Seed (and bulb) giveaway
I finally got around to
packaging up the seeds I've had drying on a shelf for the last few
months, and realized I had enough interesting varieties for a second
giveaway! This month's selection includes:
- Hungarian Breadseed Poppy --- Perfect for the stealth garden since these poppies are just as pretty as any flowers in your garden. But then the pods swell to produce plenty of tasty poppyseeds for baking.
- Clemson Spineless Okra --- Our favorite variety for flavor. Okra flowers are so huge and showy that I could envision using them in your flower garden as an edible border --- a bit like Rose of Sharon.
- Mung Beans --- Grow your own sprouting beans! These are phenomenally easy to grow since bean beetles don't like them and you only have to pick the ripe pods a few times over the course of the summer. We got about a cup of sprouting beans from one small bed, which will turn into quite a lot of meals.
- Jersey Knight Asparagus --- One of our readers mentioned that his Jersey Knight "all-male" asparagus included one female plant, which prompted me to go outside and realize that one of my plants was female as well! From what I've read on the internet, if you plant seeds from these females, you'll get nearly all male plants (with the associated higher yields), so I quickly gathered all the seeds I could.
Egyptian Onions
--- Yes, I do still have a heaping handful of top bulbs left, saved
just for you! One of my favorite (and most prolific) perennial
vegetables.
To be entered in the
giveway, just promote one of my ebooks in any way you choose. I'm
most in need of a review for the November
volume of Weekend Homesteader, but you can post a link on
Facebook or your blog, email your friends, tell your Mom, or do
whatever suits your fancy. No need to buy the ebooks to enter ---
just email me and I'll gladly send you a
free pdf copy of whichever ebook(s) you choose.
Leave a comment on this
post by midnight on Tuesday, November 1, to let me know you've entered,
and I'll pick one of you at random on Wednesday morning to win the seed
package. Thanks in advance for helping spread the word about my
newest ebook!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I promoted your November weekend homesteader ebook, the walden effect, and the chicken blog on my blog (see link below). I also posted a link to that blog post on my facebook page, twitter, google +, stumbleupon, and reddit. Thanks for sharing all your homesteading experiences.
http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/how-to-cook-a-whole-chicken-weekend-homesteader-review/#more-496
Hey there! Been reading through your blog (just discovered it today). I saw the contest, and as I'm a fan of anything free, I promoted you on my FB profile (2600 friends), as well as on Linked In (1600+ connections).
I really like what you're doing. I don't know that I could do complete self sufficiency in my area (city water, ordinances do not allow livestock, etc), but I look forward to reading your upcoming posts. I'm certain I can learn a few things from you.
(...and looking to see who won those seeds, LOL!)
Kevin --- Thanks for such a nice review, and for spreading the word!
Dawn --- Thanks for sharing! I'll be sure to enter you in the contest.