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[ed&bunkie <bunked@centurytel.net>]

great info elizabeth! oh, and Ike is one of the reasons i'm staying up 
here!!! :O)

Organica Seed...

http://www.organicaseedco.com/vesers.html

...has Wells Rice, but it is very expensive, 100 seeds for $12.50. 
Bountiful Gardens said they used to sell it for (same amount of seed) a 
dollar!

i hope your nine plants do well elizabeth. i am definitely going to try 
Wells again next year. will report on how the Alpine Rice does.

bunkie.


On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 07:52 AM, Elizabeth B. wrote:

> I direct seeded my beds last year, about mid March and then again mid 
> April. I harvested the first round in September and then again in 
> October. I direct seeded again this year with the seeds that I had 
> collected. I have a whopping NINE plants growing. With any luck, I'll 
> be harvesting the seeds this September.
>
> I didn't see last years' rice coming back but this may be because I 
> let the goats have at it. I planted amaranth and corn in the former 
> rice bed this year.
>
> Your cold weather is why I'm staying down here on the Gulf Coast of 
> Texas. Hoping your Alpine Rice grows well for you.
>
> "Ike" was helpful; he atleast took down a couple of trees I'ld been 
> meaning to. Unfortunately, the list of non-helpful is much longer than 
> the helpful.
>
> I'll give Jim a call, think that's his name, at Bountiful Gardens and 
> see if he wants to grow out some of the seeds I collect this year. 
> It's kind of scary being the only known person who has any "Wells!"
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
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