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Yes, that's why. The Canada postal system (and probably many European countries as well) are no longer able mail parcels into the US, because the new tariff system requires a 3rd party. The only role the post office plays now in mailing parcels to the US is as a drop off point. Before these...

I'm not sure if you've heard yet @Blue-Jay but there is - possibly - some good news on the horizon for bean shipments. The friend who helped me get my package to you received an email today from the Zonos team (the App I had to use to deal with the new tariffs and shipping rules to the U.S.)...

Yes, that was exactly what they looked like.

I agree, that bean is staggeringly pretty. I need to start vacationing in Latvia if this is what their beans are like!

I'm envious of these great prices! I do find the cost of sweet peas here astronomical if you aren't buying them off racks at the hardware store. I near fell over last night when I saw these - https://sowlocalseeds.ca/products/esme-rowena-sweet-pea-seeds-50 And there is a tomato offered that...

Yes, sweet peas have always done well for me. ☺️ My thought about Queen Anne's Lace wasn't to grow it, it was the fact that I want to try and plant some carrots for seeds and the carrot plant flowers can get cross contaminated by the flowers from the Queen Anne's Lace. That plant (weed) was...

Been seed shopping a lot in the last week, good times. I've come to the conclusion that my seed purchases for any given year are all whim based. I find myself ordering things that had not even crossed my mind to grow, until I saw the photo on a website. Melons for instance. And tonight, I...

Oh my gosh they tasted like dirty sand!!

This is incredible @Alasgun, you've literally perfected the art of home storage for carrots. This is an enormous help!! I'm glad to know that it is somewhat of a complex science to get it right and prevent the roots rotting, because I was feeling like quite the failure to throw out so many...

Wow, thank you so much for this info @Alasgun. I had no idea that perforated bags were important, I definitely did not do that with my carrots. This is fabulous info, 32 degrees with high humidity. I'm guessing that its working well for you with the fridges means that air movement is not...

Well, 2 more new species on the horizon for 2026. Though I'm not actually much of a melon person, I decided to grow one this summer. I do like a nice watermelon, like Cream of Saskatchewan or Yellow Doll, but Cucumis melo varieties have never tasted good to me. Passable at best. That we...

It's definitely something I'm thinking of considering @Decoy1. It is definitely coolest directly on the cement floor, and the basement in general is certainly cooler than upstairs. If I stored them in a single layer in sand right on the floor, in something long and shallow I just might...

Have you checked out the photo settings in the phone @Blue-Jay ? There might be various light settings, or even a brightness adjuster in the photo gallery settings? I was actually on your website last night @Blue-Jay because I'm going to purchase some beans this year I think instead of do...

Purple Dove was like that for me. And while I really like that bean, I'm not crazy about that type of growth. I wound up sticking in a bamboo pole next to the longest plant and tying it to the stick, and it still refused to wrap itself on there.

I am utterly thrilled that today I was able to find some 'Gniff' carrot seeds! :celebrate

I made a very intriguing discovery with the 2025 grown carrots this weekend. I decided long ago that I'd never have the conditions to save carrot seeds; but looking back at that decision I realize that I arrived at that conclusion without meaningful consideration. The main assumptions why I...

I use sticks from the bush and I plant the seeds in rows like I do bush beans, plunking the stick in next to each seedling. I make sure the sticks have little Y branch nibs so the bean vine can get hung up on them as it goes up. Most of the semi-runners I've grown go up about 4 feet, but I've...

The adventures in long keeper tomatoes of 2025 has finally come to an end. Well, almost. I squeezed the 'Giallo a Grappoli' today and have half a pickle jar full of seeds with gel sitting on the counter fermenting. I tried the spoon technique this afternoon with them, instead of the typical...

I like the thread @digitS'. I'm not sure that I have any species slotted in that will be completely new, but I am considering re-trying some failures from last year - like Hamburg parsley and devil's claw. Maybe another try at celeriac, which was a new one last year. I am trying a new sweet...

Given how grim this winter has been I'm feeling elated to hear that it will go to 0C/32F Monday. Tonight another -25C/-13F but it will rise thereafter, thank heavens. It won't stay I'm sure but a hiatus from this bitter cold is welcome. Nobody will be happier than the dog!