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Sep. 12, 2009

A Garden Moment: Part 3

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These are pictures of the middle boys harvesting spinach seeds for next year. 

We have also saved seed from:
  • Sunflowers
  • Corn
  • Broccoli
  • Bok Choy
  • Green Beans
  • Lettuce
One of our favorites in the garden this year was:

De Morges Braun. 65 days. Very rare romaine type with upright, rounded leaves, applegreen in the center and pink-to-bronze outside. Tender and sweet, holds well in the garden, and is one of the last to become bitter. A good choice for early spring or fall gardens, as it tolerates cool temperatures very well. Makes a lovely salad! From Switzerland.

This description was obtained from the web site of Baker Creek where the seeds were bought.  We found that the description was quite accurate.  We have A LOT of this planted in our fall garden and it seems to be doing just as well as it did for spring planting.  Here's an actual picture of this wonderful little plant: 

De Morges Braun Lettuce
Our corn did well, if you like corn meal. The sweet corn we planted was not very sweet. We think it may have crossed with some pop corn seeds that the children planted. Next year, if the Most High wills, we plan on planting just one variety so that hopefully we won't have that problem. We are still thankful for the corn meal we will have and the plants were fun to have in the garden at over 13 feet high!  Here's a photo of Little Big Bro standing in front of the tallest patch we had:

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