Sunday, 17 January 2021

No posts last years.  It was a stressful year to say the least.  I still gardened and had a great tomato season but it was super stressful & busy...not only because of Covid but also my husband was unemployed for all of last year so I was picking up a ton of overtime at work because of that.   

I also spent a lot of time canning.  I was extremely grateful that I picked up extra canning lids over the years because there was not a lid to be found in any store in my area.  People really snapped them up because of the pandemic.  To add to that mentality, I noticed for this coming growing season when purchasing my seeds a few weeks ago, so many of the seeds I always buy at this time were already completely sold out.  So I suspect some seed hoarding going on as well.  That and there were a lot of new gardeners created last year because people wanted to be doing something productive....my neighbor being one.  When I'd get home from work, I often found her in my driveway with questions.  Crazy times.

I purchased my favorites like Yaqui, Superfantastic, Mucho Nacho, Blaze, and many more.

Some new varieties I bought were:

Ornamental Peppers: Onyx Red, Black Pearl

Pumpkins:  Autumn Crown, Flat Stacker

Tomatoes:  Granadero, Giant Belgium, Buffalosteak,

Peppers:  Carranza (ancho), Gigantia Jalapeno, Pequime (jalapeno), Sweet Sunset (banana pepper), Ancho San Luis, Inferno (Hungarian Wax), Golden Greek Peperoncino, Minero (Guajillo)

I also received some trial packets.  I don't always try these.  Many are not right for my climate zone and a lot of them are not as disease resistant as I'd like.  

I am excited about this growing season.  I'm not sure if we will be in a new house by then or not....so there are definitely a few balls in the air.