Planning the planting
The plant list for this year looks like this:
broccoli,
broccoli romanesco,
brussels sprouts,
cabbage (red & green),
spinach,
carrots,
peas (shelling &sugar snap),
kohlrabi
green beans,
peppers:
green, red, yellow, jalapenos
tomatoes: roma, heartland,
hamson, hillbilly, amish, cherry
fennel
onions : green, yellow and red
shallots,
eggplant,
zucchini,
Charentais melons, butternut squash,
okra,
artichokes,
dry beans,
sweet potato,
celeriac,
kale (italian &curly),
cucumber,
tomatillos
herbs:
basil,
thyme,
parsley,
rosemary,
oregano,
cilantro,
hops,
tobacco,
chamomile,
echinacea,
mint,
peppermint
dill
It's ambitious for certain, but not really hugely more than we've grown before. There are a couple of new additions though worth mentioning, for instance tobacco which can be used as an organic pesticide, and hops for home beer making. (That will be covered in a forthcoming post.) Either way, after last years miserable failure, we are really going after it this year.
Anyone else getting started with their plant lists or garden planning yet? Planning any new trial plants this year?
Love to hear about it
P~
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5 comments:
I'm lucky enough to be able to garden year round. I'm always planting and planning...I love it.
I'm weeding out old seeds, too. I count out 10 wrap them in a wet paper towel and if 50% germ I keep them if not they get scattered in the compost heap. Sometimes my compost looks like a big mountain of garden!
I planted snow peas the other day.
One thing I did in the fall was divide up my seeds by packed-for dates and repackaged them that way. It's really easy to tell what needs planting at a glance using that method.
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Great to see you posting again on your blog. I really enjoy your blog and it's nice to read about someone gardening in my area. I to love mountain valley seeds and I almost always buy from them. You have to support the local guys!! My list looks pretty similar to yours, I have already started some seeds indoors, lettuce and other greens that will go out in the cold frame in just a few weeks!!! - Rick
This is a great help to mother earth. Let's make our environment clean and green. This would definitely stop global warming and other disastrous calamities.
@Lynda, I do the same thing when I want to check germination. anything less than 50%, it's not worth the effort. Another way to thin seeds is to share them with other gardeners. Especially if you have a friend or know a beginning gerdener that is low on funds. "Sharing is caring" right?
@Pat, That's a great idea. I separate mine in a similar way, in groupings of types, like brassicas (broccoli cabbages), Solanaceaes tomatoes, eggplants, peppers), or cucurbits (squashes)that all get planted at about the same time.
@Rick, Cool, glad to know there are some other locals, don't be a stranger. Also, there's an email address under my profile. feel free to write sometime.
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