Re: who grows what?

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Another great seedhouse, with a small but select collection, is Ed Rasmussen 
and his catalog "The Frangrant Path." Check or money order only. PL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Farr" <rbfarr@erols.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] who grows what?


> Some additional seed sources, both excellent, are The Pepper Gal and
> J.L. Hudson.  Hudson provides the best catalog I've ever seen, and
> specializes in ethnobotanical offerings.
>
> One funny story along the lines of what Margaret writes - I've had folks
> who visited my farm ask me (I'm in Virginia, where the temps fall as low
> as 0 degrees) if I had to replant peppers and tomatoes each year!
>
> Whew -
>
> Robert Farr
> http://www.thechileman.com
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>
>
>
> margaret lauterbach wrote:
>
>>I apologize for including you and some other protesters among the
>>"ornamentals only" people on the list. I have ordered seeds this year
>>from Pinetree, Kitchen Garden Seeds, Nichols Garden Nursery, Southern
>>Exposure Seed Exchange, Fedco, Shumway, Thompson & Morgan and
>>Bountiful Gardens.  I don't want to spend the time particularizing
>>what I've ordered, but my minimum order so far has been about
>>$11.  That doesn't go far in this day of costly seeds, however.  I do
>>all except grocery shopping online because I have a mobility
>>handicap, and clothing stores and others are not arranged for
>>wheelchair shopping.  Thus I run into these varying individual IT
>>demands at every turn.  Frustration and aggravation build.  I write a
>>weekly garden column for the Boise newspaper, and my intention is to
>>encourage beginners to garden, and to grow at least some of their own
>>food.  Too many people don't know where their food comes from.  I've
>>heard a teenager say she didn't want something that was grown in
>>dirt, she'd get her food from the supermarket.  I'm not sure her
>>parents even knew better than that.
>>
>>I was a certified Master Gardener for about five years, but that lost
>>its luster when I heard a fellow MG ask for tulip seed, and another
>>being surprised to learn where the blossom end of a tomato
>>was.  Margaret Lauterbach
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>My Dear,
>>> I wish you would go look at my blog.
>>>http://muskogeephoenixonline.com/blogs/MollyDay/
>>>
>>> We grow herbs, veggies, fruit, flowers, tropicals, butterfly plants, 
>>> have a
>>>vermicompost hotel, compost bins, trade our pine cones for the neighbors
>>>bunny poo. We are not diletantes just because we don't have trouble on 
>>>the
>>>Internet ordering seeds.
>>>
>>> We are master gardeners, garden bloggers, garden writers, are helping 
>>> get
>>>community gardens
>>>in our community, presenting free classes, helping raise money for a
>>>butterfly house at our city park.
>>> Please don't categorize us until you know more about us.
>>>
>>> And, for the rest: Could you please tell me what seed online/catalog
>>>companies you use and for which seeds. Thanks a heap of spring greens,
>>>Martha Stoodley (pen name MollyDay)
>>>
>>>
>>
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