Last Saturday around midnight, in a combination of boredom, insomnia, and curiosity, I ordered 2 seed varieties from the government seed bank. I was expecting to spend the next 3 months doing paperwork to justify why they should send them to me. . . . . Much to my surprise, the seeds arrived yesterday! Only 10 seeds of each, though, so it’ll take a few years of expansions before I can really play with them.
My grape tomatoes are ripening one at a time. In a week or so they’ll really get going and I’ll be buried in tomatoes. I hope! My slicers are turning a little less green every day, but no ripe ones yet. My paste tomatoes are just now getting their first flower buds. (This is why I think they need some improvement.)
My cucumbers are starting to ripen. I picked the first ones way too early, but I was just happy to finally get some. They were good! They’re the Dragon Egg variety, no bitterness and no spines.
I’ve managed to recover enough from my surgery to be able to get around now. I’ve got a lot of weeds to pull!
We had a watermelon from the store that was just kind of so-so. On a whim I tried a piece still frozen, it was amazingly sweet! Like candy. I might have to do that more often.
Most store bought watermelons have thin skins but if it has a thick skin make pickled watermelon rinds. Ooooh, good stuff!
Ack, now that you’re on the government’s seed list, you’ll be one of the first targeted when it hits the fan!!! Stock up on camo shade cloths.
Huge geographical difference between you and Kalifornia's low desert....I plant our sets by mid-September, and the harvest is usually about done by Super Bowl Sunday (easy to remember, as the neighbor always begs a bunch for her party salsa).
Ok. I have to ask. You ordered seeds from GRIN(If that’s the name and I remember properly)?
What did you list as ‘organization’?
Tell me more tell me more tell me more...They’ve got a lot of rice seeds I’d like to experiment with!
I used to eat frozen watermelon. We would use a melon baller, and then freeze them. Lots more healthy for kids than popsycles.LOL
We have had several watermelons from the store that were great. This last one has been edible, but nothing to write home about, if you know what I mean.
Glad you are progressing forward with your recovery.
I don’t feed my kids popsicles. They get frozen watermelon wedges.
It started as a teething remedy when they were small and they’ve asked for it every summer since.
Ok, I’ve found some accessions I’m interested in at GRIN. Do they cost or charge shipping?
Did you have to file a research plan for these that was lengthier than a paragraph or two?
I’m interested in some rice accessions and some flour corn as well. Along with a nematode resistant scotch bonnet I found. Disease resistance and ability to be grown with few inputs is my criteria.