What do you think about Baker Creek Heirloom seed company?
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
12 years ago
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Comments (3)HI Gardensue - I tried ordering from Baker creek today, but they sold out of orangeglow. Turns out i got them from Seed Savers Exchange. So happy:-) thank you! Farmerdilla - I ordered already when I got your post. I wanted Orangeglow and not many places have it. thank you for your help. I got orangeglow and Cherokee moon & Stars -- if you can give me any info on these I would apprecaite it. I've never grown watermelons before and I know you were really nice and helped with my muskmelon choices....See MoreGonna Try Some Baker Creek Heirlooms This Fall
Comments (13)AHA, Tony...but DID YOU TASTE IT??? One man's "tart is another man's sweetie"!!! Taste is so personal and how can you tell me what something tastes like if you did not taste it yourself??? Hmmm?? I have been unimpressed even put off with the taste of tomatoes others have raved about and yet loved the flavor of tomatoes others call boring. You can't judge a tomato by the way someone else tastes it! Sorry, sounds like a soap box. I love ya Tony and I know ya hate tomatoes, but you have grown so many and given us so much tomato advice, just this time...I had to call ya on it. Tomatoes are so diversified in flavour! Shoot, I don't think I can explain it right. Everyone has a different taster!! Treefroggie, Sumala, Tom, Denise, Scents-Linda, Larry, Moe, Curley...help me here I think I have gone over the edge!! I can't seem to say it right!...See MoreBaker Creek Heirloom Seeds Spring Festival 2007
Comments (12)Christie, Yes, they do. It's about an hour for me but the drive is easy. The thing about Baker Creek is that you'll find things there you definitely won't find elsewhere, especially with heirloom vegetables. But they have garlic, fruit trees, native plants, perennials, annuals, tools, books, soap, food, etc. Lots of fun stuff! Oh... and don't forget the speakers which is the main reason I like to go. Here are the speakers for the Fall Festival. I think you would particularly enjoy Patrick Byers. I've heard him four times on four different topics and it's always fascinating so you learn a lot. Doug Oster is the garden writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a nationally syndicated garden writer, TV guest, producer of the radio program, "The Organic Gardeners" and his new book "Grow Organic" is due out soon. www.theorganicgardeners.com Len Pense has developed a new method of raised bed gardening. It will make gardening easy for anyone, weed-free and organic. His farm and methods have been featured several times in "Rural Missouri" magazine. Check out his site! www.gardeningrevolution.com Wesley Greene is an expert on historical plants and gardening. He is the Garden Historian at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He also writes for "The Heirloom Gardener". www.cwf.org Kelly Norris is a 20 year old Master Gardener, freelance writer, and speaker who lives and gardens in Bedford, Iowa. He is the manager of his family's "Rainbow Iris Farm". Merlyn Neidens Heirloom seed grower and seed-saving expert who has developed some of the superb market varieties that we carry. He also writes articles for "The Heirloom Gardener". Always one of our most popular speakers. Patrick Byers of the SW MO Experiment Station. A highly acclaimed rare fruit specialist who will be speaking about raising rare fruit and berries. The Heirloom Garden Show "The Historic Living Fest" Come to our 7th Annual Spring Fest! August 5 & 6, (Sun. & Mon.) 2007. 10 am-6 pm both days Come to our 8th Annual Summer Show...See MoreBaker Creek Seeds
Comments (18)Tracy, I've wondered for years if we could grow quinoa the way we grow winter rye and oats. Maybe I'll try that in 2013. I do grow Armenian cucumber every now and then, though not always every year. In 2012, I grew huge numbers of these cukes so that I could give them to the chickens on hot days. Our chickens love them, and when I began walking to their coop area with a big Armenian cucumber in my hands, no matter how far they were away from the coop free-ranging, they came running like little maniacs so they could devour the cukes. I always let the ones for the chickens grow huge before I harvest them. For kitchen use, I harvest them while they are much smaller. Now that the chickens are used to having them, I'll likely have to grow some for them every summer. I grew Armenian cukes this year in two locations. The main crop was on the fence on the western end of the garden, where they had full sun until about noon and then heavily dappled shade thereafter. I grew a smaller crop on a portion of the southern garden fence, with the driveway just outside that fence. They produced more heavily, but also were more heat-stressed since they were in full sun from sunrise to sunset and were attacked more by spider mites late in the season and by blister beetles in late July or early August. I did plant a huge number of Armenian cucumber plants for a small family, but that's because I intended to use the extras for the chickens. It worked out really well. Once the blister beetles had decimated the Armenian cukes, we had an extreme number of cantaloupes (muskmelons) and watermelons as well, so I gave the chickens a watermelon or a muskmelon just about every day. It was a great way to ensure they were getting enough moisture on those extremely hot July and August days. I made pickles from some of the smaller Armenian cukes, but since I made tons of pickles from regular cukes as well, I have not yet opened one of the jars made from Armenian cukes. I love Native Seeds/SEARCH and at the rate things are going in terms of summer heat and drought, I want to start growing more of the varieties they carry that are from hot, dry areas that have hot nights. Some of their beans have grown really well for me in precious drought years earlier in the 2000s. Those of you who are new to Native Seeds/SEARCH, be sure you read the descriptions and choose varieties that would match your climate. Some of Native Seed's varieties were collected from high altitude areas that have cool nights even when their days are very hot. Those varieties might not perform as well here as the ones from areas that have hot days and hot nights. For anyone looking for seeds of Devil's Claw, they carry several different ones. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Native Seeds/SEARCH...See MoreTrishcuit
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