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To: metmom; All

Yes! Get your seeds now, if you haven’t already!

Look for techniques and/or tools that make it easier and test them. Some will work and some won’t, they tend to be situation-specific. But chances are, there is something that will help you.

Test different varieties to find the ones that do best in your garden. What grows best in a sheltered backyard in Oregon probably won’t do well in a windswept lot in Arizona, and vice-versa. Find the best match for you.

Learn to save seeds, so you don’t have to buy as many next year.

Learn to use and preserve what you grew, so it doesn’t go to waste.


I was sorting through seeds the other day and realized you can tell how stressed I was at the beginning of each year, just by looking at what I ordered. The years I ordered mostly obscure and/or high-value medicinal herbs, I was confident enough to risk that kind of investment. But last year and this one? Wheat, staple crops, long-keepers, and true potato seeds. Self-seeders like breadseed poppies. Perennials like sea kale. Greens for the chickens. Even fruit tree seeds from a dozen different species.

I’m seeing too many indicators. There are rough waters ahead.


53 posted on 03/27/2021 11:06:37 AM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: Ellendra

what I found is that if you want to plant late crops like lettuce, beets, carrots, etc, get your seeds NOW because the end of season supply of seeds was very very limited last year..


59 posted on 03/27/2021 11:47:26 AM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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