Ah, the time of year when winter is dragging on and spring is yet to be around the corner... which means, it's time to start thinking about SEED CATALOGS. Garden porn at it's finest and most wishful. I like drooling over pictures of beautiful vegetables (come on, I can't be alone in that regard?). I am considering what I want to grow this year. Looking online at all the glorious seeds always makes me want at least an acre... while I have much, much less room... probably two 8'x8' beds and a dozen 5-gallon containers. Truth be told, I love the IDEA of having a huge garden but with my adult ADD I frequently fall short of my ideals. Last year I even lost my glorious Lemon Thyme, which was my baby. I forgot to water it. It is a good thing that TS has not HTF yet because if I had to eat out of my garden to keep myself alive, I would starve in short order. Well, I guess that's what it's all about - a learning process, right? I'd better start planting perennials, trees and bushes and work on my barter skills :D In the meantime, I will keep experimenting and finding out what grows in my area - and what I'm capable of growing. I also admit I keep more seeds than I need on hand to share and as potential barter materials in trade.
My favorite seed companies include:
Seeds of Change (http://www.seedsofchange.com/)
Seed Savers Exchange (http://www.seedsavers.org/)
Fedco (http://www.fedcoseeds.com/)
Sustainable Seed Company (http://sustainableseedco.com)
Uprising Seeds (http://www.uprisingorganics.com/) in WA
I do like to buy locally, so I do most of my shopping for seeds at these two companies:
Horizon Herbs (https://www.horizonherbs.com/) in Williams, OR
Territorial Seeds (http://www.territorialseed.com/) in Cottage Grove, OR
Champoeg State Heritage Area (http://www.champoeg.org/) in St. Paul, OR
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