Edemame beans.

Always yield a few green pods.

To those who grow them.

_C. Kraus

Recipe

The National Arbor Day foundation's site has a simple map of the US hardiness zones, and shows the shift from 1990 - 2006. Notice that my home state of Kansas is mostly zone 6 now.

National Arbor Day Foundation Hardiness Zone Changes

Labels: Hardiness Zone, National Arbor Day Foundatin

A friendly reader informed me that i had neglected 3 of his favorite seed catalogs:

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Territorial Seed Company
Seeds of Italy

Labels: Heirloom, seeds

Well, with 2 feet of snow on the ground, I thought I'd spend some time looking at this year's line up of garden catalogs. So far, here's who has me on their mailing list (in no particular order):

Burpee
Kelly Nurseries
Johnny Seeds
Gardner's Supply Company
Dixondale Farms
Clyde Robin
Miller Nurseries
Wildseed Farms
Mantis Garden Tools
Gurney's
Stark Bro's
Burgess Seed & Plant Co.

Labels: catalogs, garden

Not entirely sure that Suz will let me construct one of these in the front yard, OR if the HOA would let me grow my lawn long enough... But this hand reminds me of something my classmates and I created in Hays in grade school.

In grade school, a bunch of my classmates and I decided to make an apple w/
a worm out of the dormant buffalo grass on the play ground. About 10 of us
used our hands to rake it up and just piled it in an outline form...it was
pretty cool until the bullies from the older grades ruined it.. The teachers
made them put it back...

_Thanks Jeremy for the link

Labels: art, Hays, Kansas, lawn, Washington Grade School

After some trouble with my browser timing out, I decided rather than placing my order online, I wound up calling Burpee and placing it verbally.

I know this is the busy season for them, but customer service told me there was nothing they could do to see if my Internet order came through and that i should call back Monday to see if I've place 2 orders rather than 1.

Labels: Boulder, Burpee, Colorado, garden, order, seeds

So, with a little consultation from my brother, I've rearranged, added and removed a few things from yesterday's post. I have a little wiggle room for impulse buys later in the spring and summer. I just hope i can find a good place for the sunflowers.

Here's the new wish list:
Potato
Kennebec
Red Pontiac

Watermelon
Fordhook Hybrid

Cucumber
Sweet Burpless Hybrid

Spinach
Baby’s Leaf Hybrid

Lettuce
Simpson Elite

Peas
Sugar Bon

Pepper
Jalapeno M
Anaheim Chili

Carrot
Nantes Half Long

Zucchini
Sweet Zuke Hybid

Tomato
Lemon Boy
Roma VF

Corn
Checkered Choice

Onion
Onion Sets Collection

Squash
Early Acorn Hybrid

To start a new year, I'm starting a journal to track our garden's progress.

What better way to start than with my wish list and plan. The catalogs rolled into my mailbox as another snowstorm hit the Denver Metro area. It seems that I get antsier as we get more snow and cold.

Considering my bed rotation and reflective energy off of the west side of my house, I think i have a good plan. I wintered over some spinach. We'll see how it does once we get some of this white stuff melted off.

Below is my starting list of 'wants'.

Potato
Kennebec
Red Pontiac

Watermelon
Fordhook Hybrid

Cucumber
Sweet Burpless Hybrid

Spinach
Baby’s Leaf Hybrid

Lettuce
Simpson Elite

Peas
Sugar Bon

Pepper
Jalapeno M

Pepper
Anaheim Chili

Carrot
Nantes Half Long

Zucchini
Sweet Zuke Hybid

Tomato
Fourth of July
Roma VF
Yellow Pear

Corn
Checkered Choice

Labels: garden, plants, selections, wish