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Sunday 15 March 2015

15/3/2015

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Hoping to get Spring to arrive sooner than later I planted some seeds yesterday.  Last Saturday (7th) went to the Annual Seedy Saturday event to get most of my vegetable seeds.  The dealers there specialize in heritage home grown seeds rather than the mass produced and altered seeds that the big commercial companies put out.  These seeds may be a bit more expensive but if you do save them (which I should be doing) you know for certain that what you got you will get the next year.  With the hybrid seeds from the commercial seed companies you never know what you will get from saved seeds.

I planted 5 kinds of tomatoes, Black Brandywine, Peacevine, Anna Aasa, Black Cherry and Brookpact, still have one other kind (Dinner plate) to put in pots.  I have been growing Red Brandywine for the past couple of years and they were delicious, maybe the best tasting tomatoes that I ever had.  Last summer, when we went to pick up Olivia from the Upper Canada camp she was in I chatted with one of the farmers and he said if I like the Red Brandywine I would like the Black even better so I am going to give them a try.  Anna Aasa, Black Cherry and Peacevine are cherry tomatoes so I will have 3 kinds of cherry and 3 full size.

I think the my idea of urging Spring on did not do much good.  We had freezing rain and then more snow yesterday.  I measured 4cms this morning and I think some of it had already melted.  I was out and blew out our driveway, next doors and down the street the bottom half of two others, and now that it is gone what was left has also melted away.

Have to plant some herbs and flowers and put them out hydroponically this summer.  I am also going to try some of the tomatoes that way as well.  It will be interesting to see if there is any difference in the results.

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