I have a couple that I like:
You Grow Girl - I didn't have much to garden with, and it was from the perspective of those with "postage stamp" gardens, balconies, and otherwise "no land". Really great info on organic bug sprays, compost, and homemade fertilizers.
Rodale's Book to Successful...
I used to grow mints (chocolate, orange, apple, pineapple, peppermint and spearmint), lemon verbena, lemon balm, french tarragon, cilantro, rosemary, and all kinds of basils before I moved.
I finally have some spearmint and lemon balm, I'm really glad I still have basil and cilantro seeds, and...
Glad you enjoyed your trade, Beavis! Just an updated list. I totally rethought what I'm going to really grow since I got some pretty interesting trades! ;)
Some of these are full packs (but poured into small baggies) and are from last year.
Greens - Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach, Georgia...
my favoritest perennial herb is mint.
It grows super fast, and comes in all sorts of smells and flavors.
You can use them in teas, salads, soups, meat dishes, anything!
French Tarragon is really awesome too for fish dishes.
Thyme, Rosemary, Cilantro, Lavender.. There are so many herbs.
as far as...
peas like snow and sugar snap
early greens like swiss chard, lolla rosa, oakleaf lettuce, mizuna, black seeds simpson lettuce, and others can be a mesclun mix
maybe carrots, cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, beans,
you can do tomatoes by using black plastic to warm the ground, start them...
Wanted to add that I also have a lemongrass stalk to trade as well, and that the citrus cuttings are coming from plants that are already bearing fruit, so they should bear fruit as soon as they grow large enough. I also have seeds for the Calamansi/Kumquat.
>^.^<
I start my own seeds, when I was younger, we would buy a few plants, but would usually start seeds.
I usually get my seeds by trading online and eBay usually has awesome deals. alexgauld is my favorite seller and ships fast!
I want to try MNRsales and heirloomvegetables they have really good...
When I grew for Earth Day Las Cruces, I had several types of mint, strawberry plants (the runners made new plants!), jade plants, rosemary, basil, and aloe vera. I was also selling reusuable shopping bags.
I sold most of the plants for $1 and I only spent about $10-20 for all of the plants, and...
I have:
Swiss Chard - Fordhook, Rhubard, Brightlights
Lettuce - Grand Rapids, Parris Island Cos, Black Seeded Simpson
Greens - Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach, Pak Choi, Red Mustard
Turnip - Purple Top White Globe, 7 top, Green neck
Melons - Sugar Baby, Hale's Best Cantelope
Tomato -...