Our seeds Came Today!!

We got our seeds in the mail today. Pretty quick service for both the Baker Creek company and for Seed savers. As I posted earlier we ordered seed collections. From Baker we ordered two, the large collection and the small collection.

 A nice thing about the Baker seeds is they are grouped for both Southern and Northern Climates. I called to make sure of the Northern climate pack for the St Louis area. The Northern Small package is 30 packets with 15 types of Veggies.

 

The Northern Large package is 60 packets with 25 types of veggies. 

 

Both seed collections came packed in nifty metal Paint cans. As a bonus they included 1 package of Heirloom Tomato seeds. It looks a really good bargain for the price. As a plus we know for a fact that the seeds will grow in our area.

From the Seed savers exchange company we ordered two packages of their Heirloom Favorites collection. We have ordered seeds from them before, but we noticed this year that their collections were kind of small. this collection is not as fun as the others but does cover the basics. These came packaged in a padded manila envelope with came in the mail, today.  

 

All that is left for us is to finish working on the gardens, wait for the snow to melt and start planting. I'll post progress pictures as I go.

Getting ready for Spring, Seed Catalogs are In!

  Well, its time to start planning the early growing season. Seed catalogs are now available! There are two companies that we use. One is "Local" (Missouri) the other is Western. We like Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and The Seed Savers Exchange.
 Both companies have an Excellent product. This year we are going to purchase The Heritage Farm Favorite collection from Seed savers. Its $13.50 for 6 Vegetable varieties: Beets, cucumbers, carrots, Dragons tongue beans, Tomato, and a lettuce mix. From Baker creek we are ordering  the $55.00 seed collection . This is 30 packets of seeds, that is its 15 types of veggie with 30 varieties. We are also ordering the $ $99.00 seed collection. Its a little bigger with 25 types of veggie and 60 varieties. It contains 60 packets of seeds. Our plan is to use some of the seeds, save the rest. I am going to double our growing area this spring, plus my wife Heathers uncle Ernie is putting in a Large garden. Some seeds will go to him, but he is most likely growing hybrids this year. When the packages show up I'll post the pictures.