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With money being a bit tighter this coming year I was very restrained when OH offered to take me to the garden centres to look for bargains. Although there were a lot of half price seeds I resisted, and came home to work out what I ACTUALLY needed before giving in to temptation.
So far I have only managed to catalogue my tomatoes, beans and cucurbits, and I've been at it since 2pm.
Tomatoes - thanks to the seed circle I have 55 varieties, most of which I have now identified as cordon, bush, beefsteak, ox heart, cherry, currant, and salad, with colours noted as well.
Cucurbits - I had an appalling year for these like most people, but checking up on seeds I had left from last year I have 19 varieties (mainly winter squash, only 3 types of cucumber and 3 types of courgette). We buy so much squash it would be great to have a good year and get something bigger than a tennis ball.
Beans - 20 types of these, runners, dwarf french, climbing french and broadies. I also joined the pea and bean circle, so this number will go up. This does not include the unidentified beans I've been finding all over the place. I have 3 types of runners that look distinctly different, but I'm not sure what they were now (probably not isolated either). One is white so moonlight or desiree. I just can't bring myself to bin them, it seems so cruel, but I can't see me finding space for them either. I'll have to make a bean casserole with the extras. They are self saved, so not treated with anything.
I haven't even got to the chillies, peas and everything else yet. Once I have gone through them all I'm planning on checking out the VSP to fill any gaps (I've already seen some I fancy, but maybe I don't really NEED them).
So far I have only managed to catalogue my tomatoes, beans and cucurbits, and I've been at it since 2pm.
Tomatoes - thanks to the seed circle I have 55 varieties, most of which I have now identified as cordon, bush, beefsteak, ox heart, cherry, currant, and salad, with colours noted as well.
Cucurbits - I had an appalling year for these like most people, but checking up on seeds I had left from last year I have 19 varieties (mainly winter squash, only 3 types of cucumber and 3 types of courgette). We buy so much squash it would be great to have a good year and get something bigger than a tennis ball.
Beans - 20 types of these, runners, dwarf french, climbing french and broadies. I also joined the pea and bean circle, so this number will go up. This does not include the unidentified beans I've been finding all over the place. I have 3 types of runners that look distinctly different, but I'm not sure what they were now (probably not isolated either). One is white so moonlight or desiree. I just can't bring myself to bin them, it seems so cruel, but I can't see me finding space for them either. I'll have to make a bean casserole with the extras. They are self saved, so not treated with anything.
I haven't even got to the chillies, peas and everything else yet. Once I have gone through them all I'm planning on checking out the VSP to fill any gaps (I've already seen some I fancy, but maybe I don't really NEED them).
Apart from that, I've treated myself to a couple of new bean varieties and replaced a couple of chilli varieties that have run out, and that's it, I don't need anything else 
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