StephinAL Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I am trying to decide what to order and was just curious. Do you have a favorite that you must plant every year? I'm a little overwhelmed at the choices, especially all the different kinds of tomatoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKitty Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I can't wait to get started. I plant just about everything and anything that will fit! My favs are Sugar Snap Peas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 This year - just lettuce. It's the only thing that the bunnies didn't eat last year. I will start them at different times so that I"ll have fresh lettuce all summer. I may try tomatoes. But, every time I do, the darn squirrels eat them. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 We usually try to put in a little of everything. This year, I don't think we'll have a garden, though. We are joining a CSA instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I seeded my garden for the first time this year instead of buying transplants. I don't know what happened, but hardly anything sprouted, and what did sprout was carried away by the birds. :glare: And between my two dogs and the slugs that are taking over my backyard, my strawberries are toast. Next month I will do some lettuce transplants and probably a couple other veggies. Have fun choosing!!! Hopefully your garden will do better than mine. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Some of everything. ... Tomatoes Brandywine -2 colors - heirloom Cherokee Purple -heirloom Arkansas Traveler - heirloom Sungold - a yellow cherry Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge (a new one, love the way this one looks!) Mountain Pride - market type Marion - market type Other faves include Silvery Fir, Elberta Girl (sp), Green Grape -Peppers - bell, hungarian, jalapeno and banana. We had a banner year w/peppers last year. -Potatoes - lots and lots of kinds -Sweet potatoes (again a banner year - we are still eating them!) -Onions, maybe leeks -Greens, some of which are out now - lettuce, tyfon greens, corn mache, fun jen (I LOVE this one), rose orach, spinach, purslane, claytonia, kale -Carrots - various but we never get good yields, we do have baby carrots now that are surviving though -Corn- Silver queen & something bantam?, not my favorite and it never does well, my dh just can't bear not to... -Cabbage - every type my dh can find seeds for, lol -Melons - many types, 1-2 plants of each. 3 years ago before the drought we got SO many of these and they were all great -Misc bits - chard, eggplant, herbs, radishes, beets, peas, lots of cukes (I like the yellow round ones best), other weird stuff for the chickens -No squash/pumpkins - we have squash borers :glare: -Probably no green beans - mexican bean beetles (however Masai is by far and away the best producer/best tasting we ever have) -No broccoli/cauliflower - I can get organic brocc cheap and no need for me to get the wigglies out... lol -No celery, brussel sprouts or runner beans - yuck! hth, Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Sweet corn. So good when picked and eaten right away. I miss this when the season is over. Garlic. Very easy to do. I plant in the fall and then water and wait. Much better than what's in the store, if you use it in cooking. Sugar snap peas. Great for stir fries, salads, or for the kids to munch on. Zucchini. I tried it last year and one plant was plenty for the whole family. Sauteed with olive oil and garlic - I could eat it every day. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritAnnia Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Mostly the same old things with a few new items I'd like to try. Usuals: Corn, Tomatoes, Bell peppers, Green beans, Yellow squash, Zucchini squash, Eggplant, herbs. Probably won't bother planting: Butternut squash, Jalapeno's New things I'd like to try: Garlic, Onions, Shallots, Sweet potatoes, Peas/Snap peas, Kale or Collards, Lettuce, Strawberries, Blackberries (if I can find a good place where Dh won't be ripped to shreds mowing around them ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 all the berries I can find locally. I'm also doing some potatoes, tomatoes, basil, onions, cucumber, and sunflowers. Last year, my tomatoes were hailed on right after I transplanted them so I am going to put two or three sets of them out this year. I missed them last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) for soil amending. We are planting: Tomatoes: several varieties - all heirloom Okra: 2 varieties - heirlooms Green Beans: 1 variety - heirloom [sensing a theme here? :lol:] Peppers: 3 (?) varieties - heirlooms Corn: 1 variety - can you guess? Potatoes: um, I forget (and I did the ordering:001_rolleyes:), 2 varieties? - heirloom Broccoli: 1 variety - heirloom Something else we've already begun in planters. <sigh, I forget and don't care to go downstairs to look at the seedlings> Ah, yes, squash, cukes, and onions. Thanks, Karen in CO, your list jogged my memory. We've already started a couple varieties of tomatoes, broccoli, and the unremembered as seedlings and are awaiting the "official" last frost to put them in the ground. We've already sown spinach and English peas. Also, we're on year 2 of our asparagus patch, grapevines, blackberry and blueberry vines. Then we have, erm, 10 fruit trees. Have fun choosing fruit and veg for your garden!! Edited February 19, 2009 by brehon synapses engaged... