Yesterday, we received our order of seeds from the Seed Savers Exchange and we are thrilled! They are all heirloom varieties and are much more colorful than the hybrids I've seen. I can hardly wait until they come up and produce.
We have a ton of seeds already, from seed-saving last year and varieties we didn't get planted (herbs and flowers mostly).
So today, the kids and I planted another batch (10 holes with 2 seeds each) of Swiss Chard after lunch, and then once they'd ditched me for snack, I planted the first of a "gourmet lettuce blend," as well as Simpson lettuce and spinach. I'll plant the same again next week, and continue each week until mid-May. In early June the "greens beds" will become the "tomato beds." I just figured they should go to work until then too. I'll be covering these beds with bed-size hoop houses to help protect the greens from death by snow-flattening.
If all goes well, we'll be able to eat and sell greens in a month or so; a very exciting prospect in the land of long winters.
Next week, I'll be starting several seeds in the cold frame and can hardly express how exciting it is to have so many interesting new varieties this year! Better get my tail in gear and organize all my pots etc!
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