Yesterday was a welcome reprieve from the constant rain here in southern Tennessee. It’s back again today with all day showers/storms forecast/expected.
A constant breeze yesterday set up conditions where I could get out and work without sinking into the saturated soil so I took a stab at clearing out some of the gravel around the planting beds in the garden and stuffed some more hay into the hay rings so that I wouldn’t have to do it today. I won’t melt but the tractor will tear up the pasture when They’re drenched.
Today is a different story, the rain came for a good long while and I spent the morning working up my veggie and seed order from Victory Seeds (site here). I found everything I needed but the Besser Tomatoes. Amazon has them and they did just fine last time I went there.
Just as I was rounding out my ‘shopping cart’ at Victory I got spam mail from another seed provider that I’ve purchased from in the past: Harris Seed. A quick look at their site and one thing became immediately apparent: Someone is doing drugs in Rochester.
I thought someone had had erred so I dug a little deeper and found that the people over at Harris (site here) must really love their seeds.
When it comes to tomatoes there is no limit to the varieties. The same goes for other edibles but not quite so apparent. Baker Creek (site here) has some pretty wild heirloom varieties. I’ve done business with in the past and they were the only firm that bothered to mail me (as in someone carries a physical object and places in a box near your home) a color hard copy of their seed catalog. Unsolicited.
I’m was going to pass on all of the novelties this year and get back to the very basics of a country garden, but what’s the fun in that? I’m ordering these multicolored gems and the large yellow beefsteak (below).
I’ve still got to order root-stock and scion wood for apple and pear, but that’s an adventure (and story) saved for another day.