Project 81: 3 – Buying

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness was looking at the wrong seed catalogue

There is something delightfully old-school about sitting down with a paper seed catalogue and planning your garden for next year. It’s adding the tags, considering the varieties, amending the plan, thinking about it, and coming back to the catalogue after some rumination.

That’s why I put in a triple-digit value order with King’s Seeds—they sent me a nice big A4 catalogue. Allowing for about 10% of other seeds I have been given, 90% of next year’s plan comes from King’s Seeds. I will see how they fair, but I will also admit if I don’t follow the instructions.

In addition to seeds, I have rhubarb and asparagus crowns, four types of seed potato, and horseradish thongs, which will be dispatched as they become available. The best part of this exercise was learning that a fledgling horseradish is called a thong.