notes: 2009 seed order

After getting and perusing a whole buncha seed catalogs (Burpee, Kitchen Garden, Cook's Garden, Seeds of Change, Baker Creek, Rocky Mountain, Territorial), discussing with Bram what we'd like to (try to) grow, and cross-referencing between all the catalogs, I decided to place our whole order with Baker Creek:



These guys are crazy amazing. The head of the company is a 27-year-old who's built a seed business he started at 17 into a heritage farm/natural food demonstration village, music festival, and magazine. Did I mention this guy is only 27? They only sell open-pollinated, non-GMO, and heirloom seeds.

Here's what I ordered:
BN103 - Henderson's Black Valentine Beans
BT102 - Golden Beet
CR103 - Little Finger Carrot
CU103 - Lemon Cuke
CU104 - White Wonder Cucumber
OML107 - Tigger Melon
RD124 - Munchener Bier Radish
SQ118 - Rouge Vif d' Etampes Pumpkin
SQ159 - Honey Boat Delicata Winter Squash
TM122 - Principe Borghese Tomato
TM178 - Roma Rio Grande Tomato
TP104 - Black Prince Tomato
TS113 - Tigerella Tomato
FL240 - Sensation Mix Cosmos

the current state of things

Here's a simplified schematic of the yard as it currently stands:


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Front yard: The big tree north of the driveway is a locust, the one on the other side is an apricot. Shrubs in the front yard are (clockwise from the corner of the drive + sidewalk): chamisa, another chamisa, a sad lilac, forsythia, and two horrible junipers.

Back yard: Trees and shrubs (along the perimeter, clockwise from the northwest corner): another chamisa, crabapple, Russian Olive, 3 cypress things, an even sadder lilac, and a 3-leaf sumac. The tree in the middle of the lawn is an aspen.