Plant Wheat This Winter! Why Not?

Veggies are nice and round out great meals by adding flavor, texture and nutrients, but if you're main course isn't steak or chicken, I bet it's pasta or rice based.  Why not experiment this Fall and try your hand at growing winter wheat?

I've never done this before, so it's all new to me, but the process seems quite straight forward.  The planting directions said to plant seeds five or so inches apart at a depth of 1 - 1.5 inches during the month of October.  The wheat will sprout and then go dormant as colder weather comes on.  Then in the Spring, the wheat will vigorously grow for two months and then it will be time to harvest.  So I figure that by some time in April I'll be learning how to thresh wheat and make flour.

If you're interested, I bought my Hard Red Winter Wheat for $1.25 from,
Bountiful Gardens
1726-D S. Main St.
Willits, CA 95490

http://www.bountifulgardens.org/

Happy Planting

Free Veggie Seeds!

WinterSown.org will send you free veggie seeds! Their website has you do a bit of reading and after about 4 little quizzes, you'll be able to send away for free seeds. They do ask that you provide a SASE with two stamps on it so that they don't have to pay postage, but 6 packs of veggie seeds for less than a dollar is a great deal. I just filled out my envelope and printed the page verifying the date of when I read the website and I'm going to stick it in the mail tomorrow and see what happens. Try it if you like. Have a great, self-reliant day. -Chris

Multi-Colored Popcorn to Share/Trade 150 Seeds/pack

Ok, I've been on a popcorn kick for the past few years(so much so that my wife is sick of it!)  I've searched for the best organic popcorns available and then planted them next to other organic varieties and just sat back and watched the magic.

The result is amazing popcorn with REAL taste.  In the mix you'll find popcorn of all different colors and sizes.  There's blue, red, white, almost black, yellow, striped, and brown popcorn in the mix.  I had a lot of fun growing it with my three daughters and I know you'll have fun too.  Growing it was great, but eating it is the best part!  If you've never eaten organic or naturally grown popcorn, you're in for a treat.  The big popcorn companies make such a fuss over breeding popcorn that pops huge flakes(the technical name for a popped kernel), that many times they loose popcorn's great flavor.  This popcorn, needs no butter or seasoning, just salt it and enjoy.

If interested, just comment to this post and I'll be happy share or trade some seed with you.

-Chris

Welcome to Exeter Seed Swappers

Hello Exeter and Tulare County,

I'm just one guy who's looking to be a little more self-reliant.  I live in Exeter proper on a typical city lot with grass in the front yard and a pool and play structure for the kids in back. Despite these, I want to be able to grow great food for my family in the little space that I have and to do that I need great seeds!  I could buy them for a ton of money or I could start a blog and hopefully make some gardening friends who are like minded and are willing to share some seeds that they've saved.

I'm starting this blog in hopes of setting up a community of growers who are willing to share/trade heirloom, open pollinated, non-GMO vegetable seeds.  If you would like to participate, please leave a comment on this post and provide what seeds you are willing to share/trade and how you would like to be contacted by anyone who's interested.  As I'm new to community building I'd ask that you please be careful when providing contact information.  Choose your contact method carefully and even set up a new email account just for this if it makes you more comfortable.

Hope to hear from you Exeter!

-Chris