First Seed Order Of 2018 HAS ARRIVED
First Order Of Seeds Have Arrived
Like most gardeners and homesteaders, this is the time of year when we have started planning out and plotting the area for next year's garden set up. We start scouring seed catalogs, visiting local seed stores and taking inventory of what we already have in stock.
It's a never-ending cycle; but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Included in this first order:
- Chopsuey Greens
- Great Mullein
- Basil Holy
- St John's Wort
- Angelica
- Calendula
I have earned a few Amazon gift cards over the last few months doing some things online so I have set them aside for making seed orders. Generally I like to order from Annie's Seeds and MI Gardener, but when I have free gift cards, I will order from other places. The reason I like both these online seed suppliers is: first, they are both located in Michigan (where I reside) and their selections are usually good; plus the MI Gardener offers theirs up for only .99/cents each packet.
Other Seeds On My list
New Or Specialty Seeds
- Chervil
- Poppy- Papaver
- Marigold
- Larkspur
- Sorrel
- Lemon grass
- Spearmint
- Pennycress
- Motherwort
- Passionflower
- Plantain
- Chickweed
- Horehound
- Lovage
Regular Garden Seeds Needing Restocking
- Tomatoes- four varieties to be determined
- Peppers- pepperoncini, cayenne, bell, jalapeno, Habernero
- Cucumbers- Slicing and English
- Potato- Yukon Gold, fingerling and Red Luna
- Kentucky pole beans
- Sweet Corn
- Dark red kidney
- Basil- Genovese
- Spinach
- Arugula
Plus a variety of other greens.
Plans On Herb Garden Expansion
I have been dreaming of the expansion of my front herb garden for months and have been doodling and sketching some revisions in my notebook.
I have also been mulling over the idea of moving some of the landscape bricks in the front herb garden to make the area bigger. Right now, figuring in the seeds I want to plant versus the area up there, I need about another 20-30 sq ft of beds to accomplish my envisioned herb (and medicinal flower) garden.
More Containers
Since my garden space is so limited, I am also working on having more containers; whether dollar store round buckets, five-gallon buckets, one more raised container bed or taking my two extra 55-gallon pickle barrels and cutting them in half. I have some GREAT container ideas I'm imagining this coming season.
Don't you love getting goodies in the mail! As you can see, I have the sotall account set up and already working on a first post. Plus the website is operational, but the first tutorial is not complete yet. Good times are coming! Busy, busy busy!
YES!!!! And I'm going over your emails now!!!
That is awesome! We moved from NC to MO in August and my ultimate goal is to have a large garden. We bought a 10 acre farm. In October I plowed our future garden area. Turns out it is about half an acre in size. It will be a huge jump from growing in 2 separate 4'x8' raised beds.
In the beginning of December I ordered a ton of seeds from Baker Creek Seeds. Once they arrived my wife halted my excitement and told me I could not open them until Christmas morning. Talk about a bummer! Well when Christmas morning arrived I was able to open the manila envelope and out poured sixty different packets. The smile on my face stretched from ear to ear!!
Since we moved here I have been saving empty toilet paper rolls, yogurt containers and 1/2 gallon milk cartons to use them as growing containers. If February I get to finally start sowing some of the seeds indoors! I am so excited and I know my wife and children will be excited to see the new growth and then when we get to transplant and direct sow in March and April. Big steps at becoming self sustaining and reducing the cost at the grocery store!!
Thank you for sharing and I hope that we are all successful and prosperous this year with our gardens, farms and homesteads.
Kenny
Pfeiler Family Farm
Baker Creek should pay me for all the free advertising I do for them! It’s a little bit of a drive, but you should look into attending their Spring Planting Festival. We live about two hours away, but I wouldn’t miss it, even if I had to walk. lol
I hope you’ll be posting the progress of your garden this year. I’ll be watching for it!
Thank you. Yes I definitely want to post the progress. A digital record of sorts.
YEAH... I am so jealous of this! But one of our goals in 2018 is to find our property.. so... hopefully we will.
I have seen people who use empty TP rolls and the little coffee K-cups for seed starters! SUch great ways to reuse and not waste!
I, for one, am tired of relying on BIG companies to keep me alive. My husband can hunt, I can shoot a gun and grow a garden, then preserve the harvest.
I raised chickens, ducks and pheasants.. we can do it!
