This year we grew a bit of everything. Some successfully, some not so much.
Tomatoes:
We had so many tomatoes and peppers that we borrowed little one's bucket
all summer and fall to collect them.
Cherry Type:
- Risentraube-2 plants
- Super Sweet 100-2 plants (our only hybrid tomato)
- Black Cherry-3 plants
- Blondkopfchen-2 plants
- Roma Volunteer- 2 plants (also had several volunteers)
- Green Zebra -2 plants (but one died during transplant)--I HATE this tomato. It always produces poorly.
Beefsteaks:
- Cherokee Purple - 3 plants (but one died during transplant)
- Brandywine -3 plants
Regular:
- Sub-Artic Plenty 3 plants-supposed to be super early tomato. Later than the regular ones. Super lame.
- Black Krim - 3 plants
- Paul Robeson-3 plants
- Arkansas Traveler-3 plants (lost one in transplant)
- Dakota Gold - 2 plants (lost one in transplant. Poor yields on remaining one)
- Purple Fleshed Orange Smudges - 3 plants(cross politated with the Costolutos and became very ribby and interesting looking)
- Costoluto Genoveses-3 plants
Other:
- Green Verde Tomatillo (2 plants)--I thought these would be fun for the little one to "open" but the inside skin is sticky. Toddler loved them, called them "apple tomatoes"--mom not so much.
Peppers:
- California wonder -3 plants (hybrid)
- Beaver Dam -2 plants
- Red Minis-5 plants
- Garden Sunshine-2 plants
- Orange Bell-5 plants
- Quadrato D'Asti (yellow) -5 plants --These were HUGE. Bigger than my hand.
- Black Hungarian -1 plant
- Banana -2 plants(hybrid)
- Pepperocinio-1 plants(hybrid)
Eggplant:
- Pandora Striped -3 plants
- Ping Tung-3 plants
- Rosa Bianca -3 plants
Brassicas:
These were all started from seed and were pretty much all lost causes except for the kohlrabi (which still ended up being too pungent and yucky).
- Calabrese Green Sprouting Broccoli
- Romanesco Broccoli
- Snowball Self-Blanching Cauliflower
- Jersey Cabbage
- Golden Acre
- White Vienna Kohlrabi
- Purple Kohlrabi
Alliums:
- Giant Musselburgh Leeks
- American Flag Leeks (We had a good leek crop, but I'm not sure which of the two produced them. I think it was the musselburghs)
- Red onions--didn't produce
- Shallots (Which we actually got about 4!!)
- Garlic Chives (they're everwhere!!!!)
Lettuces and Greens:
- Rainbow Lights Chard
- Burpee's Rhubarb Chard
- Red Romaine Lettuce
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
- Burpee Gourmet Mesclun Blend Lettuce
- Southern Giant Curled Green Mustard
- Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach
- Monstrueux De Viroflay Spinach (Both bolted before we could use any)
Beans and Peas:
- Royalty Purple Podded Beans
- Calima Beans
- Roquetfort Wax beans
- Bush Lima (disappointment)
- Dragon Tongue Beans
- Queen Anne Sugar Peas
- Burpee Sugar Peas
- Burpee Shelling Peas (these were yucky)
Root Veggies:
- Laurentian Rutabaga (only got one)
- Parsienne Carrots
- Nantes Carrots
- Short 'n Sweet Carrots
- Hollow Crown Parsnip (from own seed)
- Golden Beets
- Early Wonder Beets
- Cylindra Beets
Herbs and Flowers:
I had planned on starting a large herb garden with six kinds of basil and many other things, but I didn't get to these sadly.
- We planted about 5 Tiger Mix Sunflowers that were very pretty.
- Our lime basil from the previous year came back from seed.
- Our potted, mystery oregano produced very well (mostly through neglect).
