I ordered my seeds at the beggining of the week, and packages started arriviong Wednesday. That was fast! I was especially impressed at the one I ordered pawpaw seeds from. A few years back I got pawpaw seeds off Ebay, and paid $10 after shipping for 5 seeds. This one was 2 or 3 dollars (I’d have to check) but it was a whole bag full!
I’ll say more tomorrow. I think my sleepy meds kicked in. Funny how I don’t notice until I try to move or type.
Ok, I promised more when I was awake.
I was able to find true potato seed at http://www.tomwagnerseeds.com/
I had picked out 3 varieties that looked interesting, but when I went to order, the one that had looked the best was sold out. I got my order today, and they included a bonus packet. Guess what variety the bonus packet was? Yup, I got the three varieties I’d wanted, and only had to pay for 2 of them :)
The advantage to true potato seed is that it can be stored for several years if need be, whereas seed potatoes need to be planted every year. My thinking is, with true potato seeds, I have a back-up in case my crop gets wiped out or my seed potatoes go bad. I’m the kind of person who prefers having back-ups to my back-ups, so this is nice.
I have seeds for several different fruit and nut trees stratifying in the fridge right now. I also have ginseng seeds in there. Not sure if I’ll plant those this year, but they can stay in the freezer until I’m ready for them. Ginseng is worth a fortune, but it’s hard to grow and takes years to reach a worthwhile size. Still, I think it would be fun to try.
I’m still waiting for the bulk of my herb seeds. The most important one, to me anyway, is the skullcap. I did finally find a good source for that! It’s one of my “sleepytime meds” as I sometimes call them. It’s an herbal muscle relaxer. The last year or so I’ve had this problem where my muscles twitch so much when I’m trying to sleep that it feels like my arms and legs are all trying to run off in a different direction, and skullcap is the only thing I’ve found so far that will calm that down.
Oh, if anyone has tattler lids and hasn’t tested them yet, TEST THEM!!! I got a bad batch of rings, the food I canned tasted so strongly of rubber that I was still tasting it 9 hours later. I’ve read dozens of reviews and none of them mentioned that, so sending Tattler an email is on my list of things to do on my day off. I think I might just order regular lids in bulk from now on.