For record keeping purposes (mostly for myself), here is our garden plan for this year. As mentioned in a previous post, we like to order seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, though we were more intentional this year about taking stock of what seeds we already had and trying to use up some old stock. As of Memorial Day weekend, all had been planted in the garden except for the sweet potatoes, which hadn't yet arrived from Southern Exposure.
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| Peppers and tomatoes waiting to be planted |
This year's garden has a walkway through the middle, dividing it into a northern half (to the right when facing Grandma's house) and a southern half (to the left). Each half of the garden has eleven rows. Here's what's planted in each:
Southern Half (rows numbered from west to east)
1 - Ashley cucumber (2), pickling cucumber (2), unknown cucumber (2)
2 - Golden Jenny muskmelon, Ali Baba watermelon
3 - Golden Jenny muskmelon, Seminole pumpkin, Ali Baba watermelon
4 - Seminole pumpkin, Strawberry watermelon
5 - Crimson Sweet watermelon (2), Strawberry watermelon
6 - Carolina Ruby sweet potato (12)
7 - Carolina Ruby sweet potato (12)
8 - Caroline Wonder pepper (6), Purple Beauty pepper (6)
9 - Abe Lincoln tomato (2), Eva Purple Ball tomato (2), Amish Paste tomato (4), Oxheart tomato (2), Sugar Cherry tomato (2)
10 - Yukon Gold potatoes, Eggplant (2 - as a trap crop for potato beetles)
11 - Dark Red Norland potatoes
Northern Half (rows numbered from west to east)
1 - Early Sunglow sweet corn
2 - Early Sunglow sweet corn
3 - Evergreen sweet corn
4 - Evergreen sweet corn
5 - Dynamite popcorn
6 - Dynamite popcorn
7 - Delicata squash, Sugar pumpkin, Acorn squash
8 - Delicata squash, Sugar pumpkin, Acorn squash
9 - Butternut squash, Spaghetti squash, Butternut squash
10 - Summer squash, Black Beauty zucchini (trap), Spaghetti squash, Black Beauty zucchini (trap), Summer squash
11 - Summer squash (4)
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| Cilantro and basil |
Then we have a few things planted in other areas around the house:
Raised bed - asparagus, spinach, lettuce, green beans, mint
West side of garden - raspberry canes
Under kitchen window - blueberry plants
Various containers - basil, cilantro, rosemary
Mulched areas around patio - basil, kale, swiss chard, collard greens
I'm hopeful that our garden will be a good producer this year, as we're doing what we can to try to nourish the soil and plants better than we have in the past. Now that the garden is planted I'm ready to see it grow and grow!
