So, I may have gone a little overboard with my order from Seed Savers, but my wife swears it’s not too much. I got my seeds in the mail on Thursday, and I hope to have the newest garden finished up this weekend (after the frost they're predicting tonight!). Now I have to make sure everything will fit in just how I’m hoping (over 2 dozen packets!):
Cornfield Pumpkin Squash
Waltham Butternut Squash
Wapsipinicon Peach Tomato –- I’m looking forward to peach-colored tomato sauce and salsa
Brandywine Tomato
Cherry Roma Tomato
Sunberry –- supposedly better than blueberries
Bee balm –- improves growth and flavor of tomatoes
German Chamomile –- home-grown tea sounds good
Cilantro
Cumin
Ireland Creek Annie’s Bean -– a short variety that should allow me some flexibility in placement (won't shade other plants too much)
Dragon’s Tongue Bean –- neat-looking purple and white pods
Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry –- somewhere between a tomato and a citrus fruit
Florida High Bush Eggplant
Slobolt Lettuce –- hopefully a variety that won’t go bitter so rapidly in our heat
Charantais Melon
Chocolate Beauty Pepper -– a brown bell pepper
Golden Nugget Pepper –- a medium-hot, high-producing variety
Hinkelhatz Pepper –- a hot one traditionally grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch
Red Thai Pepper
Grandma Einck’s Dill –- companion to potatoes, cabbage, and broccoli
Green Culinary Sage
Thyme
Borage –- companion for tomatoes, squash, and strawberries
A disappointment was that I can’t get potatoes from Seed Savers for growing down in Florida. The earliest they ship is in March and the latest you should plant in my area is February. So, I’ll make do with the Russet potatoes I already have.
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Sunberry (also known as Wonderberry, evidently) is a new one to me. I'll be interested to hear what you think.
At first I thought you would have no problem fitting all those plants in, until I hit the "add new comment" button and your list magically expanded. How many acres did you say you had. ;)
I'm planting more variety
I'm planting more variety than quantity -- including our house, we have about .17 acres :)
You've mentioned you don't
You've mentioned you don't have an organic farm in your area, but did you try your local garden center / nursery? If this is the growing season in Florida, I imagine they'd have certified seed potatoes.