| Premium-Packet (a shell pea, my usual; I still have some left from the half-pound I bought last year) |
| Jade-Packet (bush beans, did last year) |
| Fortex-Packet (pole beans, did last year) |
| Cherokee Purple-Mini (heirloom tomato) |
| Sun Gold (F1)-Mini (cherry tomato) |
| Alibi (F1)-Mini (cucumber) |
| Napoli (F1)-Packet (carrot, did last year) |
| Red Ace (F1)-Packet (beet, did and totally failed last year, but hope springs eternal!) |
| Torch-Packet (tithonia- Mexican sunflower - I did this in Durham one year from a seedling and it was wildly successful in that climate) |
I went through my seeds yesterday, and I still have cantaloupe, watermelon, butternut squash, scarlet runner bean, burgundy bush bean and shell pea seeds from last year, all of which should be okay of not great. (I need to start keeping my seeds in plastic; I have been okay with cool temps.)I got scallion (bunching onion), spinach, and nasturtium seeds at the "Recycle Your Christmas Tree" event, probably last year's, but should be okay.
I didn't buy snow peas (couldn't find one I liked), potatoes (too expensive/too much quantity), sunflowers (forgot), eggplant (was trying enough new things with tomatoes and cukes) or lettuces (find ourselves not eating them). I will look for seedlings of some of those, and may pick up some snow peas and sunflowers at the store.
Just in time, the New York Times came out with an article on buying seeds. I happen to hate their "hipster gardener" columnist (give me Anne Raver, please!), but this article talks to 6 gardeners from a diverse range of climates and is pretty interesting, if not directly useful for me.
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