That first comment was just my typical initial reaction when I see seed packets.
The number of tomatoes on Earth really boggles my mind. Every year there's new ones with new colors that have never been seen before. I love it.
In our garden this year, we'll be growing a lot more beans and onions. I've fallen in love with them. Last year we went N-V-T-S nuts on the tomatoes, only to find out that they set off the wife's hashimotos disease, so I gave away tomatoes from 20 plants.
Most of the garden space this year though will be used for rabbit food. I'm tired of paying for pellet, and there's gonna be inordinate numbers of rabbits here very soon. We've found they love radishes and turnips, so those will probably be our staples. I get those seeds from our local feed store in bulk, like $3 a pound or so. As for ordering seeds, I don't know that we will this year. My friend grew a ton of bean seeds, and I have plenty of others stocked, so this might be a first for us.
I have a similar reaction. I mean, I don't even need to order seeds, but I have found that one can never really have too many seeds now, can they?
Oh your poor wife! As a fellow afflicted with the dreaded Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism, I totally feel for her. As long as I stay away from too many starches, the occasional nightshade doesn't set it off, but I am super glad you figured out some of her triggers. Mine was commercially grown beef. It would swell my thyroid something fierce. Blech!
I so, so, so love you are growing your own rabbit food! Have you ever heard of mangels AKA the fodder beet? Up until the turn of the century I guess they were pretty commonly grown for livestock fodder. Radishes and turnips I like though because they are super quick, kinda like those rabbits lol!
Have you made sausage out of your rabbits yet? I have a pile of gifted ducks that I think I am going to make smoked sausage out of...