seed catalogs - rave about Raintree

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I've been getting my seed catalogs in (there goes the budget) and have been

drooling over them. I want to rave about one company, Raintree Nursery.

 

The catalog isn't as thick as Burpees but I want everything in it (like that's a

huge surprise). They have fruit I've never seen in the US, like gooseberries

(which don't contain any poultry), elderberries, goumi, jujubees, porcelain

berrrries, pineapple guava, thimbleberry, serviceberries, and currants (those

I've had in jams - heaven.) They even have wolfberries. (Does one start baying

at the moon after eating those?)

 

Great stock on heirloom apples, grafted apples, grafting stock (even

instructions on how to graft your own), mushrooms...Darnit, I'm drooling. The

catalog is free and mine came in a week. www.raintreenursery.com

 

The prices are very good. A 4 " pot of thornless blackberry may not sound like

much but if the wild ones down here can easily grow a foot in a month, I'm

willing to bet the ones at Raintree will do that as well. They even have

thornless blackberries which can produce 30 pounds of fruit a season. (Triple

Crown Thornless - will need trellis for support)

 

Anyone on the list from Washington State? If you're near Raintree Nursery in

Morton, they offer a bunch of classes from basics to what I'd consider master

gardening classes. I am green with envy, if you are. They also have special

deals on plants too big to ship, which makes my plant envy even worse so don't

tell me!

 

OK, do tell me because I wuvs all of you even if you can go to the fruit tree

heaven.

 

Oh, and soft shell almonds. I'm getting two of those even if we end up eating

macaroni and cheese and beans for a month. (All In One, self fertile, zones 7

through 9, $23.95)

 

Fig lovers? They have some cold weather tolerant figs so no longer do you need

suffer from figgie envy. But remember what I said last year, Do Not Eat A Lot At

One Time. Let's just say you won't need a laxative for a long, long time.

 

Hugs, Jeanne in GA