Through this forum, we would like to find ways to share seeds with one another. 

In this thread, please list:

• The seeds that you have, and would be willing to share with others
• The seeds that you are looking for

Let's see if we can do some matchmaking!

-- Andy

I have the following seeds that I'd be willing to share:

• Snow Peas - Oregon Giant
• Eggplant - Japanese Long Purple
• Spinach - Correnta Hybrid
• Green Onion - White Lisbon
• Pepper - Grand Bell Mix
• Pepper - Anaheim
• Green Bean - Tendergreen
• Basil - Genovese
• Basil - Sweet Italian
• Cilantro
• Lettuce - Italian Blend
• Brussels Sprouts - Long Island
• Carrot - Danvers
• Radish - Blend
• Marigold - Crackerjack Mixed
• Nasturtium - Jewel Mixed
• Cut flower mix
• Lavender
• Sunflower - Hallo

Would anyone like to use some of these seeds?

 

In addition, I'm planning to order the following for planting in 2009 (which I'd love to share):

• Pole beans - 'Kentucky Wonder'
• Soybean - Edible Soybean 'Beer Friend'
• Summer squash - 'Gentry Hybrid'
• Zucchini - 'Gurney's Pride'
• Rhubarb
• Wildflowers - shade mix
• Blueberry food - Garden solutions
• Tomato - 'Lemon Drop'
• Tomato - 'Polish Linguisa'
• Tomatillo - 'Toma Verde'
• Oregano - 'Greek Oregano'
• Peppers - 'Dancing Spirits' (hot)
  
• Peppers - 'Yummy Sweet' (small sweet)
  
• Cucumber - 'Iznik'
• Broccoli - 'Super Blend'
• Parsley - 'Parsley Giante d'Italia'

Would anyone be interested in sharing some of these seeds? (More details what I'm planning to order can be found in the attachment.) 

Thanks --

-- Andy

Thank you so much for coordinating this, Andy!

I would like to share with you from what you have on hand:

• radishes
• green onion
• marigold
• eggplant
• spinach
• basil
• sunflower
• lavendar

I would like to share in an order from you what you previously indicated you are ordering, the following:

• zucchini
• and maybe the rhubarb

I would like to place the following order when you order from Gurney's, if you have not yet done so already (please let me know if you have or haven't, and if you haven't, how we can coordinate getting my payment to you, and an estimate for shipping):

• 14590 Leek, American Flag Leek Onion (1) $1.95
• 14567 Chard, Bright Lights Chard Greens (1) $2.55
• 14560 Chard, Lucullus Swiss Chard Greens (1) $1.75
• 14329 Carrots, Scarlet Nantes Carrot (1) $3.95
• 73526 Arugula, Gourmet Greens (1) $2.25
• 14551 Lettuce, Mild Mesclun Mix Greens (1) $5.95
• 14606 Chives, Chive Herbs (1) $1.95
• 73508 Bush Beans, Green and Gold Blend Bush Beans (1) $1.95
• 66305 Turnip, Laurentian Rutabega (1) $1.95
• 14694 Parsnip, All American Parsnip (1) 1.95
• 14822 Peas, Little Marvel Peas (1) $1.95
• 14832 Peas, Sugar Snap Peas (1) $2.25

I purposely ordered extra chard, carrots, and lettuce(s) to possibly carry over and/or donate to the community for next year.  I would like to plant some chamomile but did not find it on Gurney's if anyone has access to some. 

Just to share a couple of my own notes:

* The local extension agency says garlic can go in the ground NOW!  Not sure if this is true or not -- I'm not ready but thought I would share that information.

* I plan on purchasing tomato and pepper starts once they are (and I am) ready if anyone wants to go shopping with me for those.  I haven't had much luck in the past with starting those from seed for some reason.  But if someone else does have good luck, I would rather buy them from a community member. 

-- Thank you!

Michele

Based on Teena's post, I'm planning to switch my seed order to Seed Savers Exchange.  This will assure us of heirloom seeds that can be shared and saved freely with our community (and provide more organic options besides).

