Seed catalog

[majorcatfish]

@majorcatfish , I know you have used Johnny's Seed. Their catalog arrived yesterday.

I carried the catalog off to bed last night. Visually, wonderful and the thing is quite a volume of choices and info, a resource. I was left wondering about who writes text for the new products. Maybe the question is who edits, since writing text, especially for the internet, seems to be freelancer territory these days.

Anyway, it's professionally laid out but they seem to be losing any easy-going style. Imagining @majorcatfish reading ...

I'd like to grow Ancho and shore up my pepper lose ratio, ho ho ... May well go for their Baron. The idea of a garden industry baron gives me more confidence ... These peppers, "produce better than other anchos under challenging and favorable conditions" I can think that would be a good thing.

However, their Divergent (at odds?) melons, "bred and trialed to withstand the stressors of organic cropping systems" - "stressors?" What? I'm uncomfortable with those.

I guess I've become tolerant of the flowery superlatives and Yankee pragmatism weighs a little. I think it would be better for me to read this thing after 10am and I have arrived at my corner office.

Steve
still crumbled up in a blanket at oh dark thirty

yes last year purchased everything from johnnys seeds.

going to stick with the "highlander" pepper, over the years have tried different types of ancho peppers with poor production. the highlander being a Anaheim does quite well out here with the humidity and is a very prolific producer. plus they have a wonderful flavor to them.

as for watermelons think will stick with a crimson sweet melon next year...

 

[digitS']

It came in a plain brown wrapper.


Steve

 

[Sam BigDeer]

Received my first two in today's (30NOV16) mail; i.e., Seed Savers Exchange and Seeds 'n Such.. Seeds 'n Such is an outfit out of Graniteville, SC....
Sam

 

[baymule]

I got a Seed Savers Exchange catalog yesterday. I love catalogs!

 

[Smart Red]

My second one of the new growing year came today ... Park Seeds. Almost everything is hybrid. I don't do hybrids.

 

[buckabucka]

Only Johnny's has arrived here. I always pick up a few things from them locally, but the bulk of my ordering will wait for Fedco.

 

[bobm]

My second one of the new growing year came today ... Park Seeds. Almost everything is hybrid. I don't do hybrids.

Hey Red, hybrids have genetic diversity , something that environmentalists favor ! Heck, mules ( crosses between a horse x donkey among others), occur naturally. Just ask Baymule. Hybrids between closely related species are the start of new species too. Society finch is one example.

 

[digitS']

@PennyJo

I have something so you .

Northwest Seed Companies

Maybe the catalog is the way to go ...

Have you had your second cup of morning coffee? (I have ). (Let's allow Bob a look at those seeds, too.)

Steve

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

My second one of the new growing year came today ... Park Seeds. Almost everything is hybrid. I don't do hybrids.

All I buy from them are Cobra pole beans. I am afraid not to plant them. My freezer is so full of green beans that I am almost afraid TO PLANT them for 2017.

 

[bobm]

Get this... several years ago , one of my neighbors had a bumper crop of apples. They called a food bank to offer them the apples. They said NO because they were home grown. So they cut down 5 apple trees since they were starting to produce more apples then they needed and giving to friends.