What I'm Growing this Year
What I'm Growing this Year
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| Alium Milenium |
Seeds
Tomato, Five Star Grape- Johnny's Was planning on trying the "Juliette" variety, but decided it was too similar to Roma tomatoes, so I went with this one because I think grape tomato is more what I like. Make a second tomato trellis
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| Cheap and easy way to support netting over vegetables |
Broccoli-Gurney I'll give these a try. I keep reading that you need to cover these to prevent pests, so I ordered netting. Will do a simple sticks and glass jar method to support the netting. I read a good tip to use old socks filled with dirt or sand as a weight to hold it down.
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| Use 4' porch railings and leftover furring strips |
Nasturtiums- Empress of India-Strictly Medicinal Seeds Nasturtiums and Borage for companion planting with garden vegetables. Also, both are edible! I have had good luck with marigold in the veg patch in the past, so hoping these will prove beneficial as well.
White Sage- Western Mugwort, (Artemisia ludoviciana)- Strictly Medicinal Seeds
Direct sow: White Sage- may be invasive, of course AFTER I ordered these, I read somewhere that they may be invasive. I'll plant them in a small pot with the lavender and keep an eye on them. This year won't be a problem, but like mint, it bears watching.
Basil- use leftover seeds
Last year's basil did well, I'll use up the seed this year. Just make sure that I pinch it back early and often this year to avoid bolting.
Lavender- use leftover seeds- I'm still not sure that either the ones in pots or the ones I brought in to the basement will actually come back this year. So just in case, I'll start 5-6 more from seed this year.
Marigold- use leftover seed. I bought new prettier marigold seed to use in the more visible parts of the garden, so use up these seeds direct sown in the back of the garden.
Seedlings or Crowns
Thyme- buy plants locally, doesn't seem like it's worth it to start these from seed.
Strawberries- Honeoye Junebearing- Gurney- expand the strawberry bed one additional cinder block in the back for these strawberries. These are June bearing, so hopefully I'll get enough berries to make something, not just a few every day.
Rhubarb- Chipman's Canada Red Rhubarb Gurney- plant on the visible side of the shed. Wait to harvest the second or third year.
Front Slope Seeds to Start
Marigold, Strawberry Blonde- Burpees- Prettier marigold than the orange ones. Plant in the visible sections of the garden. Save the rest of the seeds for next year.
Salvia- Victoria- Burpee- There are already three tall, spiky flowers in this bed, so don't go crazy with these. Save remaining seeds for next year.
Dianthus Arctic Fire- Burpee- This is not exactly the color I wanted, of course I found true white ones after I ordered these. Plant for this year, esp and they define the side of the border. Consider transplanting elsewhere next year. Use remaining seeds in "wildflower" border and front of porch.
Cornflower Blue Boy- Burpee- Start as many seeds as possible, and then direct sow the rest to fill in the middle section of the bed.
Zinnia White Wedding- Burpee- Start as many seeds as possible, and then direct sow the rest to separate the "blue" flower sections.
White Yarrow- Achillea Millefolium- Outside Pride Start as many seeds as possible, and then direct sow the rest to separate the "blue" flower sections.
Veronica Spiked Speedwell- Outside Pride- There are already three tall, spiky flowers in this bed, so don't go crazy with these. Save remaining seeds for next year.
Slope- Plants
Catmint- Walker's Low- Burpee It seems the you can't buy seeds for this variety, so I bought one plant. Plan to divide in three years- ordered 2/6/2022, Zone 5 Shipping begins the week of April 11, 2022
Green Twister Coneflower- Plants Gurneys $13 ordered 2/6/2022 Zone 5 Shipping begins the week of March 28, 2022. From the reviews, it seems like this is not a very strong variety. I'll try it this year for the novelty of it. Plant in the front slope, baby it and see what happens.
Silver Carpet Lambs' Ear - ordered 02/6/2022 High Country Gardens
Zone 5 Shipping begins the week of April 25, 2022
I could not find plants of these anywhere last year, so I figured I'd order them this year. Two plants for around the birdbath, and two for the front of the slope bed. They should spread and fill in a lot of space over the years.
Alium Millenium- ordered 02/6/2022 High Country Gardens
Zone 5 Shipping begins the week of April 25, 2022
These look so cool, I just couldn't help myself. I have so many tall flowers, with little filler, it's going to look weird all by itself in the bed until things fill in. Doesn't fit the blue theme, so maybe dig these up and give them away in the fall to make way for Zamin Alium or Delphinium.
Wildflower Bed
Plant these extras out "front" of the house facing River Road. Dig up the flat area with stumps that are difficult to mow around.
Mintleaf Bee Balm- Burpee
Coreopsis- Yellow Outside Pride
Echinecae- Purple Conflower- Outside Pride
Milkweed- Northern - Syriaca- Live Monarch
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