Monthly Archive for February, 2011

I had a great time yesterday at the Washington Gardener Seed Exchange. The weather was a bit dreary, but it wasn’t a full-on snow storm like last year.

There were great speakers again this year: “Basic Seed Saving” by Ira Wallace from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and “Dealing with the Challenges of Seed Starting” by Chris Turse from the Washington Youth Garden.

I made some new friends, including a crocheter, a knitter, and a newbie gardener (muahahahaha!).

I shared some seeds:

• Allium schoenprasum (gathered in my yard)
• Allium tuberosum (gathered in my yard)
• Ipomoea purpurea (Morning Glory, Star of Yalta)
• and a couple of other seed packs which I should have written down.

I gained some new seeds:

• Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower)
• Amsonia hubrechtii (Threadleaf Bluestar) SO excited about this one. Been wanting to grown Amsonia for a while.
• Cimcifuga racemosa (Actaea) (Black Snakeroot)
• Solanum melongena “Jilo Tingua Verde Claro” (Eggplant)
• Artemesia absinthium (Wormwood)
• Palava Greens (Jew’s Mallow/Jute) Which I believe may be Mulukhiyah
• Impatiens balsamina
• Cuminum cyminum (Cumin)
• Ensete Ventricosum (Red Abyssinian Banana)
• Blue Pumpkin
• Petroselinum crispum ‘Prezzemolo Gigante Napoli’
• Brassica rapa Rapa da Broccoletti (Broccoli Rabe)
• Solanum lycopersicum ‘Oxheart’
• Solanum lycopersicum ‘Best Boy’
• Solanum lycopersicum ‘Crnkovic Yugoslav’
• Verbascum chaixii ‘Album’ (Nettle-Leaved Mullein)
• Consolida ajacis (Rocket Larkspur)
• Rudbeckia hirta
• Tropaeolum minus ‘Empress of India’
• Lactuca sativa ‘Cook’s Lettuce Blend’ (Lettuce)
• Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove)
• Cosmos ‘Sensation Early’
• Tropaeolum sp ‘Glorious Gleam’
• Narcissus bulbs ‘Spellbinder’

I have to point out that about half of the items on this list (including the Narcissus) were in my goody bag. Kathy gets some great donations!

It seemed like everyone had a really good time – I know I did. I’m already looking forward to next year.