Have been gardening, mostly flowers until recently, since early childhood - now 88 years old. Now I am at the point where, due to physical limitations, most of my gardening is done in containers - and my emphasis now is on growing a few vegetables for use in salads (not canning or freezing) - namely tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, green onions, chives and parsley. In regard to bell peppers I have grown only green ones, but would like to try some ones with color, as well. My daughter gave me a couple of purple pepper plants last year (don't know name), but they weren't overly tasty, so will go for the red, yellow or orange in addition to green ones this year Up to now my experience with growing vegetables in containers is with tomatoes and bell peppers - fairly good results except last summer both the tomatoes and peppers developed some kind of black blight for some unknown reason. And I keep seeing postings about heirloom seeds and their advantages. So this year I'm going to try some of them. From various postings I see that Baker Creek offers quite a large selection and is recommended by quite a few gardeners - AND I see that shipping is free, at least for now - have sent for their catalog, For me that is a definite plus as for many seed companies I find that the shipping fees exceed my modest quantity of seed packets. I check out the local gardening outlets' seed offerings (Home Depot and WalMart) but selections are very limited and the packets don't provide much useful information. Would appreciate any comments from fellow gardeners - especially related to growing veggies in containers and heirloom seeds.Thanks in advance.
