My First (mostly) Steem Purchase!

I finally made my first purchase with mostly Steem!

While there were several trades and conversions involved, I still think it counts.

Between the Steem I've stacked, the little bit of profit I've made from trading crypto (all purchased with Steem) and the money I've saved while using Steemit.com (reduction in beer and cigarette consumption), I finally saved up enough to get a few things for the homestead and garden!

While it was just $336, I try my darndest to run as tight a budget as possible to ensure profitability on the homestead.

When all arrives, I'll do an unboxing post.

Atlas
Carrot Seed
1 $7.30
Size: 10,000 Seeds
ID: 3822.55

As we have lots of areas of great soil compaction, I saw these carrots and thought to myself: "Those could do just as good a job of decompaction as small turnips and are probably more marketable!"

I'm planing on doing some test plots against turnips to see how that works out.

Sora Round Radishes Sora
Organic Radish Seed
1 $11.05
Size: 5,000 Seeds
ID: 612G.54

While I don't personally care for radishes that much, they seem to be smaller than most radishes and they're a short season crop that I may be able to get two plantings in the spring and two plantings in the fall.

Corvair Smooth-Leaf Spinach Corvair
Organic (F1) Spinach Seed
1 $6.35
Size: 5,000 Seeds
ID: 2571G.54

My wife loves spinach and our local grocery store sells it at $6/pound.
If it markets at three-times price of cheap ground beef, I'll try it for a season or three!

Esmee Arugula (Roquette) Esmee
Organic Arugula Seed
1 $5.85
Size: 1 Ounce
ID: 3746G.26

I love arugula. Nuf' said!

Yaya Early Carrots Yaya
Organic (F1) Carrot Seed
1 $13.95
Size: 5,000 Seeds
ID: 2681G.54

We don't grow many carrots in Oklahoma. But when we do, they're normally Danvers carrots. Danvers production is rarely consistant, so I'm trying another variety.

Scarlet Kale Scarlet
Kale Seed
1 $6.41
Size: 1,000 Seeds
ID: 3172.53

Kale is another high value crop which has been gaining in popularity over the past few years.

Rudolf Radishes Rudolf
Organic Radish Seed
1 $6.10
Size: 1,000 Seeds
ID: 2557G.53

I had a woman specifically ask for Rudolf radishes, so I thought I'd give them a try.

Bright Lights Swiss Chard Bright Lights
Swiss Chard Seed
1 $4.80
Size: 1,000 Seeds
ID: 703D.53

Chard is always a great seller and Bright Lights has historically performed well here in early plantings.

Ridgeline Romaine Lettuce (Cos) Ridgeline
Organic Lettuce Seed
1 $7.00
Size: 5,000 Seeds
ID: 2536G.54

Head lettuce doesn't do that well here, but bib and cos give acceptable production.
I'm planning on trying some as a covercrop after planting potatoes. This should give a bit of production while helping to control weed growth.

Four-Row Pinpoint Seeder Four-Row Four-Row Pinpoint Seeder
1 $256.00
Size: 1 Unit
ID: 9285.0

Finally, the tool I've been waiting for awhile to get!
This planter will allow me to efficiently plant the seeds. While hand planting may sound like a romantic endeavor, my back doesn't think it sounds good at all. This will eliminate about 95% of my hand planting while speeding up planting at the same time!

As it can plant seeds in as little as a 2 inch spacing, this could really help optimize existing garden space, reducing the need for expansion.

All photos from http://www.johnnyseeds.com

I hope you enjoyed my post!

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