Plans for next year.

[klorentz]

Well it is my hope to have more planted next year. A lot more variety and better planing and not have to scramble to get everything out. Some things we lacked this year like beans and peas and root crops.Here is what is on the table for next year so far.

Beans:

Jade green beans

Fordhook Lima beans

Cherokee Wax

Peas:

Lacy Lady 2 (snap)

Lincoln

Carrots:

Little Finger

Not sure what other ones.

Beets:

Detroit Dark Red : I am the only one that likes good pickled beets.


Potatoes : had good luck with Red LaSoda a few years back.They where awesome.They did better than Red Pontiac. Not sure yet on russet. Yukon Gold is another one that has done well for me.Thinking about one fingerling.


Garlic: Any variety that will do good here. We love our garlic. I know they should be in the ground now but it is most likely we will be moving.


Melons: There are so many tasty melons out there it is hard to choose what ones to get. I want to find a good heirloom watermelon with good disease resistance. This year Sugar Baby died from a wilt of some kind so I want to get something that is a bit more hardy.


Radishes

Onions: If I can would love to get some plants from Dixondale Farms.

Herbs: Want to have a good selection of kitchen herbs to help make my own seasonings and sauces.


Turnips: Purple Top White Globe


Tomatoes: Lots of tomatoes ;D

Ditto on the peppers ;D

Summer squash

Pumpkins/Winter Squash

Corn


I think that covers everything:D Lots to think about so I figure I will be spending the winter selecting varieties.And that is part of the fun of gardening.

Kevin

[galina]

Can't tell you exactly, but these are the steps to get to next year's garden: Everything I had hoped to save seed from that did not work out in 2010 unless it already had a second try and just won't do well here, whatever. Next, everything that needs growing out because my stored seeds are a few years old. Lastly our absolute favourites - our must-haves which get grown far more often than we need because we love them.

It sounds a bit dire and driven by the need to save seeds, but in the second group are many favourites and there is always a lot to look forward to. Group two includes my own breeding/evaluating experiments and new-to-me varieties. The third group also caters for continuation, ie early and late varieties. Or for example, if I have selected an abundance of shelling peas because they are due to be renewed, then I will almost certainly grow our favourite mangetouts (snow and snap) from the absolute favourites list. If all types of peas are included already, then there is room for more squash (or beans or tomatoes) from the 'favourites' list.

When I get a new variety that I suspect is a bit alike a variety I know, I will attempt to grow them both in the same year and compare.

There are a few squash varieties that really should be grown to seed in 2011 - and if that fails, the varieties should be dropped after the last seed has been used up or passed on.

I will grow more or less the same types of vegetables as always, with small variations. For example it could be achocha in the greenhouse or Mexican mouse melon or a plain greenhouse cucumber like this year - Telegraph. There is not enough room to grow everything every year, but all three serve as a crunchy, fresh salad ingredient. This year I am growing Cape Gooseberry, next year the little ground cherries in the greenhouse. Tomatillos I grow every year, but could suspend them for a year I guess. But they keep so well and are a nice fresh addition to winter salads which justifies their space.




Lots of planning to do, and DH has input too naturally.