It's quite a while until I will be able to get my hands dirty in a garden, but it is almost time to start ordering seeds. As previously mentioned, an organization I am involved with is working on getting a garden project here in North Bay started.
We intend to have plenty of veggies, there's already some fruit trees and berries, wild and native plants (there is a lot already!), culinary and medicinal herbs (some already), and some other flowers.
For this project I have saved up seeds from my balcony garden, and gathered some from a seed swap held at our local Farmer's Market.
So far I have seeds for:
Veggies
Heirloom Winter Squash (I am not sure of the name. I also purchased a squash as well. The seeds and squash came from an Amish family, and is apparently often used in pies. It could have been Amish Pie Squash, but it more resembles a Golden Hubbard Squash or Pumpkin Squash.)
Bloomsdale Long-standing Spinach
Herbs
Other
Curly Dock (I was told that it can be used as a green manure, but have yet anything to see on this. But, it does have some good medicinal properties.)
Woodland/Woodside Gold Columbine
Rose Queen Salvia
Sweet Woodruff
I've been pouring over catalogues and online stores to figure out what other seeds to get, and these are what I have my heart set on:
Veggies
Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Peas
Purple Dragon Carrots (thanks for the recommendation Ben!)
Herbs
Other
Well, I am off to browse some more and daydream of green things!
Sláinte!
Laurel
what an ambitious list! i am going to be growing a few on that list as well. the kuri squash looks really tasty.
ReplyDeleteWow. Sigh. What an amazing list of goodies!
ReplyDeleteHello folks! Thanks for stopping by :)
ReplyDeleteAnon: Kuri squash is so good! It's great in pies!!
Melinda: Thanks! There's no way I would grow that much of a variety if it was my own garden. I would love to, but I think it would be a bit much ;)