Garden 2011

A new house, a new garden. When faced with a blank slate, I tend to over-do it, so this year I am trying to edit myself. I still have most of my seeds that I bought from last year (from Seed Savers). Right now I am in the process of seeing which ones are good to go. I took ten seeds of each variety and scattered them on a paper towel, folded it over, rolled it up, and the put in a sealed ziploc bag. I labeled each bag with the seed name and date. I put all the bags on top of the fridge (in order to get the seeds warm and comfy), and checked back two days later... And here is who is in the game thus far:

Cabbage (Copenhagan Market Cabbage - all seeds sprouted)

Cucumber (Japanese Climbing Cucumber - all seeds sprouted)

Arugula (all seeds sprouted)

Chard (Five Color Silverbeet - all seeds sprouted)

Broccoli (Calabrese - 8/10 seeds sprouted)

Cauliflower (Early Snowball - all seeds sprouted)

Beans (Provider Beans - all seeds sprouted)

Borage (5/10 sprouted)

Lettuce (Bronze Arrowhead - 8/10 sprouted)

Sunflower (Teddy Bear - all seeds sprouted)

Peas (Amish Snap Peas - all seeds sprouted)

From my reading, anything under fifty percent is pretty much out, so it looks like about half my seeds are good. I am giving the rest a bit longer. Will see what happens.