Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has been growing on me. Now I have an almost 100% heirloom garden minus a few Asian greens and my sweet peas I'm trying to finish up, and Baker Creek has been the place to go and quite the inspiration. The varieties available are stunning and their customer service beyond awesome. I had a question about cross pollination of my varieties of peppers and they quickly found someone who could help me. They're super fast at shipping {and its only about $3.50}, and they even include a free surprise seed package in each order; quite the nice surprise indeed. I've been slowly buying up my year supply of seeds thinking ahead to what I plan on growing through the many garden season available down here in zone 9 and believe I have things all finalized {will post a grow list at the start of each "season", promise}.
In one of my orders I received a packet of premium late flat Dutch cabbage seeds. This will be an excellent variety to start in September and they're going to get huge. The large flat cabbages are suppose to be some of the oldest varieties and I'm really looking forward to growing this. Did you know that cabbage was thought to have been brought to Europe via the Celts as they traversed from Asia onward, and that the Roman soldiers used to carry cabbage on their treks to battle because it kept so well as food, but also to bind wounds with the leafs {just a few things I learned while reading The Heirloom Life Gardener}. Will be starting my flat Dutch the last week of July to make sure they have four to six true leafs. They'll also be in my classroom window instead of at the house, because it won't be cool enough to start these in my own window, however the school will be running their air chillier allowing me to grow many things needing those cooler temperatures to germinate well {yes, this is a lead in to some of the awesome things I have planned with my 4th graders this coming year...not all of these plants will be coming home}.
But for now I'm envisioning what I'm going to do with the few red cabbage heads I'll be harvesting soon. Red cabbage recipes anyone?
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| note the little holes...think insect damage has stopped for now... Neem's oil and a round of buttermilk and flower spray have been all I've had to do so far in the garden |
