[trisham]

My seeds have arrived:

Cherokee Purple (OG)-Packet
Vegetables > Tomatoes > Heirloom > Black 1

Brandywine (OG)-Packet
Vegetables > Tomatoes > Heirloom > Pink 1

Costata Romanesco-Packet
Vegetables > Squash > Summer > Zucchini > Striped 1

Nadia (F1)-Packet
Vegetables > Eggplant > Dark Purple/Black 1

Slick Pik® YS 26 (F1)-Packet
Vegetables > Squash > Summer > Yellow 1

Fertil Pots Round 4” dia. x 4” h (OG) - 50 Pots-1 Unit
Tools and Supplies > Seed Starting Supplies > Biodegradable Pots 1

along with trays to hold the little pots. I have one more packet of seeds (cucumber) to be delivered, with these little plants:

Pepper, Hot, Lemon(20249 - 3 Plants) HEIRLOOM. From Ecuador, as hot as any Cayenne, but with a truly unique flavor.

I’m not doing any container planting this year. Everything that sprouts is going directly into the ground at the end of May. Our back yard is south-facing, our house is a light grey, and with the sun bouncing off the house and shielded from the north, the microclimate back there is quite warm and sunny, even though the trees that are outside the fence provide much more shade in the early morning and afternoon than they did when we first moved here. Still, I’m very excited about this new strategy this season.

[JRandomFreeper]

much more shade in the early morning and afternoon than they did when we first moved here

I made the mistake of putting a compost pile under an elm in the back yard, and noticed over the last few years that it was shading more and more of my garden.

Duh! I moved the compost pile, and will sacrifice the tree. It shall be ash and wood chips when I'm done, and make restitution to the garden in it's new form. ;)

I found some olive trees that are supposed to grow well in this zone, so I'll put some of those in, along with some fruit trees.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

That’s a good list of crops to grow.

Myself, I am going the opposite. I am going for more containers this year. They will be closer to the house and easier to get from a distance as well as saving the back bending over.

I am thinking about a cover crop for a couple of my beds to renew the soil, and then plant a fall crop and winter crop in those.

I want to reduce what I am doing in July and August to avoid the heat and drought period.

[greeneyes]

Here’s what I have received so far or else already have from my own seed saving efforts or left over from last year.

Ozark Giant green peppers
Corn, Country Gentleman
Corn, Trucker’s White
Carrots, little fingers
Pepper, Marconi Patio Red
Lettuce Little gem and others too numerous to list
Hairy Vetch
Sorghum, Mennonite
These are all heirlooms ordered real early to try this year.

Below are the leftovers and seeds I saved from last 2 years

Tomatoes:
Bloody Butcher
Wild Cherry
Tumbling Tom
Stupice
Brandywine
Bush Goliath
Cherokee Purple
Costoleto Genovese
Earliana Pa.
Long Keeper
Arkansas Traveler

Fooled you Jalepeno
Summer Squash
Mint
California Wonder Pepper
Sweet Basil
Chives
Sage
Dill
Batchlor Buttons
Marigolds
Minniesota Midget Melon
Sugar Baby Water mellon
Top Crop and Roma Bush Beans
Wando peas
Red Winter Wheat
Winter Rye
Crimson Clover
Irquiois Melon
Beets
Artichoke
Fennel

Here is the Plants on order to plant this year:

Baby lilac shrub
Dakota Pearls Potato
Goji Berry
Magic Carpet Thyme
Ozark Beauty Strawberries
Patio Blueberry Bushes
Patio Strawberry kits
Creeping Phlox
Ruby Red Pie Cherry
Wild Honey Honeyberry

Still to order:

Garlic for fall
Couple of grains
Strawberries for the additional pyramid bed we added