New Seeds To Try

I participated again this year in the Canadian Autumn Seed Exchange.  This is it's 8th year running!  My return package arrived yesterday.  It is always fun to see what seeds are enclosed and to look up the details of the unfamiliar varieties.

In this year's package...

Flowers 
Lavatera “Silver Cup”
Marigold “Crackerjack”
Marigold “Jane Bright”
Marigold “Vanilla”
Prairie Crocus
Sunflower “Sunspot” (dwarf type)
Sunflower “North Pole” (dwarf type – Sunspot – put out by Canada Post)
Zinnia “Pink Seniorita” 
  

Vanilla Marigolds - Territorial Seed Company

Herbs
Chamomile “Bodegold”
Dill “Mammoth Long Island”
Lemon Balm

BodeGold Chamomile - Adaptive Seeds

Lovage
Marshmallow
Sage – broadleaf (perennial)
Sage - common
Sweet Marjoram 


Beans (bush) 
Contender
Flageolet
Greencrop
Garbanzo “Magic Carpet”
Round Pod Kidney Wax
Wood Mountain Crazy
YerFasal
Zuni Shalako 

Beans (pole) 
Early Riser
Kentucky Wonder Blue 

Kentucky Blue Pole Beans - Park Seed

Carrots 
Rainbow Mix 

Cow Peas 
California Black-Eye Pea 

Garlic (bulbils) 
Persian Star (Purple Stripe)
Spanish Roja (Rocambole) 

Spanish Roja - Territorial Seed Company

Greens 
Cabbage “Early Dutch”
Cabbage “Early Golden Acre"
 Kale “Lacinato” 
Lettuce “Buttercrunch” 
Lettuce “Freckle”
Swiss Chard “Fordhook Giant” 

Leeks 
Blue Solaise 

Peas 
Desiree Blauschokker
Margaret McKee’s Baking Pea 

Margaret McKee's Baking Pea - Heritage Harvest Seeds

Pumpkin 
Baby Boo 

Squash 
Early Prolific Straightneck
Pink Banana
Spaghetti 

Tomatoes 
Amish Paste
Coastal Pride Orange
Manitoba
Opalka
Purple Russian
Sausage

Solar Flare tomato - Baker Creek Seeds

Solar Flare
Tasmanian Chocolate
Virginia Sweet

Missing The Sunshine

I discovered Bea tucked under the grow light this morning, nibbling on the not-quite-ready cat grass that recently sprouted.  She decided to snooze in that spot for a while.  I don't blame her.

Time to set up my daylight lamp, I think!

 

Going Stag

An afternoon visitor!  This fellow wandered through just before 2:00PM. He was alone and seemed a bit lost. It looked like he was trying to head North, back out of town. Usually, when we do see deer, it is early in the morning. Kind of strange to see one in town in the middle of the day.

(The pictures were taken with a basic camera, through winter-grimy windows on an overcast day. Click to enlarge!)


Heading up the driveway...

...and then North...

...taking a detour into the backyard of the property two doors up...

  
....before hearing the (many) dogs in yards across the alley and heading back out to the street, going North again.

Hoping he safely made it where he was going without too much interference from dogs or traffic.