For someone who doesn't have a very big garden, I get way too many seed catalogues. I know I could just check out the listings on-line, but there is something special about having an actual hard-copy catalogue to look through while I sit in a comfy chair with a hot drink. While each catalogue covers the basic vegetables and flowers, every one is a bit different and has certain items not available elsewhere. OSC( Ontario Seed Company) has pretty run-of-the-mill vegetables and flowers, but a closer look reveals some unique items. They offer a mini cantaloupe - Lil'loupe - which produces personal size fruit. I have grown them before and they are very tasty. I get about 4 fruit per plant and I'm sure they would produce more in a hotter, sunnier location . OSC has 13 varieties of radishes including a green one, and one that is white on the outside and red on the inside. Not many tomatoes to choose from, but they have Pink Ponderosa, a tasty pink beefsteak, that isn't easy to find. In the flower section, I was pleased to find a dwarf sunflower that makes seeds (so many of the new varieties don't). OSC also offers a wide selection of wildflower and grass seeds. They have naturalizing blends of native plants for wet and dry conditions,and they sell native tree seeds.
Monday, January 2, 2012
OSC Catalogue
For someone who doesn't have a very big garden, I get way too many seed catalogues. I know I could just check out the listings on-line, but there is something special about having an actual hard-copy catalogue to look through while I sit in a comfy chair with a hot drink. While each catalogue covers the basic vegetables and flowers, every one is a bit different and has certain items not available elsewhere. OSC( Ontario Seed Company) has pretty run-of-the-mill vegetables and flowers, but a closer look reveals some unique items. They offer a mini cantaloupe - Lil'loupe - which produces personal size fruit. I have grown them before and they are very tasty. I get about 4 fruit per plant and I'm sure they would produce more in a hotter, sunnier location . OSC has 13 varieties of radishes including a green one, and one that is white on the outside and red on the inside. Not many tomatoes to choose from, but they have Pink Ponderosa, a tasty pink beefsteak, that isn't easy to find. In the flower section, I was pleased to find a dwarf sunflower that makes seeds (so many of the new varieties don't). OSC also offers a wide selection of wildflower and grass seeds. They have naturalizing blends of native plants for wet and dry conditions,and they sell native tree seeds.
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I quite agree, there is a special pleasure to be had in having a proper seed catalogue to order from.
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