that's the plan, anyways...

My seeds are all in, and I'm ready to reveal the lineup for 2011!  I did well on the $$ front, but could have saved more money if I didn't have an attack of Heirloom-itis, you know - the sickness that makes you say things like "....I'm just gonna try this one other variety of this..."!  (all are heirloom varieties unless noted)

Herbs

• Dill                           stash
• Cilantro                    stash
• Genovese Basil        stash
• Lettuce Leaf Basil   Baker Creek
• Common Chives      Baker Creek
• Fennel                       stash
• Oregano                    stash & Botanical Interests
• Marjoram                 Botanical Interests
• Thyme                      stash
• Giant Parsley           stash

Greens

• Olympia spinach                                 stash
• Malabar spinach                                  stash
• Tango Lettuce                                     stash
• Green Salad Bowl lettuce                   stash
• Mignonette Bronze heading lettuce   Baker Creek
• Mizuna greens                                     stash
• Verte D'Etampes  mache'                   Baker Creek
• Wrinkled Crinkled cress                    Baker Creek

Peas

• Oregon Sugar Pod II      stash
• Cascadia Snap               Botanical Interests

Beans

• Golden Wax                           stash
• Scarlet Runner                       stash
• Dragon's Tongue                    stash
• Contender Buff Valentine     Botanical Interests
• Yard Long beans                    stash
• Chinese Red Noodle beans    Baker Creek
• Beer Friend edamame            stash

Broccoli

• Piricicaba broccoli                         stash
• Early Purple Sprouting broccoli    Baker Creek

Cucumbers

• Japanese Climbing cucumbers       stash
• Parisian Pickling cucumbers          stash
• Solly Beiler cucumbers                  Baker Creek

Carrots  (I giggle every time I say things like cosmic purple stash and Purple Haze stash)!!!

• Cosmic Purple            stash
• Purple Haze                stash
• Little Finger                stash
• Danvers Half Long     Botanical Interests

Artichoke

• Purple of Romagna   stash

Peanuts
*unknown variety, saved seed from last year


Peppers

• Quadrato d'Asti Rosso bell              stash
• Jimmy Nardello Italian bell            Baker Creek
• Jalapeno Gigante  hot                      stash  (yeah, I know.....!)
• Fish Hot                                            stash
• Poblano Ancho hot                          Botanical Interests
• Italian Peperoncini sweet/hot          Baker Creek
• Sigaretto de Bergamo sweet/hot     Baker Creek

Tomatoes

• Brandywine   stash,                                        Baker Creek
• Burpee Long Keeper (heirloom variety!)      Baker Creek
• Hillbilly Flame                                               Baker Creek
• Yellow Pear                                                    stash
• Amish Paste                                                   Baker Creek
• 4th of July (hybrid)                                        stash
• Orange Wellington (hybrid)                          stash
• Jake Gyllenhaal - remember that one?  :)     stash

Eggplant (see note)

• Purple Rain                                                    stash

Squash

• Winter Butternut Waltham                   Botanical Interests
• Hokkaido                                               stash
• Gourmet Pie Mix pumpkin (hybrid)     stash
• Ornamental gourds                                stash

Misc
shallots, onions, garlic, scallions were purchased at local feed store and are in the beds now - unsure about potatoes right now...


*new vegetable for this year is squash, I am going to learn to like it!  Missing this year is cauliflower, heading broccoli (too many worms), & radishes (don't like them!)


**note to those who don't like eggplant - I don't much care for it either other than the beautiful blooms BUT... it makes a great trap crop for tomato pests, it's beautiful in the perennial beds, one of the uses I have found is that I bake it and then blend it into my canned tomato sauces, adding creaminess and nutrition without affecting the flavor of the sauce.  New this year... check out the eggplant section of the Baker Creek catalog for a recipe for "Eggplant CAKE"... lmao... that was funny enough to make me want to try it again!


** If anything is listed as "stash" and you want to know the source, just ask, I know where it came from if you are looking for it.  I just wanted to differentiate between what I purchased and what I already had on hand.


Happy Planning, y'all!

a great mail day!

They're HERE!

This all came in the mail in one day!  And no bills, I might add...  :)

 This is everything ordered this year.   Truth be told, I didn't even "need" anything besides peas and bean seeds, but of course I'm always on the search for new varieties, and I order Brandywine every year, that's my one tomato I can't live without.

More bonus - the surprise for hubby!  Hubby makes fantastic bubbly thin crispy pizzas already, but thanks to Jane's post over at Hard Work Homestead, I just HAD to let him try this pizza flour!  He'll be very excited to be working with some pro supplies.  I also ordered some mozzarella curd so we can have some family fun making mozzarella.  We can't source unpasteurized milk here, so making it from the curd is the next best thing.  I feel a project for the kids post coming on here...

With the kids in school yesterday and hubby gone with a friend biking, what's a newbie quilter girl to do?  Find the nearest quilt shop and check it out!  The guy in there was fantastic, talked to me for about an hour, gave me advice on machines (and they don't even sell them!) and technique, fabrics, local repair shop reputations, wow - I'll definitely be doing business with them.  So anyone in the Virginia Beach area that is feeling a bit intimidated and shy by being new to the craft and going into a "real" shop, don't be... go see Jerry, he's great and will make you feel like a pro when you leave :)

Mama Pea, look away now... last night was Minnesota Fancy Nancy's standard of pot roast, veggies, baking powder biscuits and gravy.  Haha, you know who you are, stop lurking and jump on here!

No, the 4 of us didn't eat this ALL - we ate mostly veggies as the meat was destined for the soup I'm making today for the freezer.

We are really hoping to get outside for a bit of cleaning up the ugly winter garden & yard, it's supposed to be 48-50º today, but as of 11 am there is still frost on the ground.  I'm sure it will warm up a bit about 1-2 pm, but then we'll be fighting that limited winter daylight thing.  I'm getting anxious to be out there working and enjoying mild temps as spring is very short here and it heats up unbearably very quickly.  We pretty much go from winter to humid, hot summer.  The neighbors will think I'm nuts as usual working out there when it's so "cold"... if you ask me 52-62º is about perfect for outdoor work, so I'll jump at any chance we get.