Bps1691
Veteran Member
Well it's that time of year again when the seed catalogs start arriving and my mind starts to look forward to the next planting season.
I start planning my new garden for real at the tail end of December after Christmas, in preparation for placing my orders for my normal yearly purchases of seed potatoes, onion and leek sets and such in early January for the coming spring. It's the time I check my gathered and stored seeds for viability to determine if I need to order replacements and its the time I pour over the seed catalogs looking for that something new that I want to try.
Like most self sufficiency items, there were points in 2020 where finding good quality Open Pollinated seeds got tight with the sudden inrush of people who decided to expand their gardens or take up gardening for the first time. On this and many other sites I read long strings of posts commiserating that the authors were caught short in finding the seeds that they wanted.
Well to all those folks it's time to start planning and get your butts in gear. Take inventory of what you have, what you want to plant this year and to start gathering the things you will need for a successful gardening season in 2021.
I went to my normal source for seed potatoes site today to place my order for Late March shipment and was shocked. They had already sold out of the Irish Cobblers that is one of my favorites! I went ahead and ordered my other standard seed potatoes, but now have to find a source for the Cobblers.
I start planning my new garden for real at the tail end of December after Christmas, in preparation for placing my orders for my normal yearly purchases of seed potatoes, onion and leek sets and such in early January for the coming spring. It's the time I check my gathered and stored seeds for viability to determine if I need to order replacements and its the time I pour over the seed catalogs looking for that something new that I want to try.
Like most self sufficiency items, there were points in 2020 where finding good quality Open Pollinated seeds got tight with the sudden inrush of people who decided to expand their gardens or take up gardening for the first time. On this and many other sites I read long strings of posts commiserating that the authors were caught short in finding the seeds that they wanted.
Well to all those folks it's time to start planning and get your butts in gear. Take inventory of what you have, what you want to plant this year and to start gathering the things you will need for a successful gardening season in 2021.
I went to my normal source for seed potatoes site today to place my order for Late March shipment and was shocked. They had already sold out of the Irish Cobblers that is one of my favorites! I went ahead and ordered my other standard seed potatoes, but now have to find a source for the Cobblers.
