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The seeds that I plant

Like I said before, I really like The Pinetree Seed Company. Currently, only seeds from Pinetree are in my garden.

#203 Pinetree Lettuce Mix
#32 Early Wonder Beets
#301 Cherry Belle Radishes
#73 Little Finger Carrots
#330 Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach
#95 Fordhook Swiss Chard
#34 Burpee's Golden Beets
#263 Sugar Ann Snap Peas
#656 Sophia Mix Marigold

The Pinetree Lettuce Mix was a great success last year. As you can see, I have chosen several different Pinetree Mixes this year. I loved the different colors of lettuces. The Little Finger Carrots were something we ate straight from the garden most of the time, as were the Cherry Belle Radishes.

I use intensive gardening methods and many of the vegetables listed above will be planted again once a month during our cool vegetable planting season, which is roughly September through March.

I love poring over the seed catalog and boy, could I ever spend a few hundred dollars in seeds, books, gardening tools. And no, I don't work for Pinetree.

Here are the seeds I plan to buy and plant in the future.
In the past I have tried to use only heirloom seeds, but since I never seem to save the seeds, I am going to try some more hybrids (indicated below by an H) this year, along with heirlooms. Also seeds with (new) are those that I have never tried.

Seeds to plant in September

#32 Early Wonder Beets
#34 Burpee's Golden Beets
#49 Boram 92 Broccoli (H) (new)
#69 Mokum Carrots (H) (new)
#96 Rhubarb Chard (new)
#203 Pinetree Lettuce Mix
#301 Cherry Belle Radishes
#305 Easter Egg Radishes (H) (new)
#308A Pinetree Radish Mix (new)
#330 Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach
#331 Melody Spinach (H) (new)
#332 Space Spinach (H) (new)
#OR67 Evergreen Bunching Onions (new)
#611C Touch of Red Calendula Mix (new)
#653 Crackerjack Marigolds

I am not sure when gourds should be planted in my area, but this one sounded very interesting!
#NA55 Luffa "Grow your own sponges and scrubbers." (new)

Seeds to plant in October

#OR72 Snow Pea - Oregon Sugar Pod II (new)
#818B Perfume Delight Sweet Pea Flowers
#573 Common Mint

Seeds to plant in December
These will be the only seeds that I start indoors (around December 10th) and will transplant out in February. Starting indoors gives these plants a much needed jump on the season. It starts getting very hot here in the desert in May.

#151 Dusky Eggplant (H) (new)
#152 Ichiban Eggplant (H) (new)
#155 Bride Eggplant (H) (new)
#402 First Lady Tomatoes (H) (new)
#396 Golden Boy Tomatoes (H) (new)

Seeds to plant in February

#115A Burgundy Delight Corn (H) (new)
#270A Jingle Bells Mini Bell Peppers (H) (new)
#273 Purple Beauty Bell Peppers (H) (new)
#273A Red Beauty Bell Peppers (H) (new)
#273B Chocolate Beauty Bell Peppers (H) (new)
#343 Ingot Summer Squash (new)
#348 Greyzini Summer Squash (H) (new)
#349 Gold Rush Summer Squash (H) (new)
#LA79 Pinetree Hot Peppers Mix (new)
#677A Belleza D'Autuno Sunflowers (new)
#677B Sole D'Oro Sunflowers (new)
heirloom sunflower seeds from my biggest sunflower seed ever

As a matter of fact, I've never tried to grow bell peppers. I have tried corn one year, and squash, but different varieties. You can easily find a description of any of the listed seeds by checking out Pinetree's homepage.

Seeds to plant in March

#514 Pinetree Basil Mix (new)
#130 Burpless Cucumbers (H)
#131 Boothby's Blonde Cucumbers (new)

Seeds to plant in July

Jacob's Cattle Dried Beans (new)
Vermont Cranberry Dried Beans (new)

Your questions and comments welcome, please write Starlene

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