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanamom Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 The most 'bang for the buck' staples I love every year are: tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, and pumpkins. I just get tons of produce from each of those plants! Until this year, I have always been too late for peas- going to definitely do those this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I copied this from my blog describing what I am doing for my garden this year. Hopefully it is not too long for you.... I am especially excited to get started on my flower and vegetable gardens this year. I have my greenhouse set up and have my cold weather veggies started. My wonderful DH cut down an old tree and is clearing the land for my garden plot. I am going to try planting a companion garden this year. I discovered this concept while researching different gardening methods. It utilizes a common sense approach to gardening using natural methods to enhance flavors, offer pest protection and produce a higher yield and growth. Many plants have natural substances in their roots, flowers, leaves etc. that can alternately repel (anti-feedents) and/or attract insects depending on your needs. In some situations they can also help enhance the growth rate and flavor of other varieties. Experience shows us that using companion planting through out the landscape is an important part of integrated pest management. In essence companion planting helps bring a balanced eco-system to your landscape, allowing nature to do its' job. Nature integrates a diversity of plants, animals, and other organisms into every ecosystem so there is no waste. The death of one organism can create food for another, meaning symbiotic relationships all around. By using companion planting, many gardeners can discourage harmful pests without losing the beneficial allies. Below is some basic information about what plants grow best together and what benefits they may have. Plant Companion(s) and Effects Asparagus, Tomatoes, parsley, basil Basil, Tomatoes (improves growth & flavor); said to dislike rue; repels flies & mosquitoes Beans ,Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory, most other veggies & herbs Bean ,(bush) Sunflowers ,(beans like partial shade, unless you live up north, sunflowers attract birds & bees for pollination), cucumbers (combination of heavy and light feeders), potatoes, corn, celery, summer savory Bee Balm, Tomatoes (improves growth & flavor). Beets, Onions, kohlrabi Borage ,Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves growth & flavor), squash, strawberries Cabbage Family (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi) Potatoes, celery, dill, chamomile, sage, thyme, mint, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beets, onions; aromatic plants deter cabbage worms Caraway, Loosens soil; plant here and there Carrots, Peas, lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes Catnip, Plant in borders; protects against flea beetles Celery, Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower, cabbage Chamomile, Cabbage, onions Chervil ,Radishes (improves growth & flavor). Chives, Carrots; plant around base of fruit trees to discourage insects from climbing trunk Corn ,Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash Cucumber, Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers Dead Nettle, Potatoes (deters potato bugs) Dill ,Cabbage (improves growth & health), carrots Eggplant, Beans Fennel ,Most plants are supposed to dislike it. Flax, Carrots, potatoes Garlic, Roses & raspberries (deters Japanese beetle); with herbs to enhance their production of essential oils; plant liberally throughout garden to deter pests Horseradish ,Potatoes (deters potato beetle); around plum trees to discourage curculios Hyssop, Cabbage (deters cabbage moths), grapes; keep away from radishes Lamb's Quarters ,Nutritious edible weeds; allow to grow in modest amounts in the corn Leek, Onions, celery, carrots Lemon Balm Here and there in the garden Marigold The workhorse of pest deterrents; keeps soil free of nematodes; discourages many insects; plant freely throughout the garden. Marjoram, Here and there in the garden Mint, Cabbage family; tomatoes; deters cabbage moth Nasturtium ,Tomatoes, radish, cabbage, cucumbers; plant under fruit trees; deters aphids & pests of curcurbits Onion ,Beets, strawberries, tomato, lettuce (protects against slugs), beans (protects against ants), summer savory Parsley ,Tomato, asparagus Pea ,Squash (when squash follows peas up trellis), plus grows well with almost any vegetable; adds nitrogen to the soil Petunia Protects beans; beneficial throughout garden Potato, Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, limas, eggplant (as a trap crop for potato beetle) Pot Marigold Helps tomato, but plant throughout garden as deterrent to asparagus beetle, tomato worm & many other garden pests Pumpkin Corn Radish ,,Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers; a general aid in repelling insects Rosemary Carrots, beans, cabbage, sage; deters cabbage moth, bean beetles & carrot fly Rue Roses & raspberries; deters Japanese beetle; keep away from basil Sage ,Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans; deters some insects Soybean Grows with anything; helps everything Spinach Strawberries Squash, Nasturtium, corn Strawberry, Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce (as a border) Summer Savory, Beans, onions; deters bean beetles Sunflower Cucumber Tansy,Plant under fruit trees; deters pests of roses & raspberries; deters flying insects, also Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs; deters ants Tarragon Good throughout garden Thyme Here and there in garden; deters cabbage worm Tomato,Chives, onion, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrot, limas Valerian Good anywhere in garden Wormwood As a border, keeps animals from the garden Yarrow, Plant along borders, near paths, near aromatic herbs; enhances essential oil production of herbs Resource: The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, J.I. Rodale (editor) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 We have lots of veggies going in this