mind are collard greens and Cilantro.

One of the seed companies we often buy from is "Territorial Seed" in Oregon. They have some varieties that work better in the cooler parts of the PNW. However, I do think that usually the seed companies buy seed from the same place and just package it.

As a rule, we are trying to move away from hybrids and save our own seed.

Regards,

Doug

Here's a picture of the catalog of that Heirloom seed company "Baker Creek" got it shortly after I posted the 1st time back in December, they look to be out of Missouri and I seen that they have the cilantro and collard greens in there.

Has anyone else noticed that some of the seed companies are discontinuing putting out paper catalogs and have gone to "digital" catalogs? I understand the reasoning why, but it just ain't the same curling up with a electronic device as it is a paper catalog like Doug said..... Drooling over summer pictures.

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[Sawdust]

We get the Baker Creek catalog as well. My wife ordered some of their "Cherokee Trail of Tears" poll beans last year. They did well & very tasty. You have to pick them young because they get dark & go to seed fast. We let some go to seed so we could try them again this year.

[oldedeeres]

I have tried those as well, but the season's not long enough for them here.  Saving seeds from the old heritage type plants is a good idea and I have a fair collection of different seeds.  The hybrid varieties can be fun as well, but they won't breed true.  Frustrating when I find a nice hybrid carrot that I'd like to keep and it simply doesn't produce well from the saved seed. Since carrots are biennials,.it's a three year process saving seed and getting a new crop from them.

[boboy]

Roger i buy from Seeds n Such and they are great to do business with. Bobby

[Vrdaddy]

Thought I'd resurrect this topic started last year around this time, Got first seed catalog yesterday from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange , I think there out of Virginia , was good to sit down and flip through the pages and start letting the mind start thinking about next year's garden and maybe try some new stuff this coming year. I have only grown Lima beans once in the garden I have here , I grew the breed "FordHook" and they grew good but pods seemed a little tough to open ,(Don't know if that's just the nature of them or not?) But I seen a breed here called "ThoroGreen" didn't know if anyone else has tried them or not? Reading back on some of the past posts with alot of you mentioning about saving seeds (which I'd like to start doing) , I was wondering for those of you that save seeds , how they did this year for you all?

[oldedeeres]

My first seed catalogue, (Veseys from P.E.I. in Canada) came Nov. 30, same day as the first Christmas card arrived....guess which got read first, LOL. I tried Lima Beans last year but once again fall came before they were fully ripened so there was no appreciable harvest.  They are a longer season bean and are not reliable here, although I have had success with them once or twice in the past. Gardening time can't come too quickly for me, I can hardly wait to get out there.

[daytime dave]

I got Gurney's and Shumway's yesterday.  The R H Shumway's looks all nostalgic inside.  I'll have to sit down and really go over it.  It looks cool.  I've never gotten it before.