I was jealous for the longest time, dreaming of owning a farm so I can pick up the trades and skills that my Grandfather had achieved when he was alive. From farming, to gardening, to bee keeping, to making his own maple syrup and wine...it was paradise for me as a kid. When we visited the farm we could pick apples, grapes, blackberries, and all kinds of vegetables and just enjoy it all with my cousins. I want our new home to be like that. In August we got that. Now for the baby steps in making it our reality...just wish I had some maple trees to make our own syrup!
As for seed starting, I am tired of wasting money on seed trays. Granted it does not cost too much, but season after season it does add up. At least with TP it is a guarantee that we will have rolls, and enough for the spring sowing season. And yes, I am all about reusing and not tossing it into the trash. For the yogurt containers I line them with newspaper that way when its time to transplant I am not breaking the fragile roots.
Our garden is our first step at saving money. In March or April we will get a few chickens (layers and meat birds) to start out with. Then some rabbits and dairy goats. But first I need to build the infrastructure. Again, all baby steps.
I hope you find your property! We got 10 acres and I think we will be just fine with that size.
FYI, being that you said your husband hunts; when looking at properties be sure your are out in the COUNTY and not within city limits. Our farm is in the city limits, and we live next to a subdivision. Long story short, I cannot hunt my own farm. Missouri law says I can, but the city says no! I am too close to a subdivision. And this is what I am missing out on....UGH!!! The only joy we get is my girls naming all the deer. Ha Ha Ha (I am crying on the inside!!)
Have a great and blessed morning!
Kenny
Pfeiler Family Farm
I'm chomping at the bit to get mine ordered. I need to get my hands in some soil...pronto!
I know! Having playing in the dirt withdrawals here too!
Settling up and organizing the greenhouse again... pulling out the watering cans... sigh... such WONDERFUL dreams!
I haven't put my order in yet! 😕 And I'm getting anxious!😧 I know we're just in the first week of January, but I feel like I'm running out of time! Oi vey.
I'm unreasonably loyal to Baker Creek, but I think I'll check out MI Gardener. 99cents is hard to pass up. 😀
Oh this was just one order of MANY... and I mean MANY!
I do them in little quantities. Yeah, it does tend to cost more for shipping but I am so methodical and this is what works best for me.
Yeah, MI Gardener is cheaper and they have great seeds; maybe not as big of a selection, so I usually start with them first
Lol! When I "woke up" I bought heirloom seeds. LOTS of them... I am making myself use them up before I make any more big orders and having the catalogs come in is killin' me! But I am going to get some trays going, as soon as I have seedlings to fuss over my seed lust will be vanquished!
I will be cleaning off and organizing my indoor gardening table soon. I have to make sure I am ready!
I get so giddy and excited when this time of year approaches. Hard not to!
I just got our seeds that we ordered too, not to long ago. I am getting really excited for the year ahead. We are trying a lot of new and different things. Can't wait!
Me too! I have never been so anxious for a gardening season to start. I can almost hear my seedling trays calling my name!
You are a lot more organized than I am!
lol- I have to be.... it's my nature to be overly organized!
Thank you @goldendawne for sharing your post!
I know exactly how you feel with getting your seeds and planning your garden for the coming year.
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I wish you all the best and a wonderful year with a lot of fun and happiness in your garden.
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The feeling from ordering the seeds, to plant them to watching the seedlings grow... then the final harvest? All of it so exhilarating!
Wow that's going to be quite the garden.
And I am limited on space. I can only imagine the trouble I'd get into if I had more land- lol
Dilly dilly!!
lovage! lemongrass! you are going to be thrilled with those. and granted, my winter is milder than yours, but i have lovage still green & growing right now. the bees cant resist it, and it is BEAUTIFUL. 😁💚
Yes... I added the lovage towards the end of my list.I had read about it and thought... hmmm, it would be a nice addition.
And the lemon grass has so many uses- from cooking to tea
LOL i just realize i got lovage and borage confused. whatever - they're both amazing plants with a multitude of uses!
tom kha soup is another favourite of mine. lemongrass that broth up, baby!
A little tip for all you youngsters gardening out there, Never ever oder your seeds online when your hungry. LOL
lol- yeah... just like don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry!
I do tend to OVER order.. but trust me, no seed goes to waste!