Instead of the seeds that I listed from Gurney's and Cooks Garden, I'm thinking of the following from SSE:

• 908(OG) - Bean, Ideal Market
• 876(OG) - Squash, Fordhook Acorn
• 1345 - Zucchini, Golden
  
• 1191(OG) - Cucumber, Japanese Climbing
• 774(OG) - Tomatillo, Green
• 107 - Tomato, Amish Paste
• 1128(OG) - Tomato, Blondkopfchen
• 1398(OG) - Pepper, Wenk's Yellow Hots
• 1042 - Pepper, Garden Sunshine
• 348 - Broccoli, Calabrese
• 1249 - Oregano, Greek
• 1255 - Tarragon, Russian
• 1252 - Sage, Green Culinary
• 1253 - Spearmint
• 820 - Thyme
• 279(OG) - Parsley, Giante d'Italia
• 1243(OG) - Chives

Would you like to order equivalents in the SSE catalog for your seeds listed above?  (If not, I may still order some other things besides seeds from Gurney's and we can include your choices in the order.)

As for garlic, in "Garlic for the Home Garden," Oregon State Extension recommends that garlic be planted between September and November for overwintering.  That's when SSE ships garlic bulbs as well.

I'd like to try starting tomatoes and peppers from seeds again; likewise, I haven't had much luck with this.  This year, however, I'm planning to use a grow light and see if they do better that way.  If they're successful, you're welcome to some starts.  :-)

-- Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNezTsrCY0Q&eurl=http://anamchara.com/&feature=player_embedded

 Here's  a 9min/49 second youtube about what Monsanto is doing with the seed patents.

 

---

Beth Patterson
Host, Virtual Tea House

Hi Andy, Thanks for your offer to share your seeds. I would be interested in all of them in the top list and broccoli in the second list.  However, I realize I can't plant all of those, and not sure how much I can plant, so I'm going to need a step by step lesson.  Can you tell me how many seeds I can plant in the size bed that I would use.  (Same size as Beth's but I don't remember the size.)   I believe you wrote something about this in an earlier post.  I will look there again.

Thank you!

Love, Jessica

 

Oops! I see you have a new seed list.  Count me in for:

1. beans
2. zucchini
3. cucumber
4. tomatillo
5. pepper
6. broccoli
7. spearmint

Everything I said before still applies; I don't know how much I can plant.  JD

Hi, Jessica --

I answered your question about getting started and seed spacing in a separate thread: http://virtualteahouse.com/forums/thread/15776.aspx

--Andy

Thanks Andi.  I will check all this out this weekend.  And I will get the book fr the library.  Jessica

Thank you for sharing the youtube link.  WOW!  Very informative.  I'm glad I am growing my own garden this year and will be making more conscientious decisions about where I shop for seeds in the future. 

Andy, will you be starting some things indoors soon?  Do you have an idea of when our seeds will be in?  (No rush/no pressure...Just wonnering.) 

If anyone else is interested in starting transplants indoors (or even an indoor herb garden), I will in all liklihood be making a run to the <gulp> STORE -- I hate "shopping" -- to pick up the things I need to start transplants inside so either join me or let me know what you need me to pick up.  I will be getting peat (I almost wrote Pete -- hee hee) pots and a tray or two, for sure.   

I still haven't taken the time to go get everything together in the garage so I'm not sure what all I need but I will be doing that this week or coming weekend.  I actually traded out a massage for some landscape work (bartered it from Craig's List) and I'm meeting with him on Monday so I might have some better ideas after that. 

Some of our seeds and plants have arrived, but not all yet.  Here's what we've received so far:

 

Thyme Garden - Received

Oregano, Greek

Parsley, Italian

Sage, Culinary

Thyme, Culinary

Chives

Chamomile, Roman

St. John's Wort

Baby's Breath

Hops, Magnum

 

Gurney's - Received

Carrot, Scarlet Nantes

Rutabaga, Laurentian

Greens, Gourmet Mix

Wildflowers, Shade Mix

Oregano

Parsnip, All-American

Garden Pea, Little Marvel

 

