Oh, For the Love of Seeds....

I will be the first to admit it, I have a problem... my problem is that I don't have enough seeds. Or is it that my problem is that I have TOO MANY seeds. Is that even possible??? Well, our latest order came in. We got our parcel receipt in the mail, I asked the munchkins if they would be up for going to the post office to pick up our seeds and they quickly agreed. They clung on to that box all the way home, arguing about who got to hold it. Once home, they both eagerly gathered around the box, waiting for it to be opened.

Ah, the opening. So many glorious possibilities in such a small box. In total, we have 52 packages of seeds that arrived. That is nuts, eh? Well my kids thought so too as they sorted through them. I then reminded them that this was just our new seeds, that didn't even include our old seeds from the past years. This new buy was mainly concentrated on beans and flowers for our new bees that we are getting later this year. So what plants are we attempting this year? Not on this list will be my last minute purchases at the big box store, like Sweet Peas.


Beans:

1. Beurre De Rocquencourt
2. Black Turtle
3. Blauhilde
4. Calima
5. Cantare
6. Chinese Green Noodle
7. Contender
8. Golden Wax
9. Henderson's Black Valentine
10. Meraviglia Di Venezia
11. Old Homestead
12. Purple Teepee
13. Red Swan Bush
14. Roma II
15. Soybean - Chiba Green
16. Sunset - Runner Bean
17. Tendergreen Improved

Beets:

1. Bull's Blood
2. Chioggia
3. Cylindra
4. Detroit Dark Red
5. Early Wonder
6. Golden
7. Ruby Queen

Brassica:

1. Broccoli - De Ciccio
2. Broccoli - Rapini
3. Broccoli - Romanesco
4. Brussel Sprouts - Catskill
5. Cabbage - Brunswick
6. Cabbage - Cour Di Bue
7. Cabbage - Mammoth Red Rock
8. Cauliflower - Early Snowball
9. Cauliflower - Erfurter
10. Chinese Cabbage - Hitton
11. Chinese Cabbage - Pai Tsai
12. Kale - Blue Curled Scotch
13. Kale - Dwarf Siberian
14. Kale - Ornamental Fringed
15. Kale - Russian Red/Ragged Jack
16. Kale - Scarlet
17. Kale - Toscano
18. Kohlrabi - Delicacy White
19. Kohlrabi - Early Purple Vienna

Carrots:

1. Amarillo
2. Black Nebula
3. Cosmic Purple
4. Little Finger
5. Nantes Scarlet
6. Purple Dragon

Celery:

1. Chinese Pink
2. Chinese White
3. Paris Golden Self Blanching
4. Tendercrisp

Corn: 

1. Art Verell's White
2. Atomic Orange
3. Painted Mountain
4. Papa's Red
5. Simonet

Cucumbers:

1. Beit Alpha
2. Improved Long Green
3. Lemon
4. Lyaluk
5. Marketmore 76
6. Mexican Sour Gherkin
7. Miniature White
8. Modern Early
9. Monika
10. National Pickling
11. Richmond Green Apple
12. Tendergreen Burpless

Flowers for the Bees:

1. Agastache - Arcado Pink
2. Agastache - Rose Mint
3. Agastache - Texas Hummingbird Mint 'Heather Queen'
4. Ageratum - Mix
5. Aster - China Gusford Supreme
6. Aster - Giant Perfection Mix
7. Bachelor's Button - Black Boy
8. Bachelor's Button - Blue Boy
9. Bachelor's Button - Classic Artistic Mix
10. Bee Balm - Lemon
11. Bee Balm - Red Colors
12. Bee Friendly Wildflower Mix
13. Buckwheat - Takane Ruby
14. Butterfly Milkweed
15. Calendula - Pacific Beauty Mix
16. Cosmos - Bright Lights
17. Cosmos - Candy Stripe
18. Cosmos - Sensation Mix
19. Echinacea - Purpurea
20. Hollyhock - Dwarf Mix
21. Hollyhock - Nigra
22. Hollyhock - Zebrina
23. Hyssop - Anise 
24. Hyssop - Blue
25. Hyssop - Korean
26. Hyssop - Korean Golden Jubilee
27. Lupine - Russell Mix
28. Marigold - French Marigold Sweet Mace
29. Marigold - Giant Bicolor
30. Marigold - Sierra Formula Mix
31. Marigold - Red Cherry
32. Monarda - Bergamo
33. Monarda - Spielarten Mix
34. Mint - Marvelous Mix
35. Nasturtium - Alaska Red Shades
36. Nasturtium - Dwarf Jewel Mix
37. Nasturtium - Empress of India
38. Phlox - Twinkles Dwarf Mix
39. Poppy - American Legion
40. Poppy - Blue Breadseed
41. Poppy - Flemish Antique
42. Poppy - Red Peony
43. Sage - Blue Monday
44. Salvia - Queen Mix
45. Salvia - Sirius Blue Sage
46. Schizanthus - Angel Wings Mix
47. Snapdragon - Mix
48. Snapdragon - Tax Deluxe
49. Sunflower - Autumn Beauty
50. Sunflower - Paquito
51. Sunflower - Russian Black Seeded
52. Sunflower - Short Stuff
53. Sunflower - Teddy Bear
54. Zinnia - McKenzie's Best Dwarf Mix
55. Zinnia - Giants of California

