This year, I am inspired to try my largest home garden yet. In past years we have successfully grown tomatoes, leeks and peppers. Now we'll stretch our veggie vines a bit.
I've ordered or started:
- Bowling Red Okra
- Star of David Okra
- Jaune Obtuse du Doubs Carrots
- Cosmic Purple Carrots
- Green Doctor Cherry Tomatoes
- Titan Sunflowers
- Brightest Brilliant Quinoa
- Scarlet Runner Beans
- Gotte Jaune d'Or Lettuce
- Rouge d'Hiver Lettuce
- Contender Green Beans
- Filius Blue Hot Pepper
- Ashe County Pimiento Sweet Pepper
- Tigger Melon
- Japanese Long Cucumber
- Black Beauty Zucchini
- Moon and Stars Watermelon
- Genovese Basil
- Lime Basil
- Bouquet Dill
- Lavener
- Slo Bolt Cilantro
- Yukon Gold Potatoes
- Garlic
- White Onions
This weekend we're constructing four or five raised beds. I hope to either mulch around the beds, or start a ground cover around them. This will ensure a large patch of the backyard won't need mowing!
Potatoes are going in a potato tower like this one. Might we end up with 100 lbs of spuds like so many websites promise?!
Additionally, we're sticking some tobacco and cotton in the ground. The tobacco is purely for the fun and enjoyment of the hubs. This way, maybe I can persuade him to do the watering once in awhile. The cotton should be experimental fun for the kids. I want them to see how the main product of our clothing grows. It is the "fabric of our lives," is it not?
I'm also planning a row of grape vines. In the last couple years, I've explored making my own wines. This year maybe some of the grapes will come from our own vines. A girl can dream, at least.
I can't wait to get out there and till up some dirt...stir up some compost...make garden markers with the kiddos. See you in the sunshine!
No comments:
Post a Comment