Going big this year. Plan on doing a huge Veggie garden, large flower garden, some fruits, earbs by the house. Also thinking of getting a bee box.
Just going to plant a few tomatoes and sweet peppers. Maybe some sweet corn. Going smaller this year....age is catching with me.
Already have some seeds started, 4 varieties of tomatoes, squash, beans (bush type), yellow bell peppers. root crops - carrots, radishes, green onions. Yukon gold potatoes. Refresh the strawberries. Herbs on the deck at the house. Watermelon, cantaloupe when it warms up. Trying 'baby' corn this year.
Right now I have the goats on the garden. They need the green. It has been a tough winter for the goats.
Last year was the first time we did potatoes. for $3 worth of seed potatoes from our local Farmer's Co-op, we got about 11 pounds worth. In todays market value, it's about $15 dollars worth. Will be trying a bit more seed potatoes this time. Anything I grow myself, know how it was grown, what was used on it (or not) makes it worth it, IMO.
Heirlooms, I'll suppose. Let me know how the Sungold do. I'm always trying something new and different with the tomatoes.
Agreed. I think I might build a grow box and try and get some. I love spuds, and feel the same pull towards things grown myself.
Avoid getting your seed potatoes from places like Tractor Supply or other pre-bagged sources. Our Farmer's Co-op has large bins kept in the warehouse, and you can pick through if you have the time. Remembering to build the mound during growth is important. High mounds, more yield! How to Grow Potatoes — Seed Savers Exchange Blog
Sungold is a hybrid cherry tomato, yellow in color. I grow them every year if I can find them. IMO it is the most flavorful tomato out there, and plenty of other tomato connoisseurs would second that opinion. If you can't find Sungold, Sunsugar is the same thing. Plants are indeterminate and grow to a huge size with massive yields - enough for all the family and the birds too. Cherokee Purple is a large, dark heirloom. Wonderful taste and "silky" consistency - absolutely scrumptious. Some issues with the various blights and such, but generally high yielding. Good luck with your gardening endeavors. I'll be putting transplants in the ground this week!
I like Bonnies Best and Celebrity tomatoes. The are the only ones that doesn't get some kind of blight or nematode wilt. We are still too wet. Been a very wet winter here.
I've been growing different varieties of yellow tomatoes, including Yellow Pear, a cherry sized sweet tomato great for snacking. My others this year is my standard Early Girl, a new try of Ace 55, and another new one, Dr Wyche's Yellow. I've not had good luck with Sutton's Peach. I did well with Constoluto Genevese for several years, then last year, pfft. Got maybe two tomatoes that ripened properly. I'll have to try Sungold next year, I'm out of beds for planting.
We have been extremely wet also. Thinking I may have to cover some of the beds so things don't just rot.
My garden is on a hillside. So I will start up the hill and work down. The best soil is low on the hill though.
I'll grow the usual suspects and mother nature will decide what I actually get. Have red potatoes and scallions waiting to go in the ground--still a little early here. I have Marjoram, buttercruch lettuce, leeks, a billion yellow tomatoes (no idea the variety now), and hot & Sweet peppers up under grow lights. For beans I will do the usual blue lakes but am going to try out royal burgandy as well which is a purple stringless bushtype cousin. Will do some zucchini and yellow squash but those haven't been especially productive for me the last couple years. Beets. Maybe some radishes. I will buy red tomato plants but not sure what kind yet--I get what they got. Will do some lemon cucumbers and probably some burpless green ones of some sort of the other. Will alternate different kinds of lettuces for as long as it grows. Last fall garlic is looking good so far. Noticed the horseradish I am growing in pots is starting to green up this week. My walking onions will be up before too long I suppose. Will probably grow some sunflowers but more to lure in pollinators. Have corn but it never does much for me. I have other edibles about that may or may not be productive depending on the weather--plum, peach and pear trees; blackberries; salsify; sunchokes; and asparagus come to mind but there is probably more out there randomly about I am forgetting as I sometimes forget what I have planted and where.
If I were to grow green beans the choice would be Kentucky Wonder. It usually produces very well and it likes our warm climate. They are also easy to harvest. I run them on strings connected by posts. Most of the harvest is within reach. We have peaches and plums but never get anything. We have a few fig trees and got a decent harvest last year. I may start a few more. They are no fun to mow around and tend get over grown. I could buy a tree right now but I don't think so. I do need to fertilize our pecan tree for the squirrels. I guess I am pretty fortunate.
creeping phlox I set out last year in the background (plugs) and the ones in the foreground are a couple years old. I want the area to be maintanance free. Also got daffodils and allium strown in.....and an ornamental orange.... and roses too.
Decided to do a little more. I am going with sweet corn and peas. I love southern peas and my diet needs more fiber. Pinkeye purple hull.....top pick and some top pick Crowder peas. And I think some bush green beans. I am going with Bush beans so all the harvest can be done at once. We are getting old and may let the gardener out of control. If so, the goats will get some quality forage.
