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Baker Creek Seeds is My Crack Dealer – Epi-3008

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Hi, my name is Jack and I am a seed addict.  I have tried to get this monkey off my back for decades now.  Every year about Christmas time when the mid shifts to getting ready for spring I say something like this to myself, “This year I am just going to grow the 10 or so things that do really well with very little work for us that we use a lot of.  Just like my grand paw used to do”.

About that time the dealers “pull me back in” and one of the worst offenders of the bunch is Baker Creek with their literal “crack level photography” in their annual catalog.   Grand Paw you see, he didn’t have this problem.  Two catalogs a year came back in the 80s, one from Parks and one from Burpee.  They didn’t even phase the old man.  I might pick an item or two from them, but he grew food for the table, period.  He had been saving seeds for so long he barely bought anything.

But Grand Paw didn’t have a dealer you see.  He didn’t have the addiction!  Today I am calling a meeting of fellow addicts, not to break the addiction with a “12 step plan”.  No we are going to spur it on with 15 amazing new things to grow in 2022.  For this meeting all you need to do is show up, and by the way, unlike some meetings you will have to bring your own coffee.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • Stay basic, grow new things or some of both, why I am going all in this year
  • The 15 New Plants I will be growing in 2022
    1. Chinese Pink Celery – Link
    2. Giant Red Celery – Link
    3. Blue Balloon Flower – Link
    4. Lettuce Leaf Basil – Link
    5. Chinese Python Snake Bean – Link
    6. China Jade Cucumber – Link
    7. Rossa de Rotonda Egg Plant – Link
    8. Okinawa Pink Okra – Link
    9. Wild Za’atar Oregano – Link
    10. Japanese Wasabi Radish – Link
    11. Corrales Azafran Safflower – Link
    12. Zucchino Rampicante – Link
    13. Chocolate Cherry Sunflower – Link
    14. Red Torch Mexican Sunflower – Link
    15. Red Rat’sTail Radish – Link 

 

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Baker Creek Seeds is My Crack Dealer – Epi-3008 — 6 Comments

  1. too funny…I have that catalog and a Seed Savers Exchange catalog…I planted seeds from 2010 recently to test them out, winter squash, had great germination.

    I think seeds are a great investment!!

    Keith

  2. I like your podcast and have a suggestion to help your listeners/viewers: would you consider including a link for a 15 second rewind? It is not unusual for me to miss something said, in its entirety, and sliding the play bar back to find it. This sort of works but it is hit and miss. I would include info on such a 15 second rewind but I don’t have such and am not really tech savvy. Again, like the podcast, just my 2 cents.

  3. Baker Creek made a couple of my friends wear masks the entire time they worked there and eventually fired them for being unvaccinated. Their business is in the middle of nowhere! I would know, I live here. I have ordered their seeds for years and been very happy with them, I really don’t want to have to find another company to order from but at what point do I stop supporting businesses who do not support my values? I still shop on Amazon too so clearly I am not there yet. Has anyone put together a list of companies who support medical freedom and ethical business practices? I need to put my dollar where my mouth is. Thanks for the recommendations, I wish I didn’t find the company so distasteful.

  4. Here’s a list for Northern gardeners! I’m in Zone 5.

    Albino Beet
    Spotted Bee Balm
    Glass Gem corn
    Sunset Runner bean (pink)- the Scarlet/ Black Coat Runners outdid every expectation last year!
    Lemon Cuke–had from farmer’s market, growing our own this year
    Merlot lettuce – – did amazing as fall/early winter crop!
    Sweetglo (yellow) watermelon – – got from farmer’s market, now growing our own
    Santa Fe hot pepper – not new to us, but grows so well we grow every year
    Hopi Black Dye sunflower – trying it as poultry fodder

    Also, best podcast title ever! Lol 🙂

  5. Thank you Jack, it is so damn cold, I really appreciate the kick in the ass to get these garden plans finished off! I also really like the word divorced when applied to our culture’s loss of connection to our horticultural expression.

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