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Cucumbers: Kid's favorite. Put a reminder on the calendar to start
-West India Burr Gherkin
-Sikkim cucumber- to complete my Nepalese hermitage? Love the Hooker quote: “So abundant were the fruits, that for days together I saw gnawed fruits lying by the natives’ paths by the thousands, and every man, woman and child seemed engaged throughout the day in devouring them.”
-Dragon's Egg cucumber
-Lemon cuke cucumber
-Mexican sour gherkin- one of the early years at Halladay, we grew these and they were great fun. Trying to do it again.
Kales: another kid favorite for "kale parties" at which she apologies for only having one color. I believe we have a Nero-ish var out there and I vastly prefer it to more conventional frilly kind that seems to shake out a cloud of cabbage flies. Went for larger, flat leafed vars this time around. Will try to plate germ in parallel with the lettuces I've got going and possibly sell at Dec swap meet.
-Thousandhead
-Dazzling blue
-Nero di Toscana
-Japanese Flowering (ornamental)
Lettuce: Branching out from the mix and black seeded simpson (although I should have checked first before ordering more!) this is an attempt to get something growing to avoid Tanamura clamshells in the landfill. It could also be good for sale at Dec/March swap meets.
-Black-seeded simpson
-Bronze beauty
-Rocky top blend
-Dock bloody (technically a perennial and more summerish, but MIL's stash was very ornamental last year)
-Chinese Multicolor Spinach Amaranth (also a bolt-resistant summerish var, but looks pretty)
Misc. Cool Veg:
-Lillian's caseload- just to mix it up with the Tom Thumb vars I picked up mostly for a kid party favor and the last season peas we are working through in the yogurt aquaponics. Mennonite R&D sounded promising, maybe not for this climate, but..
-Chioggia beets- haven't had much luck with beets-- get them confused with radish (freebie!) or don't spread them enough to get much yield. It is just easier to buy the lunkers in the store. But these are so ornamental and not available in the store.
-Radish Japanese Wasabi- hmm, freebie I wouldn't have chosen, but these are quick-growing and they say wasabi itself is tough to cultivate and mostly dyed horseradish anyway. Worth a shot.
Herb-florals:
-Marigolds- probably too late to try these as cool season, but can give it a shot next summer for fall +
-Dahlia cactus flowered mix- love the prospect of these being perennial and hit that 1950's rockabilly hair concept.
-Zinnia polar bear- the white flowers seemed like a good go with everything cut flower.
-Feverfew- cool that this could be a headache medicine and as a cut flower
-Borage- this was self-seeding and rampant in the San Pedro community garden and I always wondered if I could achieve something similar in our lot. Also interesting that the flowers are edible and cucumber flavored.
-Buckwheat takane ruby- have been trying to do more ground cover of buckwheats at a good feeder for native birds and possibly as a grain alternative for us. This stuff is so pretty it might be even more ornamental than the white variety (though I haven't had much luck with ez mode white variety yet, so...)
-Catnip- because I want to see the mama and panda cat tripping balls
-Thyme- orangelo. All they had. Trying to do a homebrew Italian seasoning. This seemed like it could be a zesty "secret" ingredient.
-Oregano- wild zaatar. See above.
-Marjoram- see above. I have trouble differentiating these 3 herbs. One of them has completely taken over a container bed, but I'm not sure which.
-Basil- Mammolo. Italian seasoning project. Annoyed this is not a perennial and throws off the whole balance with proclivity to bolt. I think this var had reviewers saying it was less likely to bolt.
-Dill. Seemed like a good thing to have for yogurty dressings (not that we make many). Didn't realize I already had bought this last year and not planted much of it out.
Rando Warm Season Veg:
-Dishcloth or luffa gourd. Yeah, I just want to see how these work.
-Pepper Datil. Freebie. Extremely spicy. Haven't put in a hot season veg order, but my general plan was to pick peppers right on the edge of the continuum of sweet to spicy. Since my record-keeping sucks, I'd figure everything had a little kick but could be used (judiciously) in either domain. This might mess up that plan, but could work great for salsa garden assembly swap meet.
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