Remember looking forward to getting the Burpee catalog mid-winter and thinking about what you are going to plant in your garden next spring? I got the Burpee catalog today... It sure is colorful. I get a kick out of their Shumway catalog too. That one has fun old-fashioned line art illustrations in it. They also own Cooks Garden too.
But when did gardening become a yuppy sport? I don't think there was anything in the slick full-color Burpee catalog less than $5.95 per packet of seeds, sometimes as few as 15 seeds. No pepper or tomato, carrot or zucchini is THAT special.
You could also order started plants from them. Any 3...for $17.95! Plus shipping!
Yeah, I'll get mine from the greenhouse guy up the street for 2 bucks a 6-pack. At least I'll know they'll grow here and because he uses the plants in his own fields they are usually disease free, not like the stuff you get at the big box stores.
And grafted garden plants? No Thanks.
Was doing the math on onion sets too. For 75 plants you pay $27.95. That's 37¢ per onion, assuming all of them produce an actual onion.
Too bad I already ordered my seed stuff from Territorial.
And I have quite a few seeds saved from last year on things that did well.
Today it was nearly 50° outside. Was outside doing some spring cleanup but had to remind myself not to rake up the dead grass. Keeps the front yard from washing away. The ground isn't frozen yet and it was hard not to Think Spring. Still have 2 more months of winter at least. This must be the early January thaw. At least the solstice is passed and the days are getting longer. Supposed to rain tomorrow so will probably clean off the grow-light shelf in the garage. Flat surfaces somehow seem to collect a lot of junk. I'm going to try onions from seed again, planted mid January this time. I've pretty much decided though that with onions up here, I may as well just seed them out tight in a bed to grow as small sets for next year (I have some small onions I'm keeping as sets in the back hallway, done that way inadvertently.) I can get quite a lot of decent-sized 2" onions from seed, but looking for bigger. And easier to peel.
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