February 28, 2010 Ordered the Seeds

I placed my Seed Saver's Exchange order today.  Here's what I ended up with:

1. Bean, KY Wonder Pole , Packet 50 seeds
2. Bean, Purple Pod Pole OG, Packet 50 seeds 
3. Carrot, Dragon , Packet 250 seeds
4. Cucumber, Crystal Apple OG, Packet 25 seeds
5. Cucumber, Longfellow OG, Packet 25 seeds
6. Lettuce, Amish Deer Tongue , Packet 250 seeds   
7. Lettuce, Slobolt OG, Packet 250 seeds
8. Lettuce, Yugoslavian Red OG, Packet 250 seeds
9. Pea, Amish Snap , Packet 100 seeds 
10. Radish, French Breakfast OG, Packet 250 seeds
11. Spinach, America , Packet 250 seeds 

When you add up the number of seeds it seems like a lot.  I was thinking that I wanted a good variety of the veggies I grew successfully last year.  For example I'm looking forward to the Purple Pole Beans, the unusual Crystal Apple Cucumber, and a couple of new varieties of Lettuce.  Will I need 750 heads of lettuce or 250 Radishes? No.  But I figured I could give some seeds away and hold on to the rest for next season.  And I know I said I wasn't going to do radishes this year but I once again couldn't resist.  This variety is long and supposedly has a mild flavor.  I'm a sucker for anything I can harvest that early!

I've got a week or two until they arrive (free shipping!) so I need to figure out the the logistics of starting the seeds indoors soon.  All those seeds are going to take up some serious space!

We also had our 4th blizzard of the year roll through this past week (although this last one was mostly wind and the snow accumulation was way lower than the 12-14" they were predicting), so the snow is still ever present.  The forecast for the next few days is in the mid-40's with lots of sun.  So I'm hoping that the snow will melt away and the ground will finally begin to thaw soon. I haven't been down to the garden plot in a  month because of the 70+ inches of snow this season, but from the porch it looks like I've got a lot of work mending the trellis and cleaning up the plot, but I'm looking forward to it!