Was it only last Friday we were worried about the potting soil delivery? It did happen, just as the sun was setting. It was a cold and snowy experience! Here are some of the pallets, shortly after unloading from the big truck.
A couple of days after the delivery, there was another delivery, of sorts. Someone abandoned a kitty and it appeared on the back porch in 13 F. weather. It was too scared to come in, so we fed it outside. It was so hungry!
We named him Junipurr, and Xander quickly accepted him as an adopted sibling.
We’re getting another delivery next week, of the big fiber pots that we use for our trees and shrubs. This delivery should be stress-free without any storms to slow it down. We’re waiting for some seeds to be delivered, too, although a lot of seeds are already here and going through a cold stratification in the refrigerator. Almost all of our seed orders are done, but we still have some annual flower and vegetable seeds to order.
It’s not too late to suggest something for us to grow this spring. We have quite a long list of customer suggestions already, and I’m doing my best to fulfill it. Last year we had trouble getting calendula seeds, if you can imagine that! Calendula is a pretty common annual, an annual that is good for attracting beneficial insects, for adding color to a salad, and for just looking great in the garden. It often reseeds in Front Range gardens, so even though it’s an annual it can persist for years. I’m not going to be without this year! I love the Flashback series of Calendulas and this is a new one from that group.
From Wild Garden Seed’s founder, Frank Morton
Frank Morton is an interesting man. He and his wife started an organic farm back in the 80’s, growing lettuce for local Oregon restaurants. Then he got more and more interested in the amazing genetic variation he found in his lettuces and companion crops like calendula. He started saving seeds, watching for variations he liked, and suddenly he was a seed grower and supplier, not a lettuce farmer. I admire his process and depth of knowledge. Google his name and Wild Garden Seed to read more about him.