Flowers - Other:

1. Bells of Ireland
2. Celosia - Pampus Plume Mix
3. Cockscomb - Dwarf Coral Garden Mix
4. Coleus - Rainbow Floral Strain Mix
5. Pansy - Swiss Giant
6. Pansy - Winter Flowering Hiemalis Mixed
7. Petunia - Balcony Mix
8. Strawflower - Tom Thumb Mixed

Fruits and Nuts:

1. Asparagus - Mary Washington
2. Fruit Cocona
3. Ground Cherry - Aunt Molly
4. Peanut - Tennessee Red
5. Strawberry - Alexandria
6. Strawberry - White Soul

Greens:

1. Amaranth - Chinese Multicolor Spinach
2. Amaranth - Mix
3. Corn Salad or Mache - Verte A Coeur Plein 2
4. Greens - Arugula
5. Greens - Pepper Cress
6. Greens - Red Orach 
7. Lettuce - Bronze Beauty
8. Lettuce - Buttercrunch
9. Lettuce - Devil's Ear
10. Lettuce - Grand Rapids
11. Lettuce - Tom Thumb
12. Oriental Greens - Extra Dwarf Pak Choy
13. Oriental Greens - Purple Lady Bok Choy
14. Oriental Greens - Shanghai Green Choy
15. Oriental Greens - Suzhou Baby Bok Choy
16. Spinach - Bloomsdale
17. Spinach - Monstrueux De Viroflay
18. Spinach - Strawberry Spinach
19. Swiss Chard - Bionda di Lyon
20. Swiss Chard - Lucullus
21. Swiss Chard - Rainbow

Herbs:

1. Basil - Italian Sweet
2. Basil - Sweet
3. Basil - Mammoth
4. Catnip - Nepeta Cataria
5. Cilantro
6. Cilantro - Slo Bolt
7. Dill
8. Lavender - Munstead Strain
9. Lemon Balm
10. Lemongrass
11. Parsley - Single Hardy Italian
12. Rosemary
13. Stevia
14. Sage - Broad Leaf
15. Tarragon - Russian
16. Thyme

Melons and Squash:

1. Cantaloupe - Minnesota Midget
2. Gourd - Crown of Thorns
3. Melon - Metki Painted Serpent
4. Pumpkin - Jack Be Little
5. Pumpkin - Taken from Store Pumpkin
6. Squash - Butternut
7. Squash - Desi
8. Squash - Flat White Boer
9. Squash - Lady Godiva
10. Squash - Patissons Panache Blanc Et Vert Scallop
11. Squash - Spaghetti
12. Watermelon - Beni Kodima
13. Watermelon - Blacktail Mountain
14. Watermelon - Cream of Saskatchewan
15. Watermelon - Crimson Sweet
16. Watermelon - Katanya
17. Zucchini - Dark Green
18. Zucchini - Golden
19. Zucchini - Nimba

Onions and Leeks:

1. Leek - Carentan
2. Leek - Giant Musselburgh
3. Onion - Evergreen Bunching
4. Onion - Tropeana Lunga
5. Onion - Yellow of Parma

Peas:

1. Alaska
2. Asparagus (Pea)
3. Chickpea - Winnifred's Garbanzo
4. Cowpea - California Blackeye
5. Laxton's Progress
6. Sugar Daddy
7. Sugar Snap
8. Tall Telephone

Peppers:

1. Aji Chombo
2. Bell Color Mix
3. Brazilian Starfish
4. Canary Bell
5. Craig's Grande Jalepeno
6. Fish
7. Grandpa's Home
8. Habanada
9. Habenero
10. Italian Pepperoncini
11. Jalapeno
12. Lipstick
13. Maule's Red Hot
14. Mini Bell Mixed
15. Napadeno
16. Piccante Di Cayenna
17. Serrano Tampequino
18. Yellow Monster

Radish:

1. Cherry Belle
2. Chinese Red Meat
3. De 18 Jours
4. Easter Basket Mix
5. Malaga

Tomato:

1. Amana
2. Balcony Charm
3. Barry's Crazy Cherry
4. Black Vernissage
5. Blue Cream Berries
6. Bush Beefsteak
7. Chocolate Pear
8. Douchova Pepper
9. German Lunchbox
10. Glacier
11. Green Vernissage
12. Legend
13. Lucid Gem
14. Minibel
15. Purple Russian
16. Roma
17. Rosso Sicilian
18. Sophie's Choice
19. Sub Arctic Plenty
20. Sweet 100 Hybrid
21. Tigerella
22. Tumbler F1 Hybrid

Turnips:

1. Purple Top White Globe
2. Round Red

Did you count how many types of plants we are putting in the ground this year? 255... now that may be enough (once I figure out what types of Sweet Peas I am going to plant).