year. We're hoping to grow most of the standard kinds mentioned above. I already have onions started from seed (long day, for our 39 degree latitude). I also plan to start asparagus from seed soon. We have a patch but I'd like to expand - cheaply. We plan to plant many potatoes, for perhaps the long recession/depression ahead. The most important thing to plant in a garden is a FENCE, IMHSHO! I do not enjoy tending plants for furry critters. Enjoy! GardenMOm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I'm just a beginning gardener this year, but I'm wanting to plant roma tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, some lettuces, maybe some cukes, maybe pumpkins. It's all going to be in containers, so we'll see. This list might be a bit ambitious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 The most important thing to plant in a garden is a FENCE, IMHSHO! I do not enjoy tending plants for furry critters. Now I know I am a certifiable nut. Last year I intentionally grew herbs (basil, cilantro, parsley) to feed the wild bunnies in my yard! And it goes without saying they also received all our carrot tops.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritAnnia Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What a fantastic list, thanks for sharing it with us Camille. I almost posted a question on here last week asking for sites that offer info like this. Can you tell me more specific information about the book it came from? My library has three organic gardening encyclopedia's by Rodale. Their publishing dates are 1992, 1978, 1959. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Now I know I am a certifiable nut. Last year I intentionally grew herbs (basil, cilantro, parsley) to feed the wild bunnies in my yard! And it goes without saying they also received all our carrot tops.:tongue_smilie: :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I've got a bunch of seedlings going now that I will transplant when it gets warmer. I've got artichokes, Moon & Stars watermelons, and Cinderella pumpkins. I'm also going to plant some sweet corn, and probably some squash and beans. I've got lettuce and spinach in pots right now that are doing pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gini Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I always plant a humungous garden, but I have such an un-green thumb, so I have to work hard at it. I am doing melon, squash, potatoes, popcorn, beans, peas, carrots, cabbage, celery, onions, greens, patty pans, sugar beets, (for the goats), tomatoes. Also putting in strawberries, blueberries, red raspberries, pear, apple, cherries, peaches. Makes me feel overwhelmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 We have: strawberries black raspberries red raspberries apples cherries rubarb goosberries We will put in: tomatoes cucumbers green peppers lettuces parsley beans spaghetti squash potatoes sweet potatoes carrots celery (?) broccoli watermelon (?) corn and various other things as dh comes across things he wants to grow. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Now I know I am a certifiable nut. Last year I intentionally grew herbs (basil, cilantro, parsley) to feed the wild bunnies in my yard! And it goes without saying they also received all our carrot tops.:tongue_smilie: If that is what makes you happy, it sounds good to me! You can always trap and eat them after you've fattened them up. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Last year we only got a few things into the ground due to a very rainy May. This year we have big plans.... I want several types of tomato, hot and sweet peppers, cukes, zucchini, yellow squash, pumpkins, corn, sunflowers, watermelon, lettuce, chard, kale, and some herbs. I'm contemplating potatoes and/or onions, but haven't yet decided if they are worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What a fantastic list, thanks for sharing it with us Camille. I almost posted a question on here last week asking for sites that offer info like this. Can you tell me more specific information about the book it came from? My library has three organic gardening encyclopedia's by Rodale. Their publishing dates are 1992, 1978, 1959. Thanks! The list is from the 1978 date. Here are a few sites that may get your creative juices flowing: http://www.companionplanting.net (very informative) http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html http://www.tinkersgardens.com/ (one of my fav. gardening sites) Happy gardening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 In terms of food, I think maybe raspberries and blueberries. (We live in the woods.) I know I will have some shade tolerant herbs on my deck like parsley. Mostly I am getting ready to plant a woodland garden and then I will move onto interesting shade containers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) It's February. There is snow on the ground. We are supposed to think of gardening? Oh yeah, that is dh's department, which means prairie flowers. Give me something I can eat. Now back to your regular programming ... ETA: We live in a mature neighborhood (meaning lots of tall trees and shade, so we would have to plant our vegetable garden smack dab in the middle of our back yard. Would put a damper on using that area as a play space. Also, I can't be a caretaker for something that cannot tell me that it needs attention (like fish, plants, etc.) Children suit me fine because they can communicate, even if I have to work on the decifering part. ;) Edited February 20, 2009 by dirty ethel rackham hit submit too soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritAnnia Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thanks again, Camille. These will be a great help to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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