The store in our little hamlet has a very small display of seeds every year, and at first I thought I was out of luck. They had two varieties of pod peas, and that was it.
Then I noticed one of the displays of flower seeds had several types of seeds mixed together. So I took another look at the peas.
Hiding in the back of one of the shelling peas display was a single package of snap peas!
I could feel there weren’t a lot of seeds in the packet. I’d have bought two, if there were two to be had! There turned out to be 24 seeds in the packet. Just enough for one row down the middle of the bed they will be planted in. The snap peas we bought before had more seeds in the packet, but the packet also cost more.
Then I got some nasturtiums. I suspect the ones included with the seeds I scattered along the side of the driveway aren’t going to make it, since the area ended up filling with water soon after. There’s still some standing water around there, which could be a good thing, or a bad thing, for the scattered seeds. I really can’t guess right now! Maybe something from the different varieties I scattered will grow, but just in case, I figured I’d get these. These will be direct sown, after our last frost date, probably in the main garden area somewhere, to attract pollinators and act as a trap crop. Plus, if they actually grow, the flowers are edible, and the flower buds can be used to make “poor man’s capers”.
We shall see how it turns out!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 