Additional crops for this year - the seed orders are in!

After doing my research for the last few weeks, I just placed my seed orders for this year with Southern Exposure and Baker Creek.

Garden Crops - Southern Exposure - $58.40

• Beans - Dean's Purple Pole Beans
• Beans - Scarlet Runner
• Kale - Lacinato
• Spinach - Long Standing Bloomsdale
• Heat tolerant greens - Jewels of Opar
• Okra - Fife Creek Cow Horn
• Onions - Yellow Potato
• Peanuts - Carwile's Virginia
• Bell Peppers - Napoleon Sweet
• Winter Radish - Black Spanish Round
• Tomato - Old Virginia
• Tomato - San Marzano
• Corn - Black Mexican

Orchard - Baker Creek - $46.50

• Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry
• Hardy Kiwi

The orders totaled about what they have been the last couple of times (about $100), but this total is as high as they are because I ordered a few things that are pricey, but that I shouldn't have to order again.  The Yellow Potato Onions are multipliers (similar my Egyptian Walking Onions) so, in theory, that should keep us in onions for the future.  The Kiwi vines and Mulberry bushes will go in the orchard to produce for the future, as well.  I hope to be able to finally do more seed saving on vegetables besides beans this year.

In addition to what I ordered, I have some leftover seeds from last year's plantings that I intend to put to use again.

• Radish - French Breakfast
• Radish - Cherry Belle
• Carrots - Little Finger
• Carrots - Cosmic Purple
• Carrots - Scarlet Nantes
• Cucumbers - Edmonson
• Tomatillo - Tomate Verde
• Musk Melon - Anne Arundel
• Tomato - Black Vernissage
• Artichoke - Green Globe (from seed)
• Pumpkin  Winter Luxury Pie
• Zucchini - Costata Romanesca
• Brussels Sprouts - Catskill (Long Island Improved)
• Flowers - Marigold (Spanish Brocade)
• Flowers - Carnation (Chabaud Picotee Fantasy)
• Flowers - Chamomile (German)
• Flowers - Sweet William
• Herbs - Hyssop
• Herbs - Basil (Bollo Napoletano)
• Herbs - Calendula (Resina) 

Lastly, I'd like to grow Ginger and Turmeric.  We use a fair amount of Ginger and are starting to use more Turmeric for the passive health benefits (rather than flavor).  I have yet to find a source for those roots.  I need to research whether I can simply buy the roots from the grocery store (similar to what I've done with Garlic) and get them to grow on their own.