Cottage and Yard

Here is my Fedco seed order for 2009

I placed the order on 12/22/08 ( gotta get it in early because seeds can sell-out )
I received the initial shipment on 01/20/09 ( four of the seeds were on back order )
Received last of back ordered seeds on 02/06/09 ( well ahead of when they will be needed )

Cat Num   Pkt  Qty   Price    Variety
1    208BV    A    1    $1.30    BLACK VALENTINE BEAN*
2    210ST    A    1    $1.30    STRIKE BEAN
3    270GB    A    1    $1.30    GOLDEN BUTTERWAX BEAN*
4    710CL    A    1    $1.30    CORAL PEA
5    760GA    A    1    $1.20    GREEN ARROW PEA*
6    968CS    A    1    $1.60    CREAM OF SASKATCHEWAN WTRMLN*
7    1628BB    A    1    $1.10    BURGESS BUTTERCUP SQUASH*
8    1638BO    A    1    $1.40    BURPEE’S BUTTERBUSH SQUASH*
9    2042SN    A    1    $0.80    SCARLET NANTES CARROT*
10    2058RC    A    1    $0.80    RED CORED CHANTENEY CARROT*
11    2086MK    A    1    $1.30    MOKUM CARROT
12    2092NL    A    1    $1.30    NELSON CARROT
13    2407KO    A    1    $1.60    KING RICHARD LEEK*
14    2408LN    A    1    $2.00    LINCOLN LEEK
15    2411KO    A    1    $1.60    KING SIEG LEEK*
16    2472CP    A    1    $1.40    COPRA ONION
17    2474DO    A    1    $1.40    CLEAR DAWN ONION*
18    2861JO    A    1    $1.10    JERICHO LETTUCE
19    3031FG    A    1    $0.70    FORDHOOK GIANT CHARD*
20    3033AR    A    1    $1.10    ARGENTATA CHARD*
21    3168KR    A    1    $1.00    KRAUSS PARSLEY*
22    3459WO    A    1    $1.40    WHITE RUSSIAN KALE
23    3465BO    A    1    $1.30    BREEDY’S CAMDEN KALE*
24    4517RO    A    1    $1.00    CARIBE CILANTRO*
Since the total cost of the order was over $30.00 shipping was included at no additional charge.
I have ordered some of these in the past but am trying quite a few new ones this year.

Those new ones are marked with an *.
I have a good quantity of seed for the standards that I grow each year from the past couple seasons so I felt I could experiment.  I like to expand my pallet while still having those standards in place in case the new varieties should prove to be less to my liking.

I plant in what I call flats, tubes, and pots.

The flats are 1/2 gallon milk cartons laid on the side with the top side removed which gives me a planting area of about 3 1/2 inches by 7 1/2 inches with a soil depth of about 2 inches. I have made a template from one of the cut off sides which has 36 holes in it. I use this template for planting onion and leek seeds. So I am putting in 36 seeds per flat and will hopefully get the corresponding number of plants to be transplanted to garden beds when ready.
The tubes are approximately 3 1/2 inch lengths of paper towel tubes. Each full lenth tube provides three planting tubes. Nine of these tubes fit into a flat.
The pots are large sour cream containers.

So far yesterday and today I have planted:

02/05
One flat 9 tubes Krauss Parsley.
One flat (36) Clear Dawn onions
One flat (36) Copra onions
One flat (36) King Sieg leeks
One flat (36) Lincoln leeks

02/06
One flat 9 tubes Italian parsley.
One flat 9 tubes Forest Green parsley.
One flat 9 tubes Thyme.
Three pots Rosemary, 3 plants per pot

On about the 25th of January I planted two flats
of Walking onion topsets that I’d kept over the winter.
Each flat contains 14 topsets. I don’t expect all of them to germinate.

I have a few more topsets that I’ll put directly into the garden in the spring.

Sure dose not seem like much now that I write it out but with working the planting in between other activities and having to set up a temporary seeding station I guess it’s a good start.

At least I was able to get my hands dirty.