Monday, November 8, 2010

Seed order

Now that the frost has killed off last years garden (except for my Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme -wait- do I hear a song coming on?) it's time to order seeds and plan for next years crops. As it was out first year in the house this past season, we only had time for a small un-planned garden. It produced very well and I was able to can a lot considering, just not much variety. To re-hash this years crops, we grew: 4 tomato varieties, musk melon, bell peppers, 4 different hot peppers (cayenne, hot lemons, red zavories, and jalapenos) lettuce and an onion for produce. My herb garden included parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, peppermint, tarragon, chives, lemon mint, lemon verbena, dill, purple basil, sweet basil, and chervil.
 This year, we will be expanding quite a bit in hopes of being more self sufficient. I based quite a bit off what I will be able to can and store for the winter. I won't bother with seed variety names for sake of simplicity (feel free to request them if interested!), but our seed order this year includes: Green beans, cucumbers, arugula, 3 types of lettuce (Boston, Romaine, and Crisp varieties), onions, cayenne peppers, jalapenos, potatoes, zucchini, summer squash,  and 3 varieties of tomatoes. We also plan on planting apple trees (YAY!!!!), and expanding on my herb selection as well as replanting the annuals listed above from last year. However, we will wait to get those from our local green house when it's time. I can't wait till spring again!

2 comments:

  1. Wowie, zowie!
    Potatoes and onions take up quite a bit of space. Where you plunking those down?

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  2. we are thinking of off the addition (Auntie's) room between the stream...

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