2010 Seed Inventory

I havent ordered any yet, but I guess I dont need much!

Tomatoes
Orange Flesh Purple Smudge
Egg Yolk
Red Zebra
Opalka
Green Sausage
Aunt Ruby German Cherry
Amish Paste
Orange Banana
Cherokee Purple *
Purple Russian
Chocolate Stripes
Weeping Charley
Cream Sausage
Cuor di Bue*
Wayahead
*dan's favs

Peppers
Anaheim
Ancho
Black Hungarian
Purple Jalapeno
Sweet Chocolate
Tequila Sunrise
Sweet Yellow Stuffing
Mini Red Bell
Cayenne

Greeens
Russian Kale
5 color Silverbeet Chard
Siamese Dragon Stir-fry Mix
Mesclun Mix
Bloomsdale Spinach
New Zealand Spinach
Slobolt Lettuce
Corn Salad
Apollo Arugula
Rocky Top Lettuce Mix

Peas
Dwarf Gray Sugar
Blue Podded
Golden Sweet

Beans
Chinese Red Noodle
Rattlesnake Pole
Empress
Scarlet Runner
Blue Lake
Tricolor Blend
Golden Wax
Purple Podded
Dragon Tongue

Green and Purple Tomatillos
Plum Purple Radish
Golden Boy Celery
Bubbles Brussel Sprouts
Broccoli - De Cicco
Cauliflower - Violetta Italia

Cucumbers
Lemon
Early Fortune

Summer Squash
Yellow Crookneck
Lemon
Spaghetti
Zucchino Rampicante

Winter Squash (pumpkins)
Baby Blue Hubbard
Amish Pie
New England Sugar Pie

Herbs
Basil -
Red Rubin
Mammoth
Lettuce Leaf
Globe
Dark Opal
Sweet Genovese
Thyme
Borage
Catnip
Rue
Cilantro
Hyssop
Lavender
Sweet Marjoram
Sage
St Johns Wort
Curled Parsley
Chamomile-
German
Roman
Bronze Fennel
Calendual
Feverfew
Tarragon (russian)
Bergamont

Flowers (not listing all varieties!)
Impatiens
Petunias
Butterfly Weed
Joe Pye Weed
Morning Glory
Moon Vine
Cleome
Statice
Nicotiana
Hollyhocks
Canterbury Bells
Sunflowers
Alyssum
Zinnia
Love in a mist
Kiss me over the garden gate
Violas
Foxglove
Shasta Daisy
Dahlia
Poppy
Heliotrope
Lobelia
Balloon Flower
Baby Breath
Cosmos
Nasturtium
Bachelors Button
Marigold
Chrysanthemum

Playroom

I realized I never posted pics of the completed playroom. Of course, I didnt get any when I had it all nice and organized, but you get the idea:)

Tomatoes

Our tomatoes are finally starting to come in! Our neighbor gave us a bunch of his, and then ours started. According to Dan, they were worth the wait. So far the cour di bue and green sausage are ready.

We harvested the garlic a couple weeks ago....just in time as I ran out and actually had to buy it once!

We are still getting some greens, even with the heat. The rocky top salad mix has not bolted and is still pretty nice tasting. I just am now realizing I have not used any of the siamese dragon stir fry mix in a stir fry! Need to put that on the menu for next week...some of its bolted, but not all, and even if its a bit bitter, it should be fine in a stir fry (I think!).

We have been eating a ton of basil...making pesto and basil garlic vinagarette (usually used over a salad with goat cheese and cranberries, yum!). I am not such a fan of the lettuce leaf basil. It kept smelling anise-y and sort of cinnamon-y to me and I wasnt to happy with the flavor in the pesto. I later saw on P allen Smith's website that it does in fact have anise and sometimes cinnamon undertones. The sweet genovese is great though!

Peppers are starting to come in, as well as eggplants.

Sunflower house is all wonky, but they are getting ready to bloom.

The bean tepee didnt get wired off quick enough and the rabbits got it...Argh! And those were my yard long bean....chinese red noodle, that I was very excited about.

We are getting ready to start setting out plants for fall harvest. The neighbors started a bunch of broccoli, there son got seed happy and they have like hundreds, so we are taking some of theirs to plant:)

I hope to get some pics tomorrow. Thought I would at least sort of catch up while I had a minute:)

Mmmmm.....dinner:)

Trying to Catch Up

Here are some pics from about 1 1/2 weeks ago....they are not good.

Potatoes (and Beans but the rabbits got them, need to start more)

All three beds are tomatoes and basil...the front bed also has some parsley and chives.

Front: Bell Peppers, Jalapenos, Calendula
Mddle: eggplant, cosmos, and pansy
Back: greens, swiss chard, johnny jump ups


Front: Peppers, Tomatillos, Calendula
Middle: Broccoli, Caulifower, Allysum, cosmos
Back: Greens, Johnny jump ups

We have babies!!!

We came home from Cape last night to cheeps in the incubator. Two had hatched and a third was on its way. This morning, the third didnt make it, but the first two are all fluffed out and in the brooder. There are two eggs left....one was moving and then stopped....Dan cracked it a bit and I think it is gone. The last egg I thought was a dud until dan cracked it a bit and it started peeping....so that one may still make it...we will have to see.

So far behind...

We have the majority of the plants in, but I dont have pics yet and its raining today. I do have some random garden pics that I took 2 days ago, so I will post those:)
Sunflower House

Bean Tepee