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Post by Dan on Jan 14, 2010 17:41:52 GMT -5
i still have pickles and peppers as well, eating the Jalapeno's quite a bit now (as I am the only one who will). These seem to be must have beans!
Anyone know of anywhere else besides SSE to purchase some of the seeds? If I find more things in SSE I will just purchase from there.
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Post by bunkie on Jan 15, 2010 11:11:42 GMT -5
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Post by canadamike on Jan 15, 2010 21:38:39 GMT -5
The beans at Prairie garden seeds come from me, Jim grew them and offered them for the first year in 2009. If you can, buy from Jim, he deserves support for all his almost ''missionary work'' he has very rare seeds, especially in the grains department.
For parsnip lovers, he has the KRAL variety, big fat short ones that look like a small elongated rutabaga.
For those high up likeSilver, who need a short season, he carries the SIMONET sweet corn. I never grew it but it is the favorite of my friend Patrice, who likes his corn to taste like the southern folks in the USA like it: big fat kernels, corny taste and not too sweet. It is a dwarf corn on top of that.
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Post by Dan on Jan 16, 2010 9:16:53 GMT -5
thanks for the heads up, i'll see if i can get prairie to ship to me without much issue. thanks bunkie!
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Post by bunkie on Jan 16, 2010 14:32:23 GMT -5
you're very welcome dan!
and michel, thanks for the input! gonna check out those big fat short parsnips! ;D
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Post by canadamike on Jan 16, 2010 20:55:06 GMT -5
Just called Jim in Saskatchewan today, he now ships to the US. He was surprised by the increase of requests for his grains seeds last year, I told him: ''they came from the USA hey?'' he said ''yes, how do you know?''.
I started laughing...we have discussed about grains and Prairie Garden Seeds here in the last year, and we tend to forget that many visitors come everyday, more so than the actual members and by a gigantic margin, and it has an effect...
We have a much larger following than membership, I often get e-mails from canadians, especially french speaking ones who cannot write in english properly but can read, that are not members but who come to learn and watch...
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Post by Dan on Jan 16, 2010 22:08:06 GMT -5
i checked his order form and saw that he shipped to the USA. I'm going to look at what else he has and try to get an order together. Thanks again!
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Post by mjc on Jan 17, 2010 0:42:43 GMT -5
I'm probably making my order this week...
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Post by canadamike on Jan 17, 2010 12:03:17 GMT -5
he only has c20 packets this year, he needs the rest to regrow them. I suspect they are popular...
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Post by bunkie on Jan 17, 2010 14:39:01 GMT -5
i've been enjoying going through jim's catalog online. love his descriptions. found a couple things people were looking for...
jo, check out his beet section for sugar...
zac, he has a Pickwick Dwarf Runner bean....
someone was looking for fuzzy leafed toms, he has ELBERTA GIRL 'has somewhat sprawling plants with fuzzy silver foliage. The plumshaped fruits are red with yellow stripes'....
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Post by Dan on Jan 17, 2010 21:13:43 GMT -5
would you mind posting a picture of your canned beans? I am curious to see your canning with the little bit of liquid versus full jars.
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Post by bunkie on Jan 18, 2010 15:12:27 GMT -5
great idea dan! i would like to see what they look like too. i want to try this method, but the canning books say..... ;D
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Post by raymondo on Feb 22, 2010 17:09:45 GMT -5
Do add salt Michel, or just the inch or so of water?
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Post by canadamike on Feb 22, 2010 19:17:30 GMT -5
A little salt.
I'll see if I have some left, I gave boxes of it to needy people before Christmas.
The canning companies look for non browning cultivars for canning. Butthey do can their beans and corn kernels in that almost waterless fashion. I'll see for the picture...
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Post by Dan on Feb 22, 2010 20:09:02 GMT -5
thanks! i'd appreciate seeing the picture. I picked up some red swan beans for this year, we'll see just how tasty they are!
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