Planning my garden and ordering seeds

[EC]

what kind of lettece should I get?

[Book Lover]

1. May I push you to the place I get my seeds?

http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/index.htm

They are *great*.

[EC]

6. I'll look, but I order usually from an organic seed collection

company. The tomato I'm trying this year is a Russian Black that 1 single woman collected the seeds and sent in to company, sounds good.

[bettyellen]

16. is that the crazy little anachist catalog from california

with all the footnotes ??

[Book Lover]

17. Yes, yes it is

Same county as myself, too. They are great folks, and I heartily recommend them.

[bettyellen]

19. I love them! His catalog is amazing.

[bettyellen]

20. dupe?

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. Hmmm...

Romaine lettuce is high in nutrients. Iceberg sucks.

fsc

[EC]

7. I know, I'm looking at Romaine, but there are 15 different ones

of Romaine alone. Have tried Majestic Red, and that was good, but want to try a new one. Am trying to find one that won't bolt when weather starts getting warm.

[AllegroRondo]

3. I prefer spinach

lots of flavor, and easy to grow. but thats just me.

[jswordy]

5. Me too. I live in a hotter clime and spinach doesn't bolt as fast

I had the tiller out last weekend, matter of fact, it is so nice here.

[EC]

9. I'm looking at a Romaine called

Valmaine, that isn't supposed to bolt, says can grow in spring, summer and fall...thick and meaty leaves...? Anyone tried this one?

[jswordy]

27. I have never found a lettuce that won't bolt here in south TN

They are usually done for by the end of May. My neighbor is prepping his cold garden now, but I think I'm gonna skip it til time for the warm weather plants this year.

[EC]

8. I'm getting spinach and kale also

and also for salads of course I'm getting nasturteums, yummy..and pretty...

[demnan]

4. Depends on where you live

I live in Virginia and when I had a garden I favored buttercrunch and black seeded Simpson, the buttercrunch for flavor and the Simpson for their ability to resist bolting in warm Spring weather.

Choose a lettuce that goes with your climate.

[EC]

10. I've grown both of those and I loved the Buttercrunch

the Simpson always seems to be good at reseeding itself, so I know I'll have that anyway...But I'm looking for something with a heavier flavor...

[Shakespeare]

11. My favorite seed company has lots of lettuce varieties avaialble.

http://www.reneesgarden.com

This company was started by the same woman who started the wonderful Shepherd's Seeds years ago (they were bought out and promptly killed by White Flower Farm about 5 years ago). I believe they're all organic, many heirloom varieties, and many slow-bolting lettuce varieties. I just discovered the reincarnated Renees/Shepherds site this year, and have ordered about 75% of my herb, vegetable and flower seeds from them. I can't recommend them highly enough.

[EC]

13. I'll take a look ....n/t

[Historic NY]

12. Boston lettuce is tasty

[EC]

14. Good for sandwiches too?...n/t

[4_Legs_Good]

15. I gave up on leafy stuff

It always gets infested with bugs, and I'm bug-phobic.

I try to concentrate on stuff that is "tamper evident".

My zucchini did *really* well last year until it got infested completely with whitefly (I think) and destroyed in just a few days.

All in all last year was great for crops! It made me feel like a real gardener again! I'm getting ready for this year...

Now if only I could keep the earwigs out of my artichokes...

david

[SoCalDem]

25. What if you ties cheesecloth around it?? Could the earwigs

still get into them??

[4_Legs_Good]

26. That might work...

or maybe I could make little cages out of screening or something. The earwigs don't eat the artichokes, they just live in them like apartments or something. It' actually pretty odd.

Artichokes grow really well in my neck of the woods, so I should really try to figure out something to do about them, although they do take a lot of space, and I don't have much. Hmmmmm...

david

[loudestchick]

18. I love "Tom Thumb". It's a miniature butterhead varietal. Only 6"

across. Each little head is perfect for an individual salad and it matures early.

Do you plant Sugar snap peas? We love "Sugar Bon" It's a bush variety and extremely sweet/crisp.

[bettyellen]

21. Get some Moonflowers if you can... and plant them where you

can watch them open at dusk. It looks like they are breathing before they open.

[MissMarple]

22. Arugula is very tasty, spicy and peanutty.

And it's easy to grow.

[Shakespeare]

23. I LOOOOOVE arugula!

My absolute favorite salad green. Growing some myself this year, in fact.

[onecent]

24. Could you tell me the name of the catalog for organic seeds and such pls?

Thanks.

[MissMillie]

28. red leaf

it's sooo pretty