Sand Hill Preservation - Page 5

kktwahoo · January 7, 2008

Carolyn,

I just sent you a PM, btw.

I wonder at times, does "the bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten!" apply to seeds? I am honestly asking, as I am just learning about this part of the world, thanks to Paul, from Brownville!

Kent

**carolyn137** · January 7, 2008

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Originally Posted by kktwahoo

Carolyn,

I just sent you a PM, btw.

I wonder at times, does "the bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten!" apply to seeds? I am honestly asking, as I am just learning about this part of the world, thanks to Paul, from Brownville!

Kent

Kent I know of a PM you sent me last week with an offer and I just didn't remember to go back and answer you, but will perhaps later today.

There's no good relationship between seed price and seed quality as far as I'm concerned.

Heck, I've offered over 300 tomato varieties online here and there and will be making another one here soon, and they're free for an SASE.

As to those 10 cent packs of seeds in racks at the stores, I wouldn't use them b'c I don't need to but some folks have said they're just fine.

kktwahoo · January 7, 2008

Thanks, that is sort of what I figured, that there is no direct correlation between price and quality.

The subject of the new PM is "2d note....."

Kent & Kathy, near Wahoo, Nebraska

**carolyn137** · March 6, 2008

Linda Drowns called today and asked me to let folks know that she's updated the Sandhill online site to indicate which tomato varieties are sold out.

She said she'd be doing the same for the other items hopefully next week.

Tom C zone 4/5 · January 4, 2010

Any idea when the next catalog will apear on the web?

habitat_gardener · January 4, 2010

I've been checking too! I looked back at old SHP threads and, if this year is like other years, the catalog goes out in early Jan. and the website gets updated after that, usually by early Feb. So I'm watching my mailbox for the paper copy.

**carolyn137** · January 4, 2010

Actually Glenn called me tonight but I completely forgot to ask him when the catalog might be out. I know they've been having computer problems and I don't know if those have been fixed, but Linda his wife does all the formatting/entries for the catalog. Wait, I think he was trying to remember a date when something else happened and he said something like it was around Dec 7th or so and they were working on the catalog then.

I haven't been to the website yet to see if it's been updated but I guess maybe things are a bit behind schedule and I'd know if some of the varieties I sent him last Spring would be there, and actually that's part of what we were talking about, but not in relation to the catalog/website.

As I recall I usually get my catalog in early January each year.

So I can't give a date when they'll be sent out, but they will be sent out, that I know.

**carolyn137** · January 11, 2010

I got my 2010 Sandhill catalog today. Glossy cover and back, greatly expanded and reasons why Glenn isn't going to go the color photo route with a catalog, and referred to me as a tomato guru where some of the new stuff is mentioned in the front of the catalog, which led me to e-mail him that if that was so, whatever it means, then he's the fowl guru.

You have no idea how I've treasured my long time relationship with Glenn and Linda b'c it would be hard to find such wonderful folks, so enthusiastic, so dedicated to variety preservation and so darn honest in everything they do.

And how Glenn gets all the plantings done and saves seed at the same time he's a full time teacher I'll never know. Makes me feel like a slug, but then I am retired now so if I want to feel like a slug, I can b/c I too spent many years teaching.

mvan · January 11, 2010

I got my catalog today too!

sfmathews · January 11, 2010

I'm so jealous!

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Originally Posted by mvan

I got my catalog today too!

darwinslair · January 12, 2010

<sigh> didnt get mine

Glenn doesnt love my any more

Tom

nosnow · January 12, 2010

"and referred to me as a tomato guru"

Ah, but Carolyn, you truly are a "guru". My DH doesn't get too involved in my gardening world, but we both know a "National Treasure" when we see one, and you fill the bill.

And there is only one other NT that we're aware of and that would be a guy in south FL , who heads several Rare Fruit Councils, knows all off the fruits by their latin names, and spreads his love and plants around to local schools and parks. Big wave to Alan, ya know who ya are

But then there are so many other great people here that further the research and betterment of OP varieties, Craig, Tom, Tom, and I would like to thank the Academy.......

