Suggestions for Cool Seasons:

Suggestions for Cool Seasons:

Artichokes (a perennial)

Green Globe Improved, Violetto

Arugula

Beets

Burpee’s Golden, Chiogga, Detroit Dark Red,

Broccoli

Nutribud, DeCicco, Waltham, Calabrese

Brussel Sprouts

Long Island Improved

Cabbage (including Oriental cabbage-like greens)

Glory of Einkhuizen, Copenhagen Market, Mammoth Red,

Carrots

Dragon, Nantes, Paris Market

Cauliflower

Early Snowball

Celery/Celeriac

Large Prague Celeriac,

Chard (the 'Swiss' don’t really grow it.. why do we give them the honor?)

Fordhook Giant, Five Color Silverbeet, Ruby (or Rhubarb Red)

Collards

Vates, Georgia Southern

Cresses

Fava Beans

Windsor; Aprovecho (sometimes appended with “Select”)

Florence Fennel (bulbing)

Garlic (this is a long season crop, plant in Fall harvest next Summer)

Chesnok Red, Music, Spanish Roja,

Kale

Dinosaur (Lacinato), Red Russan,

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Carina, King Richard

Lettuce

more varieties than you can shake a stick at – or grow a mix!

Onions (also a long season growing; find “short-day” varieties)

Italian Torpedo (! you will love this on the grill!)

Other leafy salad things

Parsley

Flat Leaf, Tripled Curled,

Parsnip

Hollow Crown, Harris Model

Peas

Dwarf Grey Sugar, Green Arrow, Tall Telephone, Mammoth Melting,

Potatoes

All-Blue, Caribe, Yukon Gold, many, many others!

Radishes

French Breakfast, Fluo, Easter Egg, Purple Plum

Salsify

Shallots

Spinach

America, Bloomsdale Long Standing, Viroflay

Turnips

Purple White Top, Golden Ball

There are also other vegetables that are not commonly grown you might want to try – I've not tried all of them!

Include all perennial herbs and perennial flowers. In addition, try some fun annuals like calendulas, larkspur, poppies (bread, California or Iceland types), sweet peas, and venidium. Make room for cilantro! Lots of cilantro!!

All of the perennial herb (oregano, thyme, rosemary, mints and so on) are best planted in fall. Ready yourself for fruit tree (and shrub) planting after the first of the year.

The following would be planted in your Spring Garden....

Suggestions for Warm Seasons:

Basil

Lettuce Leaf, Genovese,

Beans - drying

Black Turtle, Cannellini

Beans – Lima

Christmas

Beans- snap

Roc d’Or, Romano, Royal Burgundy

Sweet Corn

Golden Bantam, Country Gentleman

Popcorn

Strawberry

Cucumbers

Lemon, Mideast Prolific

Eggplant

Diamond, Rosa Bianca

Melons

Okra

Clemson's Spineless, Red Burgandy

Peppers (Sweet)

Banana, Corno di Toro,

Peppers (Hot)

Ancho, Jalapeňo,

Pumpkins

Sugar Pie,

Squash (Summer)

Black Beauty, Lebanese White, Yellow Crookneck,

Squash (Winter)

Acorn, Chiriman, Queensland Blue, Spaghetti,

Tomatoes

Brandywine, Golden Jubilee, Italian Gold, Orange Sungold, Norther Delight, Stupice, Sweet 100’s, Garden Peach, Persimmon and about a thousand others!

Tomatillo

Plant from seed or buy transplants at a nursery of fun warm-season annual flowers like marigolds, cleome (watch the stickers!), cosmos, sunflowers and zinnias. These warm season flowers make cheerful bouquets. You can also grow everlasting flowers like statice and gomphrena. The widest selection of flowers and vegetables is available to those who start their own from seed and order by mail from the catalogs above and many, many others.