My Edible Garden

I've been gardening for most of my life and have been a devoted fan of organic gardening the whole time. It just makes so much more sense to work in harmony with Mother Nature than to fight her. Besides which it is better for the planet and better for our bodies. Here you can see what I'm planting and harvesting, with gardening hints and resources thrown in for good measure.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Varieties Growing in 2009 May 22, 2009

Varieties Growing in 2009

Well, I’m getting around to a few things, one is a list of what’s growing this year, this includes things we’ve already harvested and eaten as well as what’s in the ground now. But it doesn’t include things that I will plant in the future. Altogether I count 132 edible varieties. That number will grow somewhat as the rest of the summer planting goes in and later on when I put in the fall and winter crops.
VARIETIES GROWN IN 2009
This is a list of varieties of vegetables, fruits, herbs and edible flowers grown in 2009. Items marked with * are from home grown seed.
VEGETABLES & ANNUAL FRUITS
BEANS
*Apache Purple Pod
King of the Garden Lima
Royalty
Yardlong or Asparagus Beans
BEETS
*Cylindra
*large mixed [yellow, pink, red, white]
CARROTS
Danvers Half Long
Imperator
Purple Dragon
COLE CROPS
Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Purple cauliflower
White cauliflower
CORN
Chires Baby Corn
Bloody Butcher
EGGPLANT
Black Beauty
Neon Hybrid
*Neon F2
GREENS
Lettuce mix
Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach
*Swiss chard
Mache
Claytonia
*Red Russian Kale
Giant Red Mustard
Pak Choy
NZ spinach
Malabar spinach
Sorrel
HERBS & EDIBLE FLOWERS
Basil, Lettuce leaf
Basil, Spicy Globe
Basil, Thai
Bergamot
*chervil
*Cilantro / coriander
Chives, regular
Chives, garlic
Chaste tree, aka Monk’s pepper, buddleia, summer lilac
Daylilies
Dill
Hollyhocks
Honeysuckle
Lavender
Lilacs
Marigold, Lemon Gem
Marigold, Tangerine Gem
Marigold, Texas Tarragon
Mint, peppermint
Nasturtium, Alaska
Nasturtium, Empress of India
Oregano, Italian
Pansies
Rosemary
Sage, broadleaf
Sage, chaparral
Sage, Pineapple
Tulips
Violas
Violets
MELONS
*Hales Best Jumbo cantaloupe
Blacktail Mountain watermelon
Jubilee watermelon
OKRA
Burgundy
ONION FAMILY
-Leeks- the Student
-Garlic, regular and Elephant
-Onion-
Ebenezer?
Florence Red Bottle
Welsh bunching
Red Bunching
PEAS
*Sugar Snap
Blueshokker
*Dwarf Grey Sugar
*little Marvel
Maxi Golt
Sweet Magnolia
PEPPERS
Ancho Gigantea
Jimmy Nardello
Anaheim
Santa Fe Grande
Sweet Red Bell
Georgia Flame
Alma Paprika
POTATOES
All Blue [Peruvian ?]
Red LaSoda
Yukon Gold
Russet
RADISHES
Easter Egg
SQUASH
Baby Blue Hubbard
Trombocino
Kabocha
Delicata
SWEET POTATOE
Beauregard
TOMATOES
Super Italian Paste
Polish Linquisa
Snow White
Yellow Pear
Yellow Marble
*Princepe Borghese
Imur Prior Beta
TURNIPS
White Globe Purple top
MISCELLANEOUS
Jicama
Purple de Milpa Tomatillo
Ice plant
Honey locust tree
Poppy
PERENNIAL VEGETABLES
Jersey Hybrid Asparagus
Connover’s Colossal Asparagus
Elephant Ears
FRUIT
Sequoia strawberries
Thorn less blackberry
Blackberry
Blueberry
Granny Smith Apple
Anna Apple
Grimes Golden Apple
Summer apple [mislabeled, unknown variety]
Boysenberry
Heritage Raspberry
Baba Raspberry
Santa Rosa Plum
Wild Mexican Elderberry
GRAIN & SEEDS
Buckwheat
Winter wheat
Rye
Popping sorghum
Mammoth Sunflowers
Oil Sunflowers
Sunflowers, mixed kinds & colors
VOLUNTEER/EDIBLE WEEDS
Red root pigweed
Lambs quarters
Chickweed
INEDIBLE BUT OTHERWISE USEFUL PLANTS
Soapwort: roots make cleansing suds good for gentle cleaning of delicate or vintage fabric
Golden bamboo: useful small garden stakes
Madder: produces a long lasting red dye from the roots, yellow/tans from the tops. My chickens love it.
JUST STUFF
Vinca major, drought tolerant ground cover
Virginia creeper, Drought tolerant vine/ground cover
Bearded iris: flowers
Star jasmine: fragrant flowers
Trumpet creeper: draws humming birds

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