I’ve got a tiny bit of heirloom hard white wheat seed, I’m thinking of trying a small patch inside of my garden - now that we have the deer problem largely solved. Mainly I want to try to increase my stock of seed a bit - for a “just in case” stash.
Yeh, We do this too. Try to have our favorite and most eaten products as heirloom seeds - just in case.
The "just in case" was why instead of throwing out some 15 year old black bean seeds and red pea seeds, I'd give them one last chance the other day. Nothing has come up but I'll give them a few more days. If not, there's some new yellow wax beans to go in instead. I want to try out a few different varieties to hone in on what will do well and what won't.
I've also reworked a little part of the garden layout to squeeze in another row. Before next spring, it's going to be totally redesigned for easier watering. I don't know what to do about the row along the roadside fence because nothing grows there. We dug up a bunch of old broken bathroom remodeling that the contractor hid so I'm thinking there's more there or something weird. I know the little side plot doesn't grow some things well but I'm not giving up on it.
BTW, I'd asked last week about black and orange bugs and finally listened to that little voice and sure enough they were ladybug larvas!!! Stupid, stupid me! I should know better and should be banned from going anywhere near a garden.