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RE: Received Next Years Seeds From Baker’s Creek
Atomic Grape. What a name. Sounds like something from Fallout. :) Do you save your own seeds at all? It's easy to do and allows you (after a few seasons) to grow plants well acclimatised to your area.
Yeah the Atomic Grape was really interesting. Unfortunately, we did not order any this year. In the past, we have saved our beans and potatoes to use for seed. We are really wanting to get away from growing hybrid plants and go to completely heirloom. So, we are trying several different kinds to see what ones really stand out and will then become permanent keepers.
Nice. It is always good to find what grows well in your local climate and then grow heaps of that. A lot of people seem to go to funny lengths to grow tropical plants in the northern wastes or boreal trees in the steam equatorial zones. If it doesn't want to grow in our garden it doesn't. And if it does then it grows everywhere. We have been keeping our seeds from a batch of various organic/heirloom seeds we bought a few years ago. This year is our first time growing an Ethiopian corn although it is not doing as well as the Anasazi or Strawberry Popcorn. We think, last year, we may have also cross pollinated some Tomatoes to make new and interesting varieties.