When it gets too cold to work outside, I look forward to the seed catalogs coming in the mail. These seed catalogs open a new world of dreaming about the perfect garden-- no weeds, the best weather, the most produce, and...well back to reality. Selecting the seeds for 2019 is one of many steps to plan for the gardens.
- Do an inventory of all seeds from 2018 and estimate amount of each.
- Type a list of all seeds (Name, amount of seeds, days to maturity, company, comments)
- Estimate how many seeds will be needed per 100' row.
- Estimate how many 100' rows of each type of seed will have to be seeded to grow enough produce to meet demand.
- Make a list of types and amounts of seeds needed.
Now the fun part.
- Go through each catalog to find the type of seed needed.
- Be sure seed is certified organic.
- Write down in column form the price of each from each catalog to compare prices.
- Determine the best choice and go on line and set up cart to order.
- Place orders.
- Wait with anticipation (like a kid at Christmas) for seeds to come in mail.
- Once seeds arrive add to typed inventory seed list.
- File seeds to await spring/summer planting.
