MY POTAGER SEEDS 2009

This post, My Potager Seeds 2009, was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

A small step on the computer (just a click) but a huge step for the gardener.

Seeds for my potager and images for the collage are from Impecta

Phiouu…( wonderful spelling isn’t it) it was not an easy task this year to order the seeds for my potager. I have been reading those glossy catalogues since last year but now it is done. It took me hours to decide which ones to choose. Most of them are actually new for me,
these herb and medicinal plants for example:

Marrubium vulgare (kransborre) White Horehound
Monarda citriodore (Citron bergamot) Lemon mint, lemon beebalm
Mentha pulegium (polejmynta) Pennyroyal (poisonous)
Malva sylvestrs mauritiana (Mauritansk rödmynta) Mallow

What a coincidence, all of them begin with M.

I told you folks earlier that I am a 'seedaholic' and with that I mean I love seeds and cannot live without them. Most of my seeds I plant or perhaps it is 50 % are seeds that I have collected from last seasons harvest. This year I didn’t order any tomato seeds! I have so many varieties from last year and they are old heirloom seeds so I think I will just do fine with those I have.

Seeds 2009 - I made this collage over all the seeds for the potager. I’ve got one flowers here that I bought just for fun. Canna indica - (also known as saka siri, Indian shot, canna, bandera, chancle, coyol, or platanillo) It was a pretty picture and I fell for it... I read in wikipedia that it is edible, the Canna rhizome is rich in starch, and it has many uses in agriculture. All of the plant has commercial value, rhizomes for starch (consumption by humans and livestock), stems and foliage for animal fodder, young shoots as a vegetable and young seeds as an addition to tortillas, but as I said I just fell for it’s beauty.

foto: Impecta

Året fröer är har jag nu beställt ifrån Impecta och nu har jag gjort ett kollage av alla olika örter, medicinalväxter, blommor och grönsaker, färgsprakande eller hur. Det skall bli kul att se hur det blir sedan, odlings året 2009. För skojs skull skall jag göra ett nytt kollage då och jämföra. Många för mig nyheter blir det i år och det skall bli spännande. Kiwano - den där taggiga saken på vänster sida, det skall bli en riktig utmaning eller Gurkmelon 'Carosello Barese' det skall också bli intressant och se vad det blir av den påsen (jag ler) Är det någon som har provat på så tar jag tacksamt emot råd :-)

Som ni ser finns det inte en enda tomat! Nä... för förra året var mitt stora tomat och chili år så jag har sparat en massa frö ifrån 2008's skörd. De flesta av det jag odlade då var gamla fina sorter, kulturarv (heirloom) som man kan ta frö av. Så jag har tjänat massor av pengar på att ta egna frön (jag ler igen).

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