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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 mood 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.   Grandpaw 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 Grandpaw 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 2024.  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
• I am taking a balanced approach this year and trying to find some new stuff to0
• The 15 New Plants to consider growing in 2024 (I am personally trying the first 5)
  1. Barry’s Crazy Cherry Tomato – link
  2. Sweet Ozark Giant Pepper – link
  3. Vulcan Red Swiss Chard – link
  4. Indian Snake Cucumber – link
  5. Brad’s Atomic Grape – link
  6. Nkruma Tenten Okra – link
  7. Chijmisai (tatsoi x komatsuna) – link
  8. Black Knight Runner Beans – link
  9. Black Strawberry Tomato – link
  10. Hopi Blue Turquoise Corn – link
  11. Red Dragon Arugula – link
  12. Ensoro Ewia Egg Plant – link
  13. Mountain Spinach (a Japanese Amaranth) – link
  14. Red Torch Mexican Sunflower – link
  15. Serpente De Sicilia Gord – link
  16. Ivy Gourd (perennial cucumber) bonus not at Baker Creek
      1. Youtube Video about this plant
      2.  eBay Listings for this plant – please listen to the episode before ordering

Resources for today’s show…

• Find Me on Nostr
• Article Explaining the GrowNostr Initiative
• Join the Members Brigade
• TspAz.com
• TSPC on Discord
• TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
• TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
• Jack on MeWe
• Join Me on Odysee
• All My Recommend Bitcoin Tools and Resources
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