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Do not read his section of the catalog with the rare poultry, or you will be in trouble.

Few people have ever seen some of the beautiful chicken varieties there are to be had.

The pink climber sounds good.

I found his descriptions to be as true as they can be and didn’t listen, when he warned that they had sparce foilage and in a hot sun area, the tomatoes would burn....LOL, here they cooked.

One year, I ordered a lifetime supply of the different varieties, rather like a kid in a candy shop....that was the the last year that I could have a real garden and it was worth every minute.

Pick up some of the old yellow pear tomatoes or the red pear tomatoes, they are small, but will bear more pounds per plant than you expect, each a bite sized fruit..

Here the cherry tomato grows better than the large ones.

I like the Pinetree catalog, for the mixed types of seeds, being as nosey as I am, I want to try them all, so bought the mixed varieties.

My Basil plant just died, it was a mixed variety from a Pinetree pack and lived about 6 years in front of the hot west window in the living room......finally froze to death.

LOL, I saved seeds from it, so will grow another, and have left it alone, just in case it wants to try a second lifetime.

My memory is a joke, it will remember part of any thing, but will not retain a name until I turn the page.

Of course Soros is a name that has so much behind it, that one remembers it.

He ruined a couple of countries, via the money part of it, that I do remember.

I have never settled on where he gets his money, who is his boss and know that we traced him back to the nazi money, Calpernia remembers that part of the story, again it has names in it, that I forget, even tho, I dug into them.

There is such a strong thought that Soros is behind our money troubles and I cannot shake it.

That he bought the White House for Obama, that I believe and he tried for Kerry, that we already know.

So, yes, garden seeds may become very rare.

Sandhill Preservation is also a good site for Sweet Potato plants and I tried to get Jerusulem Artichokes started, as if one grows them and leaves the small ones, you can have a natural source of food growing on its own, without your having to have seeds, but not here, they grew, but want water all the time.

I love sweet potatoes and artichokes..........I will have to consider how to make my fence taller to keep out the deer. I did read somewhere yesterday about a concoction of eggs and something else to spray in the garden to keep the critters out. The rotten smell is supposed to dissipate after it dries only to be smelled by the critters. :)

I have an upper deck where I can plant tomatoes and smaller herbs and such. also, found a website that offers advice on survival gardening. Although, we have squirrels and other things that do climb the trees that lead to the deck.

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Small fruits are nearly essential

Nearly everyone has room to plant a good selection of small fruits. These include strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb, blueberries, and so forth. Luckily, once a patch of each has been established, one can readily take divisions or replant sprouts to greatly increase their food-producing capabilities.

As with the vegetable garden, one should grow as great a variety of small fruits as possible, and enough of each to put up significant jam, preserves, and canned and dried fruit. In hard times, a good loaf of hot whole wheat bread spread thickly with homemade strawberry jam, or a steaming blueberry pie, makes the term “survival” a joke. We call it living good.

You quickly discover that small fruits are a wonderful treat that can be easily turned into strawberry shortcake, blueberry pancakes, rhubarb tarts, blackberry cobbler, etc. In hard times, you don’t eat many candy bars; instead you substitute healthier fruit snacks and desserts.

Even picky eaters greatly enjoy dried fruits and fruit leathers which are easy to make at home.

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