Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

Last year I wrote about my springtime seed choices with a little trepidation. I was concerned one of the smaller catalogs might receive enough exposure to sell out faster.

This year I'm happy to put Experimental Farm Network - experimentalfarmnetwork.org - front and center. I'm pleased for them, but not the prospects of future seed availability: my news feed delivered a writeup including them from The New York Times. Next year I'll have to order even earlier.

EFN's catalog was my largest seed supplier last year, and 2022 is no different. With stars like Caucasian Mountain Spinach, (alleged...