Seeds arrive

My trip to the mailbox today was rewarded as two shipments of seeds have arrived. The first was from Johnny's Selected Seeds. This was just a small order of three items: onions, strawberries, and pumpkin seeds. The onions are evergreen hardy white bunching variety. The strawberries are Alexandria, which is an alpine variety (short runners, small but tasty fruit), and the pumpkin is Dill's Atlantic Giant, the variety grown by world record holders and developed in Nova Scotia. Total with shipping: $12.70. The second envelope was from Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa. It held seeds for Brandywine (Sudduth's) tomatoes, Cherokee Purple tomatoes, Calabrese Broccoli, and Garden Sunshine peppers (sweet). All varieties from Seed Savers are heirlooms and have been collected and cultivated for many years. Total with shipping: $15.00.