On Saturday the Post Office dropped off a little bundle of goodness from Seeds of Change.  This order has my herbs, as well as a few odds and ends I wanted.  My green lettuces are in here- my trusty standby romaine-type, Jericho, and then a Verte Mar to give a try.   You can also see a packet of butternut squash… I really don’t have room for squash, but I really would love to grow them, so as long as I have the seeds, I can always decide to make room.  The Swedish Brown Bush Beans are a dried bean.  I have no idea if our growing season is long enough for beans to grow and then dry on the plant, but I’m really excited at giving it a shot.  I love dried beans, and would love to find a few varieties that I can grow myself.

For herbs, I have some new ones to try out this year.  I bought Chervil, Lovage, Summer Savory, Cilantro, and Marjoram.  Oh, and Borage.  The lovage was highly recommended to me by a few people on Gardenweb.  It is a perennial, and the leaves are very much like celery- and it grows really well supposedly.  I’m looking forward to trying it out.  The borage I’m not so sure is really edible, but it can be used to make tea, and has medicinal purposes.  On top of that, it’s an attractor for pollinators, so I think it would be a nice addition to any garden.   The cilantro is a slow-bolting variety, but I have my doubts.  I’ve never had much luck with cilantro, so we’ll see how this one goes.

One more package of seeds to come- this one is the tomato seed order, and I expect it any day now.