I bought my first seed packets of 2012 today at lunch.

planting carrots and radishes today in pots outside....what fun!

tomorrow, hot pepper planting - they will reside in my office for germination time.

Remember, I'm the guy that had 93 different kinds of tomatoes in 2009 -- just for my own personal use.

I've been known to spend $600-$700 a year on seeds.

Which is why I've GOT to stop that.

and hundreds of hot and sweet peppers, eggplant......such a great addiction!

You should join Tomatoville.com.

I approach tomatoes and computers in the same way --- I'm an "end user" and I just want to keep it simple. I'm not really into the breeding, the genetics, the origins, that sort of thing. I'm happy to let others go through all the work, and I'll just lap up their knowledge from the periphery, so I can just "plug and play".

Have you read The 64 Dollar Tomato? I really enjoyed it.

http://williamalexander.com/64dollartomato/inside.cfm?page=excerpt

I first heard about Superchuck before I saw him. Anne told me a groundhog was eating the tomatoes. I had so much faith in my fencing that I was a little skeptical at first. I picked a blade of grass and touched it to the fence. Ouch. The fence was working.

"Maybe a large bird," I suggested.

"Then we better keep the kids inside until you capture it. Look at the size of this bite," Anne said, displaying a tomato with a huge chunk missing.

This fall I took packets of dill I had bought back in 2004 and 2006 and sprinkled them in two pots to see what would happen.Three of the 2006 seeds germinated. Two of these plants are now about a foot tall and growing nicely on my windowsill.

This spring I plan to do the same with my accumulated packets of lettuce. So many different kinds... I think I must fall in love with the photos on the packets.

But very soon I will begin adding to the huge piles of seed already in tins and jars.

My eyes are bigger than my garden, but there's a nice feeling knowing you have all that potential