Muddy Musings

It was: A diversion from the everyday life of home educating, keeping house and chasing children - my garden keeps me sane. At least, that's the theory... In here you'll find fundamentalist diatribes on the evils of F1 seed and philosophical ramblings about the rest of life. It's now: Kids, chickens, dog, house building and the odd rambling about airplanes.

Friday, January 21, 2005

Seedy stuff

Well - I didn't realise I had quite so many seeds. lol

Here's a brief precis of what I've got in my seed fridge...

Amaranth - Vietnamese Red

Beans (climing French/pole) - Canelli dry white, Georgische, Siva, Zebrina, Turkish, Cobra, Veense, Cordoba, Cherokee Trail of Tears (white seeded)
Beans (dwarf French/bush) - Miracle, Yellow Wax
Beans (lima) - Christmas pole, Henderson's bush
Beans (broad/fava) - Aquadulce, Crimson flowered
Beans (half-runners) - Mountaineer, Pink half-runner, Taylor horticultural
Beetroot (beets) - Yellow cylindrical, Bulls Blood, Early Wonder, Detroit Dark Red
Broccoli - Purple Sprouting
Brussell Sprout - Evesham special

Cabbage - Early Jersey Wakefield, Primo
Carrot - Dragon Purple, Shin Kuroda 5", Scarlet Nantes, Danvers Half Long, Early Nantes 2
Cauliflower - Early Snowball, Sicilian Purple
Celery - Verte Pascal
Chard - Yellow Chard, Lucullus, Rainbow
Chinese Cabbage - Michihhli
Corn - Hopi Blue, Stowell's Evergreen, Purple Popcorn, Golden Bantam, Bloody Butcher, Strawberry Popcorn
Cucumber - Delnevostok, Marketmore, Richmond Green Apple, Lemon, National Pickles

Eggplant(aubergine) - Caspar
Gourd - Luffa/Dishcloth
Herb - Lettuce leaf basil, Dill, Parsley
Leek - Blue de Solaize, American Flag
Lettuce - Merveille des Quatre Saisons, Oak Leaf, Red Romaine, Organic Mesclun Salad, Raddichio Frumolo Biondo, Iceberg, Green Salad Bowl, Little Gem

Melon(round) - Kolchoznitsa, Georgian, Small Persion, Minnesota Midget
Melon(watermelon) - Kolb's Gem, Black Diamond, Golden Midget
Onion - Bianca di Maggio, Rossa Lunga di Firenze, White Lisbon (spring), *Stuttgart Giant sets
Oriental greens - Mizuna, Chinese Pak Choy

Peas(round) - Green Arrow, Alaskan, Thomas Laxton, Laxton's Progress No9, Alderman
Peas (sugar/snap) - Dwarf Grey Sugar Pod, Sugar Snap, Mammoth Melting Sugar, Carouby De Mausanne
Peas (crowder) - Red ripper, Running Conch, Zipper Cream, Mississippi Silver, Black Crowder

Pepper(sweet) - Corno di Toro Giallo
Pepper(chili) - Tabasco, Thai Yellow Chilli, Cayenne Long Thin, Donetsk Ukranian Chile, *Hot Tepin
Pumpkin - Jack O'Lantern

Radish - French Breakfast, Chinese White Winter
Spinach - Bloomsdale

Squash (winter) - Ukranian Heirloom, Spaghetti, Pink Banana, Spaghetti, Turks Cap, Red Warty Thing, *Butternut Sprinter
Squash (summer) - Bennings Green Tint Scallop, Black Beauty Zucchini, Courgette All Green Bush
Swede - American Purple Top

Tomato - Lescana, Vjerino Paradijz Sjeme, Black Krim, Ballada, Black from Tula, Snow White, Red Fig/Pear, Amish Salad, Golden Roma, Thai Pink Egg, Red Cherry, Great White Beefsteak, Rutgers, Balconi Red, Gardener's Delight
Turnip - Purple top White Globe, Shogun

Flowers - *Giant Yellow Sunflower, *Black Beauty Pansy

If you actually made it all the way to the bottom - well done! Go make yourself a cup of ginger tea and relax...

And not a single variety listed here is F1 or hybrid. The majority are heirloom or heritage varieties, hence the fabulous names. :)

(edited to add * packets 24/01/05)

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