It's possible that I got carried away with my orders. I have been surfing the Diggers pages late at night like some people do porn. I can't help it, it's a compulsive addiction. I see all their beautiful pictures of food, plants and other items and I want them. I want them all.
So these are a few of the items that I have purchased that have arrived. My membership to the Diggers club was for several years and they nicely send you out a lovely welcome letter with membership card, plus a few bonuses such as the seeds shown below (Purple Dragon Carrots, Heirloom Tomato Mix and Flander's Poppies). Plus you get a catalogue with all the seeds in it and the latest soft cover magazine (Festive Gardens). I also received as part of the membership, the hardcover Fruit and Vegetable Garden book, which quite frankly was rather similar to the Seed Annual magazine, but with a hardcover and a few more bits of information.
So I went and did what I always do when I get something new, I played with it, or planted it in this case. I put Flander's Poppies in the big white pot, several carrot seeds in the long black pot, and one single heirloom tomato seed in the green pot. Excited to see what comes of them.
.... Some days later....
Another delivery of items and I got the second half of my original order, which contains a hardcover book The Australian Vegetable Garden by Clive Blazey, my Hellfire Chilli Mix seeds and the Diggers Budget Breaker seed collection. I'm particularly excited about this order arriving.
The Hellfire chilli seed mix contains a mix of the following:
- Yellow Fataali chillies, ranging from 100,000 - 350,000 on the Scoville scale,
- Habanero chillies, ranging from 100,000 - 350,000 on the Scoville scale,
- Chinese Red Cap Mushroom chillies, ranging from 30,000 - 50,000 on the Scoville scale, and
- Jalapeno chillies, ranging from 2,500 - 10,000 on the Scoville scale
To give some Scoville scope, the scale ranges from your common capsicums (bell peppers) which rate a zero, to the Carolina Reaper which rates approximately 2,200,000 (correct at the time of this post). But it seems like people keep finding new and hotter chilli varieties semi-regularly, so expect that this may change.
As you can see below, there are quite a few different seed packets within this brown bag of goodness. The Budget Breaker seed collection cost AUD $19.95 and the vendor claims that it can produce over 2 metric tonnes of... well... produce. I plan to put this to the test. I will also do a comparison with heirloom seed varieties and the hybrid varieties that people buy generically in store. I have my suspicions that the heirloom varieties will out perform the hybrids, at least in flavour that is (and that's what it's all about isn't it?), but I will still test it.
And finally, all the seed packets contained within, some of which hold 400 individual seeds. You just can't beat that value, $19.95 for 2 tonnes of produce? I will never understand or accept when people tell me that fresh food is too expensive which is why they feed their children (and themselves) junk food. It's pure laziness and disinterest in their own (and their children's) wellbeing and health. I've proven that you can grown vegetables and fruit on a tiny balcony in Sydney, and although my balcony here in Canberra is four times the size, I still don't accept that people don't have room. My balcony is facing the complete wrong direction for a truly successful garden (I only get afternoon sunlight) as well.
So come on people, try out a little gardening with me and let me know how you go!
M xo
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