Loading ...When I first announced to Steve that on Saturday morning we were picking up our friend Emily and going to ‘Seedy Saturday’ he was a little unsure! I am not sure what he was imagining …….
According to TheFreeDictionary
seed·y
- Having many seeds.
- Resembling seeds or a seed.
- Worn and shabby; unkempt: “He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin” Mark Twain.
- Tired or sick; unwell.
- Somewhat disreputable; squalid: a seedy hotel in a run-down neighbourhood.
….. but it was Seedy of the ‘having many seeds’ variety!
This blog post on The Veggie Patch Re-imagined gives the best explanation:
“This is a seed fair organized by Seeds of Diversity Canada to bring together local organic, open pollinated, heritage seed vendors, other eco-vendors, and interested organizations. It is held in many locations across Canada and is a great way of getting seeds from many different companies while avoiding the mailing costs.”
Which I think explains it better than anything else I could come up with. Anyway Saturday morning, regardless of the fact that I had already ordered and received most all of the seeds that we need and a few more on top of that, we headed out.
For some inexplicable 
reason I was banned from buying any seed, especially tomato, but I did enjoy checking out all of the eco-vendors and making a mental note of all the seed vendors that I can check out next year. I was a little relieved at not needing to seed-shop as there were a lot of people there and I am not big on crowds.
He couldn’t stop me shopping all together though and I picked up a treat for my little seedling tomatoes and my big overwintering tomatoes – Green Wisdom Herbal Plant Food. I am rather tempted to try a scientific approach to testing the powers of this ‘herbal elixir for plants’ – I will keep you posted if I do!
Apparently the seed ban doesn’t apply to Steve as he picked up some Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard and some Lacinato Kale. I must admit they do sound quite interesting and practical, especially the Kale which is said to be “extremely winter-hardy variety become sweeter after a hard frost”.
We are now into the countdown though, the average last frost date for Ottawa is May 6th which makes today 8 weeks before. There has already been some seed starting going on and from this week it just gets busier and busier. But details of that in another post!
Seedy Saturday was fun! haha and you have a lot of seeds!
I look forward to 12 tomato varieties this summer! yum!
Comment by Emily — March 13, 2009 @ 11:23 am