The dragon tongue beans will be a family heirloom now. They came so well and easy to pick and tasted amazing fresh and then after being in the freezer for months we boiled them for dinner and oh my goodness, so delicious. Not stringy or tough at all! Delicious at every stage!
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I definitely have that gorgeous grape tomato on my list now! If you're debating about Chinese Multi-colored spinach, so it! Looks like a gorgeous coleus and grows crazy fast, and it even works well in smoothies. Plus who doesn't love heat-tolerant greens? People complained of pests, but mine did fine with Neem and soap spray and knocking Japanese beetles into soapy water. It didn't need spraying that often. Dragon tongue bean is great too--great sweet and non-grassy taste and kept producing after being destroyed by leaf hoppers last year. Purple lady bok choy truly is gorgeous and super easy. It was so stunning last year that I wished I planted more.
I love, love, love Baker Creek Seeds but I could not get a single Mongolian Giant Sunflower seed to grow. I'm excited to try the Chinese spinach. It's interesting how so many popular plants are purple. Keep up the great work!
kangakong the purple bok choy is precious and my daughters love growing it because it’s so easy, the dragons tongue beans all but grow themselves as well. I like getting feedback from people who have tried something so I’m passing that along. Happy planting 😀
The Chinese multicolor spinach wasn't the star of last year's garden, but it was best supporting actor everywhere it appeared. We had a historic drought in my area last year, and this variety was the only thing I had any luck growing after everything but cucumbers, okra, and sorghum had quit. It filled the space where other greens either bolted or died outright, and it's actually pretty tasty as sautéed greens similar to spinach, but be aware it will dye your dish pink.
I've had dragon tongue "wax" beans, they were a flat wax. I wasn't really impressed. Don't know if these are the same. I prefer Blue Lake stringless pole beans. You can eat them as a green been or a dry white bean. I seen a packet of McCaslan pole beans. Their dual use too, but kinds suck as a dry bean because they lose their skins that are a little tuff and they get mushy. They're also called lazy wife pole beans. I will stick with the heirloom Blue Lake stringless pole beans.
I thought about getting the purple lady bok choy, but wound up getting the yellow winter one instead since I was trying to get something nice and cold hardy
Well, I'm going to have to place yet another order. I only have about half of these. I'm not sure about staining my teeth with those purple carrots, though.
If memory serves me, the new Baker Creek catalog typically comes out in December. I, too, am anxiously-awaiting its arrival! I am using the 2019 catalog to get my next order started... and will finish putting it together after the new catalog arrives.
Cheril, don't worry the catalog will be out soon! We expect to start shipping the Whole Seed Catalog in the end of November/beginning of December and the Free catalog will ship shortly after that~
@@TalkingThreadsMedia I can't wait! I'm buying alot of seeds! I love those beans that look like a snake...one of those would probably fill 3 jars!😀😀💖💖💯💯💯👍👍🙏🙏🙏
It is out already and has begun shipping, if you ordered before Nov. 6th you can expect it by the 16th of this month, and if you ordered between Nov6th and Dec. 5th, it should ship out today!
Caroline Baines I have not but I think I remember MIGARDENER saying that it held up. I have put it in soups and pot pies and it holds it structure well in those applications.
@@Lochness19 the purple nebula ones had a lot of small roots all over the carrot and held on to a lot of dirt so they were harder to clean and the flavor was weird too. Kinda chemicaly. The grape tomatoes ripened weirdly. Like. They grew to fill size and just didnt ripen (in color or in softness) for over a month and by that time half of them were rotting inside while still green and hard on the outside.
All of the varieties in this video should grow well in your zone if planted at the proper time. You can consult Old Farmer's Almanac Planting Calendar for suggested planting dates for your particular area.
I grew them this year and I would gently squeeze them to check for ripeness.... They tasted super sweet, I chopped and dehydrated most of them to use as sun dried tomatoes:)
I used the squeeze method too! I found that they kept producing until the first light frost, at which point I pulled the remaining fruits and did the old brown paper bag trick to finish ripening them off. Good to the last bite, sweet and quite interesting in color too. Definitely going to try them again next season.
Sorry to hear about the difficulty you have had! Can you tell me a bit more? When did you plant? about where are you located? Was there pollinator action going on?
RareSeeds yes bee activity was fine we have local bee hives nearby and they visit my garden.... i am going try different location next year to see if i get better quality... i stored the seeds so i can use again.... lot number is 3518
Mamoo and Papoo’s Place Spacing has effected size and seed development for me as well as what I plant with them. I mention that because I accidentally planted pole beans with some and I planted the beans before the sunflowers were established and I had the same issues you had. Good luck with the next round 👍🏼
Nikki Cooper i only planted six... and put them in their own bed in the sunniest part of my yard... watered as needed.... living traditions homestead also had same problem with their same seeds they didnt get the big heads
Mark 4:31-32 KJV 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: 32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Etymonline dot com defines and gives the root of the word as just the same that I gave. I can say no more, other than to say, you should avoid giving out words that do not jive with what you mean. Say, instead, gourmet. EVERYBODY knows what that means. Webster`s Dictionary, under gourmand, says, "greedy, a lover of good fare, greediness for food". No mention of discerning taste. Gourmet says "connoisseur of wine or food". Much closer to what you said. Just saying.
