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Thursday, October 26, 2017

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.   

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