Got started - finally!

[Lastfling]

Well, the head scratching is over and the 2017 selections have been started. After receiving all those wonderful varieties in the MMMM I finally decided to start with the oldest seed and progress from there. Along with some favorite, good performers from last year - I added 15 new varieties, most with 2012/2013 dates on the packs. Following is what I wound up with.

My saved seed from last year:
Girl Girl's Weird Thing
Not Purple Strawberry
Syranka
Delicious
Strawberry Margarita

Recieved in MMMM
Black from Tula
Morrtgage Lifter
Donskoi
Stump of the World
Copper River
Black Krim
Dr Dester
Goose Creek
Purple Dog Creek
1884
Cherokee Purple
Rebel Yell
Big Zac
Amy's Sugar Gem
Sun Sugar.

After last year's mouse massacre of the first seed planting, I decided to be proactive this year and set out traps around the seed tray perimeter first thing. As of this morning it's Me 1 / Mouse 0. With covers on the trays until germination I'm not to worried, as it was after germination and cover removal that the seeds were dug up and the new plants nipped off at the base. Maybe the little buggers will get the idea before then, this year.