Utah Seed Exchange

It's not to early to start planning your garden, and to help get you started, you should consider the Utah Seed Exchange. They offer free open-pollinated seeds, and training classes.

The first class and seed pickup is this Saturday. But seed orders need to be in by tomorrow Tuesday Feb. 7th.

Before you order, read the info on growing open pollinated plants on their website at http://utahseed.blogspot.com/

Here are the varieties of plants that you can choose from:

Bakers Creek Seeds, rareseeds.com

Beet Golden
Cabbage Nero Di Toscana
Carrot Atomic Red
Carrot Cosmic Purple
Corn Rainbow Inca Sweet
Cucumber Dragon's Egg
Cucumber Lemon
Cucumber White Spine
Eggplant Japanese White Egg
Eggplant Kazakhstan
Melon Early Silver Line
Melon Iroquois
Melon Minnesota Midget
Melon Prescott Fond Blanc
Pepper California Wonder
Pepper Lipstick
Sweet Pepper King of the North
Squash Bush Buttercup
Squash New England Sugar Pie
Squash White Acorn
Squash White Bush Scallop
Squash Zucchini Gray
Tomato Bloody Butcher
Tomato Csikos Botermo
Tomato Dr. Carolyn
Tomato Mountain Princess
Tomato Northern Ruby
Tomato Stupice
Tomato Thessaloniki
Watermelon Blacktail Mountain
Watermelon Cream of Saskatchewan
Watermelon Sweet Siberian

Seed Savers Exchange, seedsavers.org

Bean Black Valentine
Bean Bumble Bee
Bean Hidatsa Shield Figure
Bean Lazy Housewife
Bean Lina Sisco's Bird Egg
Bean Painted Pony
Bean Pencil Pod Golden Wax
Bean Purple Podded Pole
Bean Rattlesnake Snap
Bean Royalty Purple Pod
Bean Speckled Cranberry
Broccoli De Cicco
Broccoli Romanesco
Brussels Sprouts Long Island Improved
Cauliflower Early Snowball
Corn Two Inch Strawberry
Herb Catnip
Herb Chives
Herb Cilantro
Herb Cumin
Herb Globe Basil
Herb Grandma Einck's Dill
Herb Spearmint
Herb St. John's Wart
Herb Sweet Mace
Herbs Black Cumin
Herbs Genovese Basil
Herbs Hyssop
Lettuce Forellenschluss
Lettuce Pablo
Lettuce Red Iceberg
Lettuce Winter Density
Onion Ailsa Craig
Onion Long Red Florence
Onion Red Wethersfield
Onion Yellow Borettana
Pea Amish Pea
Pea Asparagus Pea
Pea British Wonder
Pea Champion of England
Pea Dwarf Gray Sugar
Pea Tom Thumb
Pepepr Buran
Pepper Fatalii
Radish Early Sacarlet Globe
Radish French Breakfast
Radish Helios
Radish Philadelphia White Box
Radish Plum Purple
Soybean Envy
Sunflower Sunflower Mixture
Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
Tomatillo Dr. Wyche's Yellow
Tomatillo Green Husk
Tomatillo Purple De Milpa
Tomato Crnkovic Yugoslavian
Watermelon Moon & Stars

Get a backup pair of glasses before it is too late!

There is an old preparedness adage that says "One is none, and Two is One." Being prepared means you have at least one back up, and preferably two or more just in case.

If you don't have at least one extra pair of glasses in your 72 hour kit, or somewhere safe, then you could be in for some trouble if you lose your only pair in an earthquake, evacuation or other emergency. But luckily The Glasses Shop is having a great sale. They have several prescription glasses and frames that are only $1, and shipping starts at $5.95.

Just go to the Glasses Shop choose your glasses type in your prescription (you need to get this from your optometrist) and apply the code "OneDollar" at checkout, and you can get these for a great price. But hurry, as this price will not last long.

If that is too rich for your blood, you can head over to Coastal.com and get your first pair of glasses FREE! by using the code: FIRSTPAIRFREE at checkout.

If you would like more frames to choose from, you can try Zenni Optical, which I have used with great success. They have over 200 glasses starting from $6.95.

Yes, these are cheap, but they are for an emergency, not a fashion statement, so go get an extra pair. You never know when you may need it.