First Order Of Seeds Have Arrived
Like most gardeners and homesteaders, this is the time of year when we have started planning out and plotting the area for next year's garden set up. We start scouring seed catalogs, visiting local seed stores and taking inventory of what we already have in stock.
It's a never-ending cycle; but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Included in this first order:
- Chopsuey Greens
- Great Mullein
- Basil Holy
- St John's Wort
- Angelica
- Calendula
I have earned a few Amazon gift cards over the last few months doing some things online so I have set them aside for making seed orders. Generally I like to order from Annie's Seeds and MI Gardener, but when I have free gift cards, I will order from other places. The reason I like both these online seed suppliers is: first, they are both located in Michigan (where I reside) and their selections are usually good; plus the MI Gardener offers theirs up for only .99/cents each packet.
Other Seeds On My list
New Or Specialty Seeds
- Chervil
- Poppy- Papaver
- Marigold
- Larkspur
- Sorrel
- Lemon grass
- Spearmint
- Pennycress
- Motherwort
- Passionflower
- Plantain
- Chickweed
- Horehound
- Lovage
Regular Garden Seeds Needing Restocking
- Tomatoes- four varieties to be determined
- Peppers- pepperoncini, cayenne, bell, jalapeno, Habernero
- Cucumbers- Slicing and English
- Potato- Yukon Gold, fingerling and Red Luna
- Kentucky pole beans
- Sweet Corn
- Dark red kidney
- Basil- Genovese
- Spinach
- Arugula
Plus a variety of other greens.
Plans On Herb Garden Expansion
I have been dreaming of the expansion of my front herb garden for months and have been doodling and sketching some revisions in my notebook.
I have also been mulling over the idea of moving some of the landscape bricks in the front herb garden to make the area bigger. Right now, figuring in the seeds I want to plant versus the area up there, I need about another 20-30 sq ft of beds to accomplish my envisioned herb (and medicinal flower) garden.
More Containers
Since my garden space is so limited, I am also working on having more containers; whether dollar store round buckets, five-gallon buckets, one more raised container bed or taking my two extra 55-gallon pickle barrels and cutting them in half. I have some GREAT container ideas I'm imagining this coming season.
