Sand Hill Preservation

[carolyn137]

So you like an assertive taste Tom?

Please consider the following which have such as t5aste, at least for me/

Russian Queen, which I just offered in my seed offer and so noted as assertive

Herman's Special

Sandpoint

Jean's Prize

Silvery Fir Tree, assertive for me

Aunt Gertie's Gold, remarkable flavor for me, not sweet, perhaps on the assertive side for some, but great depth of flavor.

Ludmilla's Red Plum, which I love, not all that assertive, but certainly not mild, with outstanding taste for me.

........to name a few off the top of my head.

[Fusion_power]

Orangina and Orawalo would probably be good oranges for you Tom.

DarJones

[roper2008]

I know it's a busy time for them. I mailed them a check Jan 26th. Hopefully
I'll get my seed soon.

[ScottinAtlanta]

Just got my Sandhill mailing - I love the Civil War package - full of old timey varieties, including that Southern favorite, Granny Franklin okra, and melons that I can't wait to try. What a great idea to hark back to the 1860s when putting together a seed package. I live in an Antebellum home here in Atlanta - the Union artillery lines ran across my front yard - and it is a sacred idea to plant the varieties that were here in 1864 when the Yankees destroyed everything around me. With all due respect to Yankees!

[Fusion_power]

You will like Granny Franklin. It is the best pickling okra I've yet found and it is outstanding battered in corn meal and fried.

Here are some tips to grow it.

Okra should be planted into moderately fertile soil about 2 weeks after the local frost free date. The soil can be prepared with an application of rabbit or cow manure well tilled into the soil. Plant okra in hills with 5 to 8 seed very closely clumped together per hill and each hill about 18 inches apart in rows at least 36 inches wide. Cover the seed no more than 3/4 of an inch with soil. If the soil happens to crust, having several seed in one spot will permit them to break through. Once the okra plants reach about 6 inches tall, cull the plants to 2 or 3 per hill leaving more plants for shorter and less vigorous varieties and less plants for more vigorous types. When the plants are about 1 foot tall, side dress with a balanced fertilizer with a moderate amount of nitrogen. (Chicken manure would be a bit too high for nitrogen. Composted rabbit or cow manure would be just about right.) Spray with neem a couple of times to discourage pests. If you would like to save seed, harvest the okra for the first 3 weeks, then stop harvesting and let the plants set a seed crop. If you only need a small amount of seed, wait until 3 weeks before frost and stop harvesting so the okra can mature.

DarJones

[jennifer28]

I live in an Antebellum home here in Atlanta - the Union artillery lines ran across my front yard - and it is a sacred idea to plant the varieties that were here in 1864 when the Yankees destroyed everything around me. With all due respect to Yankees!

Scott,
Does your home have the kind of "window doors" that are long windows that open on to a front porch? I believe this was done for tax reasons, to avoid some kind of tax on the number of doors the home had... I learned about it when I was studying architecture and I thought it was the coolest thing. That architectural feature isn't common here where I live.

[roper2008]

Well, I't's been 1 month since I mailed my check. Didn't think they would be that slow.
I'm going to see if my check cleared.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by roper2008

Well, I't's been 1 month since I mailed my check. Didn't think they would be that slow.
I'm going to see if my check cleared.

Glenn just called me about an hour ago to catch up. He had no idea that I'd fallen twice and all that's in the thread my brother started in the GEneral Discussion area.

After talking helath issues he said that they're about two weeks behind right now and have been in inundated with orders, so all I can say is to try and be patient.

I asked how many new varieties he wanted me to send for trial this summer and it was many more than I expected he would say. So I'll have to think about that b'c I have other places I send seeds to for trial, am still packing up seeds for SSE requests and am almost out of many varieties right now.

And then there's always personal friends to whom I send seeds, so fingers crossed I'll have enough of some of them to get out where the general public has access to them.

[roper2008]

Ya, I finally got my seeds!. I'm going to start some Gail's Sweet Plum right
away, and Cherokee Potato Leaf. They sent me some free La Fayette tomato
and Purple Top Globe turnips (I like turnips).

[wmontanez]

I got my seeds today. I sent the check 2/12, they cashed it 2/24 and got them 3/8 so it is about 1 month from door-to-door... I think is reasonable since they are preservationists not a seed company. I am so excited! I got my papago cowpeas and black peanuts! I got carried away with corn, kolhrabi, kale and some greens etc and always they throw some freebies.

[jennifer28]

I just think the world of Glenn and Linda. I am biased because I think Glenn is a teacher, and you know teachers stick together. I did get worried about the seeds, and I emailed Linda not because I was annoyed with them but because I was worried someone in my neighborhood got the seeds. Fortunately they didn't and I got the seeds two days later. But they really are great folks. I also admire their involvement with 4-H, I really had a good time in 4H when I was a kid.

[sdzejachok]

Country Gentleman is my favorite OP sweet corn. We used to get it at roadside stands.

[Sodak]

I have ordered from them for a couple of years and wish I had found them sooner. Sandhill was the only source I could find for "victor", an AllAmerican selection from the 1930s. Sandhill and SSE are great Iowan organizations.