Joan

yotetrapper · January 12, 2010

What a wonderful catalog I didnt get yet, LOL. Where else can I feed my mater addicition AND my rare poultry addiction all in one catalog?!?

habitat_gardener · January 14, 2010

...still waiting for the catalog...

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · January 14, 2010

Tom nothing yet from down the road, still waiting on mine too I hope it comes soon I ordered from them last year.

March 6, 2008	#64
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Linda Drowns called today and asked me to let folks know that she's updated the Sandhill online site to indicate which tomato varieties are sold out. She said she'd be doing the same for the other items hopefully next week. __________________ Carolyn

January 4, 2010	#65
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	Sand Hill Preservation Center Any idea when the next catalog will apear on the web? __________________ Beyond the mountains, there are more mountains.

January 4, 2010	#67
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Actually Glenn called me tonight but I completely forgot to ask him when the catalog might be out. I know they've been having computer problems and I don't know if those have been fixed, but Linda his wife does all the formatting/entries for the catalog. Wait, I think he was trying to remember a date when something else happened and he said something like it was around Dec 7th or so and they were working on the catalog then. I haven't been to the website yet to see if it's been updated but I guess maybe things are a bit behind schedule and I'd know if some of the varieties I sent him last Spring would be there, and actually that's part of what we were talking about, but not in relation to the catalog/website. As I recall I usually get my catalog in early January each year. So I can't give a date when they'll be sent out, but they will be sent out, that I know. __________________ Carolyn

January 11, 2010	#68
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I got my 2010 Sandhill catalog today. Glossy cover and back, greatly expanded and reasons why Glenn isn't going to go the color photo route with a catalog, and referred to me as a tomato guru where some of the new stuff is mentioned in the front of the catalog, which led me to e-mail him that if that was so, whatever it means, then he's the fowl guru. You have no idea how I've treasured my long time relationship with Glenn and Linda b'c it would be hard to find such wonderful folks, so enthusiastic, so dedicated to variety preservation and so darn honest in everything they do. And how Glenn gets all the plantings done and saves seed at the same time he's a full time teacher I'll never know. Makes me feel like a slug, but then I am retired now so if I want to feel like a slug, I can b/c I too spent many years teaching. __________________ Carolyn

January 7, 2008	#61
kktwahoo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Wahoo, Nebraska Posts: 132	Carolyn, I just sent you a PM, btw. I wonder at times, does "the bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten!" apply to seeds? I am honestly asking, as I am just learning about this part of the world, thanks to Paul, from Brownville! Kent

January 4, 2010	#66
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	I've been checking too! I looked back at old SHP threads and, if this year is like other years, the catalog goes out in early Jan. and the website gets updated after that, usually by early Feb. So I'm watching my mailbox for the paper copy.

January 11, 2010	#69
mvan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fairburn, GA z7 Posts: 72	I got my catalog today too!

January 12, 2010	#71
darwinslair Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lake Minnetonka MN Posts: 229	<sigh> didnt get mine Glenn doesnt love my any more Tom

January 12, 2010	#72
nosnow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: seTN Posts: 33	"and referred to me as a tomato guru" Ah, but Carolyn, you truly are a "guru". My DH doesn't get too involved in my gardening world, but we both know a "National Treasure" when we see one, and you fill the bill. And there is only one other NT that we're aware of and that would be a guy in south FL , who heads several Rare Fruit Councils, knows all off the fruits by their latin names, and spreads his love and plants around to local schools and parks. Big wave to Alan, ya know who ya are But then there are so many other great people here that further the research and betterment of OP varieties, Craig, Tom, Tom, and I would like to thank the Academy....... Joan

January 12, 2010	#73
yotetrapper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Oakland MS Posts: 231	What a wonderful catalog I didnt get yet, LOL. Where else can I feed my mater addicition AND my rare poultry addiction all in one catalog?!?

January 14, 2010	#74
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	...still waiting for the catalog...

January 14, 2010	#75
Gobig_or_Gohome_toms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zone 4 Lake Minnetonka, MN Posts: 967	Tom nothing yet from down the road, still waiting on mine too I hope it comes soon I ordered from them last year.