Garden Madness, It's Got Me...
I realize that this is really boring to everyone but me. I don't care, because GARDENING IS AWESOME.
Last year I did kind of a half-hearted garden with a handful of low-maintenance veggies and herbs (and an indefatigable raspberry bush), but this year I'm going all out. Seeds are so cheap I can afford to indulge my every whim, knowing they may not all make it. I'm doing a lot more flowers, especially quick-growing annuals to fill up the empty spaces between our new trees and bushes.
So far we are currently growing or scheduled to grow:
FRUIT:
blueberries (Earliblue, Bluecrop, Legacy)
pears
raspberries
strawberries
oregon grape
(and considering yuzu, fig and olive)
VEGGIES:
tomatoes (Oregon Spring, Legend, Green Zebra)
onions (Walla Walla, Evergreen White Banding))
lettuce (Red Sails, Paris Island Romaine)
mesclun mix
rustic arugula
mustard (Mizuna)
English watercress
miner's lettuce
carrots (Little Fingers, Scarlet Nantes)
peppers
broccoli
chard (Italian Silver Rib)
peas (Sugar Sprint)
lemon cucumbers
pumpkins
potatoes
spinach (Teton Hybrid, Tree Hybrid)
Tuscan black kale
radishes (Red Meat)
zucchini (Black Beauty)
beans (Blue Lake, Scarlet Runner, Kentucky Snap)
HERBS:
peppermint
spearmint
catmint
sage (Nemorosa)
Purple shiso
basil (Thai, Red Rubin)
oregano
lavender
rosemary
thyme
winter savory
dill (Dukat)
cilantro/coriander
French chervil
FLOWERS:
sweet peas (Perfume Delight, wild perennial)
california poppies (Mission Bells)
love-in-a-mist (Miss Jekyll mix)
bachelor button (Black Magic)
larkspur (Galilee Blue Double)
lupine (Russell Blend)
euphorbia (Blackbird, Myrsinites)
clematis (Snowdrift, Apple Blossom)
cosmos (Bright Lights)
nasturtium (Jewel Blend)
marigold (Lemon/Tangerine Blend)
narcissus
crocus
tulips
Not to mention our established (and growing) collection of japanese maples, hostas, golden barberry, roses, ferns, hebes, black elderflower, red twig dogwood, butterfly bush, climbing hydrangea, sedums, black mondo grass, purple new zealand burr, baby's tears, wood sorrel, and various mosses, clovers and other pretty "weeds" I'm constantly defending from Bryan's Spray of Poison Doom.
Wow. When you write it all out it looks like A LOT.
May should look FANTASTIC.
Last year I did kind of a half-hearted garden with a handful of low-maintenance veggies and herbs (and an indefatigable raspberry bush), but this year I'm going all out. Seeds are so cheap I can afford to indulge my every whim, knowing they may not all make it. I'm doing a lot more flowers, especially quick-growing annuals to fill up the empty spaces between our new trees and bushes.
So far we are currently growing or scheduled to grow:
FRUIT:
blueberries (Earliblue, Bluecrop, Legacy)
pears
raspberries
strawberries
oregon grape
(and considering yuzu, fig and olive)
VEGGIES:
tomatoes (Oregon Spring, Legend, Green Zebra)
onions (Walla Walla, Evergreen White Banding))
lettuce (Red Sails, Paris Island Romaine)
mesclun mix
rustic arugula
mustard (Mizuna)
English watercress
miner's lettuce
carrots (Little Fingers, Scarlet Nantes)
peppers
broccoli
chard (Italian Silver Rib)
peas (Sugar Sprint)
lemon cucumbers
pumpkins
potatoes
spinach (Teton Hybrid, Tree Hybrid)
Tuscan black kale
radishes (Red Meat)
zucchini (Black Beauty)
beans (Blue Lake, Scarlet Runner, Kentucky Snap)
HERBS:
peppermint
spearmint
catmint
sage (Nemorosa)
Purple shiso
basil (Thai, Red Rubin)
oregano
lavender
rosemary
thyme
winter savory
dill (Dukat)
cilantro/coriander
French chervil
FLOWERS:
sweet peas (Perfume Delight, wild perennial)
california poppies (Mission Bells)
love-in-a-mist (Miss Jekyll mix)
bachelor button (Black Magic)
larkspur (Galilee Blue Double)
lupine (Russell Blend)
euphorbia (Blackbird, Myrsinites)
clematis (Snowdrift, Apple Blossom)
cosmos (Bright Lights)
nasturtium (Jewel Blend)
marigold (Lemon/Tangerine Blend)
narcissus
crocus
tulips
Not to mention our established (and growing) collection of japanese maples, hostas, golden barberry, roses, ferns, hebes, black elderflower, red twig dogwood, butterfly bush, climbing hydrangea, sedums, black mondo grass, purple new zealand burr, baby's tears, wood sorrel, and various mosses, clovers and other pretty "weeds" I'm constantly defending from Bryan's Spray of Poison Doom.
Wow. When you write it all out it looks like A LOT.
May should look FANTASTIC.