Individual Snow Flakes in the Victory Garden

Snowing at 1030 pm March 2
Originally uploaded by Carolina Victory Gardener

I was able to stop the motion on the snow as it was falling last night. Unfortunately I couldn't get the individual flakes up close. We lost power during the storm last night and it did not come back on until around 7:30 am. I was afraid that the seedlings would be damaged by the cool temperatures, but instead they seemed to thrive.

Addendum to Planting List 2009

Seed Packets
Originally uploaded by Carolina Victory Gardener

The seeds I already listed were from the Victory Garden Collection. Here is the rest of my list of vegetables, flowers and herbs along with a few other possibilities.

Onion-Parade
Carrot-Yaya
Lettuce-Salad Bowl Mix
Radish-Cherry Belle
Spinach-Melody Hybrid
Swiss Chard-Bright Lights
Borage-Borago officinalis
Basil-Genovese
Basil-Purple
Basil-Sweet
Basil-Lemon/Lime Mix
Oregano-Mediterranean
Parsley-Krauser
Gomphrena-QIS Carmine
Nasturtium-Burpee's Border Mix
Calendula-Keblona Mix
Cosmos-Bright Lights Mix
Aster-Red Burst
Marigold-Boy O Boy mix
Marigold-Chameleon

I'd also like to add some potatoes, monarda, tansy and maybe a cantalope. I haven't decided on the particular varieties of these. Any suggestions?

2009 Planting List

I don't have to think quite as hard this year about what to plant. My gardening partner is very supportive. He gave me a "Victory Garden" seed collection for Christmas. This collection came with a good variety of vegetable seed, a couple of herbs and a packet of sunflower seeds all in a nice plastic pail. All of the seeds are heirloom and/or open pollinated so that I can save seeds from this year's harvest to plant for next year. I also have a bit of seed left from last year and I have purchased a few more packets. All in all, I am thinking that this will be a very ambitious year for gardening.

Here is the list of seeds from the seed collection:

Bean, Dry/Shelling Pole-Bingo
Bean, Green Bush-Venture
Brussels Sprout-Rubine
Beet-Early Wonder Tall Top
Broccoli-Thompson
Cabbage-Derby Day
Carrot-Danvers
Cauliflower-Goodman
Corn-Golden Bantam
Cucumber-Wautoma
Kale-Winter Red
Kohlrabi-Superschmelz
Leek-Giant Musselburg
Lettuce-Heirloom Blend
Onion-Borrettana Cipollini
Pea-Oregon Pioneer
Pepper, Sweet-Cal Wonder 300
Pepper, Hot-Early Jalapeno
Pumpkin-Small Sugar
Radish-Altaglobe
Turnip-Purple Top White Globe
Spinach-Bloomsdale Savoy
Swiss Chard-Rhubarb
Squash, Summer-Black Beauty
Squash, Winter-Bush Delecata
Tomato-Gill's All Purpose
Tomato-Saucey
Herb, Dill-Long Island Mammouth
Herb, Coriander-Santo
Flower, Sunflower-Mammoth Gray Stripe