Wednesday, October 22, 2014

he is kind of the best

Have you ever gotten the Baker Seeds Catalog? They stopped sending it to me, I'm not sure why, but when I did get it it contained wonderful pictures like this of the owner and his family:
 
or this:
Imagine being in your garden and having them pop up like this
 Dude can rock some overalls
 
 
Formal overalls:
 
He is named Jer Gettle (of course he is) and he started this bomb-ass seed company when he was 17. Here's a NY Times profile. A seed prodigy, if you will. If you care about gardening at all you should send for the catalog or better yet, visit the store in Petaluma. Smiller saw somewhere that he opened the second one in Petaluma (first one was in Missouri) because the majority of his orders were from that area! That's how fancy these seeds are.

 
 

8 comments:

  1. question: do you think this guy is a Deadhead? Don't just give a kneejerk yes. He may only listen to old-timey music.

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  2. you can request a catalog here:
    http://www.rareseeds.com/request-catalogus/?crfc=y

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  3. Favorite Bands:
    -They Might Be Giants
    - The Four Eyes
    -Harry & the Potters

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  4. I'm guessing he's into:
    -bluegrass
    -the white stripes

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  5. Favorite band: The Seeds

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  6. you are on fire

    favorite album: (heirloom)cucumber castle

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  7. Neds Atomic Compost Bin

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