AS I said in my previous post I've been intrigued by James Wong's range of plants and seeds at Suttons and as they were having a sale on some of them I overindulged!
I was looking at buy a couple of packets of seeds when I saw they had a collection of twenty reduced from £40 down to £10, there were many things in there I fancy trying, even though it's too late to plant many of them this year, most seed keeps well past it's sell by date. I planted some squash seed this year that was over 10 years old and it still came up!
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| 20 packets Seeds for £10 reduced from £40 |
There's some great ones in there including electric daises, cucmeleons, musk melons, Bergamot, Quinoa, Japanese Beefsteak plant, Tomatillo, white apline strawberries to name but a few.
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| The two I really wanted to try - the electric daisies sound great fun! |
Although it is late this year I've decided to risk planting a few and see how they do, the cucmelons sound just right for my girls, little melons favoured like cucumber and lime and the electric daises that are like popping candy just sound like fun! White alpine strawberries and musk melons might also be worth a shot this year, I'll keep you posted on how they do!
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| A nice feature is the seeds have much longer instructions than normal and recipe ideas inside |
To be honest I'm quite impressed by this range of seeds. Each comes with great instructions and then inside there's the history or extra information on the plant as well as some recipes to try out.
I love the 'HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION' name for the seeds, Kev. I usually buy my cheap vegetables seeds from Aldi. Look forward to reading about the James Wong vegetables.
ReplyDeleteI don't normally go for cheap seeds unless its flowers. I want to start saving a lot more each year and maybe start seed swapping. These seeds have really made me curious, there's so many edible things and yet we always stick to eating the same fruit and veg.
DeleteI have never tried these. But they sound great with all the extra information. And it sounds like you got a bargain.
ReplyDeleteRosezeeta.
I'll let you know how they grow like to see if they're a bargain or not!
DeleteYou have got some real bargains lately through Suttons, I have the books & some of the seeds, it will be interesting to see how you get on with them.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the book like? I liked his grow your own drugs book from a few years ago. Did you plant any of the seeds?
DeleteNow I've ordered more seeds and it's all your fault. Looking forward to hearing how you get on with them
ReplyDeleteDon't blame me! Maybe I should ask for suttons for commission!
DeleteI am saving a lot of my seeds as the government keeps pushing GMO seeds in the US and will eventually corrupt our seed supply.
ReplyDeleteIm going to Start seed saving more and more. After all its what we've done for thousands of years. The more we stay away from gm crops the better, yours sounds like a good plan.
DeleteThey look interesting to try. I'll wait and see how you get on. Whenever I try anything new it's usually a failure.
ReplyDeleteLike I said I'm only trying a few this year but it should be interesting. I have mixed success with new stiff but if it fails then I'm normally at fault.
DeleteI'm keen to know how the quinoa turn out.
ReplyDeleteJane x
I'm too late with that one this year but I'll try it next. They recon you can get up to a lb of grain from 10 plants. We like cous cous but haven't tried quinoa and there meant to be similar
DeleteI have invested in some lemon balm. Soothe my frazzled nerves lol
ReplyDeleteYou should only have to plant it once, it self sets really well. I love just picking the leaves and smelling them.
DeleteSee what you have done Kev I have now been over to suttons seeds and they happened to pop into my basket ;-) thank you it is a great offer too good to pass up.
ReplyDeleteI really should have set something up to get commission! Let me know how you get on with them -we can compare notes at the end of the season!
DeleteI think those cucamelons look very interesting! I too am learning to save more and more kinds of seeds. Seed swapping could be fun via blogging :O). At this point I save all of my tomato seeds and peppers. they are easy to save, I am learning how to save other seeds as well. I love quinoa, though I have never grown it. I buy it all the time! Will be interesting to see how yours does! I almost bought seeds for it this last year but with work I didn't. I may for the next year. I always buy seeds at the year end when everyone here has them on sale, Then I plant them the following year. I agree if kept dry and sealed up seeds will last for a long time. Its a good way to save money on ones seeds :O)
ReplyDeleteHe's got a few videos on you tube - you should check them out. It's a different approach to veg gardening as he's saying not to grow your staples but grow the more interesting and expensive things.
DeleteI like the idea of a blogging seed swap! Maybe it's something we could organise! Imagine there's lots of tropical things you could grow in your climate that wouldn't grow here, all those tropical fruits!
As for not buying new seeds every year - I'm terrible,. I make sure I have new parsnip and carrot seeds, as they don't keep very well, otherwise I just buy when I run out!
Actually I can only grow tropical plants in pots, so I can bring them in during the winter. We are not tropical here where we live. We can see temps in the single digits in the winter. But for the most part our cold hardy temp is 10-20 degrees. My citrus trees are all in pots which I bring in and protect during the winter :O). One thing you guys have that I would love to get some seeds for is a blackberry. I saw it on pinterest but after researching I found out its grown over there and I could not find a place here to get any. I will have to look up the name again.
DeleteI follow James Wong on FB and he is doing some exciting stuff to inspire home gardeners. I wish he would come to Australia for a visit, I would love to go to one of his talks. I don't even think we will be seeing his seed range here soon either because of the tough quarantine laws into Tasmania
ReplyDeleteI'll go follow him as well. Didn't even think about him being on there. His website is pretty good as well.
DeleteI suppose you tight controls on seeds are for the best really. Are you really limited on what you can grow?
It'll be interesting to hear which ones you'll continue to grow next year. A lot of these unusual vegs are unusual for a reason.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to get all that additional information about the seeds etc. I have a couple of his books and I am shamed to say I've never even picked them up to read. His tele show was fascinating (which led to the book purchasing).
ReplyDeleteCucamelons are slow to start, I am growing them for the 1st time, so fingers cross
ReplyDeleteOops me too, you should definitely be on commission!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd now I've bought them as well!
ReplyDeleteYou really missed a trick on commissions with this post.
Yours
Becky