A friend and I were discussing the demerits of a college education the other night, railing on about the obscene tuition and the likelihood of getting a debt-weighted liberal arts degree only to pull coffee shots or sling pizza dough afterwards…that coupled with the irony that there has never been a an easier time to […]
Category Archives: Seed Sources
While Other Peppers Flop, This One Still Drops!
Backlit Lemon Drop chiles on a summery October afternoon. This summer was a wonderful season for hot peppers. I would even hazard to say exceptional and rare, except that I fear that the heat we suffered will become more and more the norm. Still if that is the case, despite the hardships such shifts may […]
Turn-update
Wow, when I wrote my last post about Hakurei turnips http://www.urban-ag-solutions.com/look-whats-turned-up-in-the-garden/, I threw down a challenge to all comers: impress me and do better than Hakurei. I had even put something new in the soil, a turnip variety I had never heard about before, just to see what it had alongside the master. Well the data’s […]
Eye Candy, Hand Heavy
Caution when opening. Once you go in, you’re not coming out for a long time. The first sentence of the Whole Seed Catalog says, “It’s hard to believe that this is our 18th seed catalog….” Perhaps that is hard for them, but it’s harder for me to believe that this catalog has been out there […]