It's the beginning of March, so it's no surprise that the basement grow area has been a busy place lately. Peppers, eggplant, Browallia, Echinacea, lemon bee balm and a Baker Creek freebie called “Love-in-a-Puff” have been sown.
I’ve also started on the onions & shallots. This year, I’m only adding one new onion variety to the mix: Patterson. William Dam describes this variety as "similar to Copra but with larger bulbs and healthier foliage". It also says that it's a replacement for Copra which is being discontinued (although I have a feeling they are referring to not supplying it anymore rather than that it’s being discontinued in general). I am growing Copra this year as well so it will be interesting to see how the two compare.
