The seeds are here!

A sure sign that Spring is not far off arrived in the mail this week: the seed order is here! Hooray 🙂

Looking through the amazing seed catalog, it sure is hard to rein ourselves in and limit our order to what we can actually plant. Exercising as much restraint as we could, we still ordered 50 different seed packets. We ordered plenty of the traditional favorites:  peas, beets, carrots, summer squash, green and wax beans, radishes, and purple-top turnip. We had such good luck with tomatoes last year that we ordered four different kinds. We expanded the varieties of pumpkins and winter squash we’ll plant. And, we added more gourds and ornamental corn, all of which helps decorate for Fall Farm Fun Day.  Because everyone loves the sunflowers, we’re adding more varieties — you may be surprised by some of the colors and sizes you see. And, in addition to the Maine heirloom varieties that have been growing like gang-busters the past couple of years, we’ll be trying out a few new kinds of dry and shell beans: Kenearly, Hutterite, King of the Early, Silver Cloud Cannellini, and some lovely  limas.

We’ll be starting some of the seeds in February, which is practically minutes away. Very exciting!