One Green World - Received

Raspberry, Amity

Blackberry, Triple Crown

Strawberry, Hood

Strawberry, Tristar

Strawberry, Italian Alpine

Currant, Jostaberry

Blueberry, Duke

Blueberry, Bluecrop

Huckleberry, Evergreen

 

Freshops - Received

Hops, Cascade

Hops, Willamette

Hops, Mt. Hood

Hops, Nugget

Hops, Sunbeam

 

 

And here's what I have from previous years, so they're currently available:

 

Have from previous years

Salad blend, Italian

Pea, Oregon Giant

Eggplant, Japanese Long Purple

Spinach, Correnta

Onion, White Lisbon Bunching

Pepper, Grand Bell Mix

Pepper, Anaheim

Bean, Tendergreen

Basil, Sweet Italian

Basil, Genovese

Cilantro, Organic

Brussels Sprouts, Long Island

Carrot, Danvers

Radish, Gourmet Blend

Lavender, True

Marigold, Crackerjack Mixed

Nasturtium, Jewel Mixed

Annual Cut Flower Mixture

Sunflower, Hallo

 

 

Here's what we've ordered but have not yet received:

 

Seed Savers Exchange - Not Yet Arrived

(these have shipped, so they should be arriving any day)

Bean, Ideal Market OG

Squash, Fordhook Acorn OG

Cucumber, Japanese Climbing

Tomatillo, Green Husk OG

Tomato, Amish Paste OG

Tomato, Blondkopfchen OG

Pepper, Wenk's Yellow Hots OG

Pepper, Garden Sunshine

Broccoli, Calabrese

Tarragon, Russian

Spearmint

Leek, Blue Solaize

Chard, Five Color Silverbeet OG

Bean, Pencil Pod Golden Was

Chard, Fordhook Giant

Soybean, Fiskeby OG

 

Seed Savers Exchange - Not Yet Arrived (not shipped)

Bean, Empress

 

Gurney's - Not Yet Arrived (not shipped: estimated 4/10-4/17)

Mesclun Mix

Sage, Broadleaf

Potato, Yukon Gold

Garlic, California

Rhubarb

Asparagus

Yarrow, Summer Pastel

Clematis, Climbing

Weigela, Variegated

Poppy, Oriental Brilliant

Poppy, Picotee

Poppy, Patty's Plum

Hosta, Variegated

Maiden Pinks

Blue Flax

Lavender, Hardy

Sunflower, Maximillian

 

 

As for starts, I was planning to start a couple of things (broccoli and parsley) this weekend, but since the broccoli hasn't arrived (nor has my grow light), perhaps we should shoot for next weekend for seed swapping and our first few starts?  Most of the indoor seed starts are targeted for early May - it's the first two weeks of May when most of them are scheduled (on my plan anyway).

 

-- Andy

>I'm glad I am growing my own garden this year and will be making more conscientious decisions about where I shop for seeds in the future.

And as for seeds, I'm really hoping that we can get something of a community seed bank going.  Please save the seeds from the veggies that you grow this year!

The SSE order arrived:

Seed Savers Exchange - Received

Bean, Ideal Market OG

Squash, Fordhook Acorn OG

Cucumber, Japanese Climbing

Tomatillo, Green Husk OG

Tomato, Amish Paste OG

Tomato, Blondkopfchen OG

Pepper, Wenk's Yellow Hots OG

Pepper, Garden Sunshine

Broccoli, Calabrese

Tarragon, Russian

Spearmint

Leek, Blue Solaize

Chard, Five Color Silverbeet OG

Bean, Pencil Pod Golden Was

Chard, Fordhook Giant

Soybean, Fiskeby OG

 

The Empress bean is backordered.  Now we just need the remainder of the Gurney's order (mostly plants, not seeds).

Hello Andy,

I am new to the teahouse; but, love the idea. I got a late start on the garden this year but have managed to grow a big beautiful tomatillo. Only after tons of flowers and no fruit did I look up the info on it and find out that it takes two tomatillos to tango. Do you or anyone you know have a spare grown tomatillo? I might even be able to use a few flowers and a paint brush to try and eke out some fruit this year. Please let me know. I can be reached at linkmissing@hotmail.com  Thanks!

Terry Link