2009 Growing Season Begins

The seed and plant order is placed with FEDCO. Being sick the past two days gave me an opportunity to study the catalog and decide on what's going in the garden. My mother used to always tell me growing up that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I wonder if that's the case with my spring plantings?? New this year are potatoes, dried beans, celery for drying, and strawberries. I nixed the wheat idea -- way too much to harvest and mill for the little need I have for flour, which I can get spelt flour locally which is working out nicely. Also, there's no flowers which is unusual for me too. I have some flower seeds left over from last year that I'll stick in here and there (mostly flowers to attract beneficial insects - sunflowers, zinnias) and I always seem to have a couple volunteer sunflowers come up. So here's next year's plantings. The bottom may drop out of the economy, but Rick and me (and maybe some of my family) will be eating well! The plan is to can, freeze, and dehydrate a good bit of food next year. I'll keep you posted.

Black Valentine Bush Green Bean

Cannellini Bean

Tiger Eye Bean

Red Kidney Bean

Midnight Black Turtle Bean

Spring Treat Yellow Sweet Corn

Pennsylvania Dutch Butter Flavored Popcorn

Oregon Giant Snow Pea

Black Zucchini

Waltham Butternut Winter Squash

Sugarsnax Carrot

Early Wonder Tall Top Beet

Bulls Blood Beet

Misato Rose Radish

Purple Top White Globe Turnip

Space Spinach

Jericho Lettuce

Forest Green Parsley

Arcadia Broccoli

Champion Collards

Red Russian Kale

Safir Cutting Celery

Swallow Eggplant

Long Red Narrow Cayenne Hot Pepper

Revolution Sweet Pepper

Amish Paste Paste Tomato

Early Girl Tomato

Genovese Basil

Purple Ruffles Basil

Zefa Fino Fennel

Stuttgarter Onion Sets

French Fingerling Potato

Larouge Red Potato

Blueray Blueberry

Jersey Blueberry

Earliglow Strawberry

Honeoye Strawberry