So last year I lost a packet of seed I really wanted to plant. It was a problem.

This year I'm cataloguing all my seeds in a spreadsheet-- not carrying them over from previous years when I bought them but doing a full inventory. Then I'm putting them in a cabinet. They don't go in the cabinet until they're catalogued. Theoretically they don't come ( Read more... )

Catalogued my tomato seeds from this year finally and listed them. It's pretty fun.

I'm still shepherding trays of tomatoes through the oven. This season worked pretty well: I brought in a ton of green tomatoes and they ripened at a good pace to roast a couple trays once or twice a week at a time when the additional heat was welcome in the house. ( Read more... )

I've put my tomato trial sketchy write-up out there and I've been chatting with some folks about doing seed trades. It's really nice. Folks are friendly and interesting and generous.

One was a beginning gardener who said she only had some middle eastern marigolds to trade. I definitely like and want marigolds, and I love the idea of her having this ( Read more... )

In to soak in preparation for planting tomorrow:
Sugaree snap pea (Adaptive)
Beauregarde snow pea (Citizen Seed Trial)
Slocan snow pea (Citizen Seed Trial)
Lofthouse landrace favas (Experimental Farm Network)
Black Russian favas (Heritage Harvest Seed)

Planted indoors:
Yukikihari rice (Experimental Farm Network)
Hayayuki rice (Experimental Farm Network)

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I've been doing a dive into open-source seeds, modern landrace creation and grexes, and deliberate crafting of locally-adapted species. This is definitely my kind of thing: my land philosophy sits comfortably in the "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks/the land is your partner in selection/change the genetics to suit the land and not the ( Read more... )