Garden Update 2.16.12

Remember when I said that receiving seed catalogs was like looking at garden porn?
That was before we received all these catalogs...

Earlier this week, Mom and I made a list of seeds to buy. Then Grandma said she was getting ready to order seeds from Jung's catalog. So I wrote up our wishlist and gave it to her, expecting a couple days to get her some money before she ordered, or for her to pare down the order. Not so... Tuesday night I got home and she had already sent off the order!

Here's what we have coming from Jung's. I suppose I should keep track of seed costs and harvest totals again this year, too...

Blue Lake 274 beans $2.25
Speedy beans $2.65
Early golden bantam sweet corn $2.25
Marketmore 76 cucumbers $1.75
Alibi hybrid cucumbers $1.95
Athena hybrid cantaloupe $3.35
Early frosty peas $1.75
Early sweet sugar pie pumpkin $1.95
Jung's summer medley zucchini $2.95
Crimson sweet watermelon $1.95
Table king bush acorn squash $1.95

Grandma added the following to the order:
Summer dance hybrid cucumber $2.75
Green ice lettuce $2.25
Karina garden pea $2.25
Red ace hybrid beet $2.25
German giant radish $1.95
Carolina golden hybrid tomato $3.75

From Burgess, we are ordering:
Mary Washington asparagus 10/$3.96
Victoria rhubarb 2/$3.99
Giant blueberry collection 6/$34.99

Now we have to figure out where all this and the fruit trees are going!

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Seed Cost

Last year I decided to try keeping track of the produce I harvest. Here's a list, including prices, of what I purchased this year:

Old Homestead (Kentucky Wonder) Green Beans             $2
Chantenay Red Core Carrot                                              $2
Tonda di Parigi Carrot                                                       $2.25
European Mesclun Mix                                                     $3
Rocky Top Lettuce Mix                                                     $3
Tall Telephone Garden Pea                                                $2.25
Giant Noble Spinach                                                         $1.75
Cilantro, Slo-Bolt                                                               $2
Red Mexican Hat Wildflower                                             $1.50
Yellow Prairie Coneflower Wildflower                               $1.50
(Shipping from Baker Creek: $3)

Intermediate Day Onion Sampler                                      $10.75
Lancelot Leeks                                                                 $10.95
(Shipping from Dixondale Farms: not determined until shipping time; should be next week!)

Total                                                                                $42.95 (~45.95 incl. shipping)

I would also like to purchase some garlic and shallots, and will be looking for those at Wickman's Gardens soon.

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