Today I received yet another seed catalog in the mail.  I have 8-10 now.  I keep reading and reading and I am getting more and more confused.  Then I realised something today.

After posting on a gardening forum, I got this answer....

"Well, I would ask myself if I want to save the seeds or not and do I know how to save the seeds. If you don't know how or don't have the time to do it there isn't much point in buying all heirlooms."

How SENSIBLE is that!  I have been going around and around trying to figure out how to, when to, which to on heirloom seeds and knowing myself and my skill level and my organization level (zero IS TO a level), the simple truth is that I can plant heirlooms until I am 90 and I would either forget to harvest them OR lose them over the winter before I had a chance to plant them. 

I can see it now.  I will have died at 97, and my great grandchildren will be helping my children clean out my house.  "Grandma," says little Susie, "Why did great grandma have all these funny envelopes of seeds tucked in everything?"  "Because great grandma always planted heirloom, saved seeds and forgot where and what they were each year and started over in the spring.  What you see here is a great repository of heirloom seeds, preserved for you and me." 

I think I will save my great grandchildren the trouble and stick with plain old seeds, at least until my conscience says, "But Cheryl, who IS going to start that great repository if YOU don't???"

Joyfully,

Cheryl

who is going back to garden planning

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Posted by Tia

~ there are more varieties to pick from
~ so far, they taste better
~ I support companies that do something I believe in but don't have time to do myself

That said, I only pick a few of each veggie I'm growing and do regular stuff from the garden store for the rest.

How are the goats?!

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