Last weekend I ordered some seeds & potatoes due to an email I received from Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa.. I usually wait too long to order the potatoes, finding some out of stock already. Not this time. Thank you email!
Here is what I ordered...
5 lbs. of Yellow Finn
5 lbs. of Yukon Gold
2.5 lbs. of German Butterball which I haven't grown before.

There is nothing like fresh hash browns for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Last year I grew some fingerling potatoes which I might grow again (from my own stock). The other night I threw together a casserole of fingerling potatoes, shredded zucchini (shredded & frozen from the garden), onion (from the garden), mushrooms, green & red peppers with some Parmesan cheese sprinkled on & cream of mushroom soup mixed in. It was really good and I made enough for 3 meals. Tasty with a loaf of artesian garlic bread dipped in olive oil and Parmesan cheese.

And the seeds...
Calypso Bean
Hidatsa Shield Bean
Lazy Housewife Bean
Golden Sweet Pea
Double Yield Cucumber
Parade Cucumber
Lacinato Kale
Slobolt Lettuce
Chives
Cinnamon Basil

I know I need more, but I have to check my supply up at the farm. Also, with the house on the market, I won't be able to start seeds in the dining room. So I'll be buying starts from Almost There Farms on Highway 14 west of Arena on the way to the farm. They are grown from Seed Savers seeds and I have had good luck with them in the past.

In this recent cold spell we are having, I am dreaming of the rich, earthy smell of a freshly turned garden, the fresh "summer scent" of cilantro and the taste of the first ripe tomato off the vine.