It’s mid-March and I have been dreaming of those endless summer days spent in the garden- and, this goes without saying, salivating over the prospects of fresh tomatoes, basil, beans and cilantro! A dish fit for the gods.
Gary, my neighbor, referred me to the Cook’s Garden for purchasing seeds. I appreciate that the lettuce seed mixes come by season. I’m praying this means that I won’t have to spend countless hours obsessing and researching about germination rates and temperatures; only to find my lettuce has bolted, rendering a bitter taste. O, how this spring of love resembleth.
Cast:
Lettuce Spring Mix
Pole Bean Trionfo Violetto
Mesculun Salad Fresh Cutting Mix
Pole Bean Emerite
Winter Squash Mix
Bean Filet Triumphe De Farcy
Pretty Babies Green Mix
Lettuce Fall & Winter Mix
Lettuce Summer Mix
Onion Italian Torpedo
Scallion Summer Bunching
Garden Arugula
Carrot Minicor
Chard Perpetual Spinach
Cucumber Marketmore
Melon Pulsar Hybrid
Spinach Indiana Summer Hybrid
Sunflower Snack Mix
Parsley Catalogno
…Cilantro & Dill (Need to find seeds for this)
……Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind
*Most are organic when available
**I am not yet advanced to save my own seeds
***I do not have adequate light and space to start seeds indoors so I will purchase starts from our local farmer’s market: Tomatoes, Peppers, Oregano, Rosemary, and Basil.
In Indiana there is a rule that Mother’s Day (May 11) can be considered the “last frost date”. My next steps will be to continue to prepare our raised beds and divide these with string so I may continue to practice the Square Foot Gardening Method….There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio.
