Throw Back Thursday - February 18, 2017

The freebies that I got a month ago

Just over a year ago I was looking at seed catalogs and thinking about the things that I wanted to get into the garden that season. Go HERE for that episode :) Last year's garden was a fail on my part, but I'm not going to dwell on that, I'm going back to the basics.

This past Tuesday I placed an order with Seed Savers Exchange and it has shipped! I should be getting a box in the mail tomorrow!! Alright!! So excited - I'm going to go a little more simple and do the things that have worked in the past - I may have tried too many new things last year.

What will be featured in this year's garden? Here are the two collections that I have decided to go with:

The Cut Flower selection:

• Amish Cockscomb - this one hasn't made it into my flower garden - so this is a first.
• Blue Boy Bachelor's Buttons - I love Bachelor's Buttons and so do the bees!
• Love-in-a-Mist - another new one for the garden
• Globe Amaranth - I am pretty sure that this one was in one of my first gardens when I chose a bunch of flowers for dried arrangements.
• Spider Flower Mixture - First time for this one!
• Sensation Cosmos - These are a favorite and I have had them in almost every garden. Love them!
• Summer Pastels Yarrow - Another new flower in the mix.

So, as I was going through the list (as if I didn't realize before) it appears that there are more "new" flower varieties that I have not tried before. I'm not going to let this get to me though, I will succeed this year!

The Beginner Gardener Selection:

• Provider Bean
• French Breakfast Radish
• Green Arrow Pea
• Velvet Queen Sunflower
• Early Fortune Cucumber
• Black Beauty Squash
• SSE Lettuce Mixture

All of the vegetables that are coming are not necessarily new. Like I said before going back to the basics. 

And, because I wanted to try at least one other thing got some Good Mother Stallard beans. A couple of years ago I planted a short row of drying beans and they actually grew and I got a few beans. Not enough to do anything with, but they worked! Planning for a bounty of beans to store for winter.

AND as a bonus, orders that were $20+ would also include a Bee Feed Mix for free. I like free!! I have plans for that packet...so many places to choose from. 

I love seed catalog season and ordering seeds to grow special vegetables and flowers!

Today my happy quotient has been filled!