Seed

Over the weekend I ripped tomato stakes, cucumber cages, string pea trellis, and row ID stakes out of the garden.  Basically, all the hardware is up and stored for next year.  All that's left that's actually alive are kohl rabi, green onions, some dill, and weeds...lots of weeds.

It's rainy and cold outside, so I'm planning next year's garden.  It's time to do a seed inventory.  I have seeds from 3 basic sources...Seeds leftover from packets I purchased in 2011, but didn't need all the seeds in those packets or never used the packet at all...seeds that I or a relative saved from plants I grew or ate...and finally, a handful of seeds I bought recently from online heirloom seed seller Tomato Bob.  He had packets on sale for 50 cents.  I couldn't resist.  So here's the list...
Leftover 2011 seed:
Sweet Basil
Cayenne Pepper
Cherokee Purple Tomato
Big Beef Tomato
Dill
Cilantro
Salad Bowl Lettuce
Kohl Rabi
Lemon Cucumber
Early Scarlet Globe Radish
Sparkler White Tip Radish
Catskill Brussel Sprouts
Purple Top Turnips
Mammoth Sunflower
Long Imperator Carrot
Lettuce - Park Seed Summer Blend
Yellow Straightneck Summer Squash
Genovese Basil
Jalepeno Pepper
Romano Bush Beans
Danish Ballhead Cabbage
Black Beauty Zucchini Squash
Seed saved from plants/fruits:
Altris Pepper
Yellow Meat Watermelon
Green Meat Cantaloupe
Zuchini Squash
Jalepeno Pepper
Small Thai Pepper
Large Thai Pepper
Kung Pao Pepper
Scotch Bonnet Pepper
a bag of Melon seeds of unknown provenance
a bag labelled "Best Cantaloupe Ever 2011"  I think it came from Aunt Sharon.
4 bean seeds that look like black lima beans.
Butternut Squash
Yellow Tomato
Beefsteak Tomato, yellow with orange stripes
Cilantro
Dill
Red Watermelon
Burgundy Sunflower
Impatients
Wildflowers
Seeds I bought on sale:
Ruby Red Lettuce
Southern Giant Curled Mustard
Long Island Brussel Sprouts
Early Wonder Beets
Grand Rapids Lettuce
Kentucky Blue Bush Beans
Straight 8 Cucumbers

That's a lot of seed.  Next step is to consult with my people to determine what we're actually going to eat, and procure seeds that we need to fill in the holes.  I know I need to get broccoli and more snap bean seeds.  We eat a lot of those.  Our friend Nikita wants us to grow those yard-long Asian green beans.  Angel loves spinach.  With my existing crop of sweet potatoes, I should be able to produce slips without too much difficulty.  I'll need green onion seeds, and maybe onion sets for a regular variety.  More carrot seed.  Hmm, I'm going to need a bigger garden.