So my first tomato seeds, planted March 2 in Jiffy peat pellets, have germinated and are looking quite nice and tall (about 3"
)…yay! Varieties: Glacier, Principe Borghese, Cheeseman’s wild cherry, Victory, and Crimson Carmello. Nicklow’s Doubletake and Early Cherry were also planted, but failed to germinate (
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)…yay! Varieties: Glacier, Principe Borghese, Cheeseman’s wild cherry, Victory, and Crimson Carmello. Nicklow’s Doubletake and Early Cherry were also planted, but failed to germinate ().
Germination rate was 72% overall, so very happy about that. 
Tonight I start my next batch of seeds:
Rhubarb (Glaskins Perpetual), Pumpkin (Small Sugar Pie), Tomato (Stupice), Leeks (King Richard), Cucumber (Lemon Novelty), Lettuce (Buttercrunch & Super Gourmet Blend), Celery (Giant Red).
Rhubarb (Glaskins Perpetual), Pumpkin (Small Sugar Pie), Tomato (Stupice), Leeks (King Richard), Cucumber (Lemon Novelty), Lettuce (Buttercrunch & Super Gourmet Blend), Celery (Giant Red).
I ordered some more seeds, all heirloom this time, so I can harvest them for next year, from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co — they have a great flat (& low) shipping rate of $3 — much better than all other places I looked, where shipping started at $7.50. $7.50 to ship 1 ounce worth of seeds? I don’t think so. Baker Creek Seeds can be found at http://rareseeds.com/ Not a lot of pictures, but an amazing variety of rare seeds. If only they had Lanceolate-style kale (I had several batches last year from Skagit Valley Co-Op – AMAZING STUFF – the leaves smelled so good I set the bunches out as a floral display until we ate it). With the Italian kale available, I would have been 100% happy.
I started a log a Luminotes, but have to figure out how to make it viewable to people without having to specifically invite them.
Kelli -- A Victory Gardener (of Information) 