My Seeds are Now Out of Hiding!
Seeing all the gardening/spring magazines out right now enspired me go and get my bag of seed packets out of my closet. They have been in there for a month now just waiting to get in the dirt. They will still wait another month but I thought they deserved to see the light like the rest of us now.

I usually go with the the Denali Seed brand as I know they have been tested for Alaska and I always have great results. This year though I branched out due to 50% off sales of seed packets and thought I would try a few new ones.

Can't wait to see if the rainbow carrots and swiss chard this year are winners. Think I'm going to plant the chard in pots on my deck for the color along with cabbage and other veggies that look cool visually. My goal is to have mostly edible annuals this year....minus my ever favorite geraniums and a few others of course.:)

I always throw in cosmos/nasturtiums/sweat peas throughout my garden beds because I love the look of random flowers popping up.

Ruby Queen beets are for my mom. I pickle them for all of us but get, Ruby Queen, for my mom...Ruby. I bought these French Breakfast radishes last year and they were our favorite! They were milder than the others but still had the radish taste. After some more trial and error I've found that Nante Coreless Carrots are our favorite too. They are sweet and very crisp!

Here is what I have for seeds thus far: By the way....I ONLY buy seeds that are EASY to grow! Even though I always try something a little different each year for change I always stick to my basics as I only want to spend the time to plant things that I KNOW will come up and produce alot!

Sugar Snap Peas (Never buy anything different!)
Nante Carrots
French Breakfast Radishes
Arugula
Parsley
Cilantro
Dill
Chives
Scallions
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Ruby Queen Beets
Rainbow Carrot Blend
Lettuce Blend
Blue Lake Pole Beans (trying these new as my I haven't had luck with low bush beans in the past)

Sweet Peas (I plant these amongst my snap peas for visual effect)
Nasturtiums (you can eat these too!)
Cosmos (one of my favs, I just scatter throughout my pots and beds and come fall they are all over!)

What are you planting this year?