Garden Planning

I am so excited to plant our garden this year.  For the past 4 years we have been in Indiana I have not been able to garden.  I did have 2 small raised beds that provided entertainment to the neighborhood children.  They would love to come and pick green beans or pull carrots up, wash them off and eat them right there.  They loved to smell the lemon balm growing and look for caterpillars on the parsley.  But that is not what I call gardening.  This year my future is wide open!  This year my dream list consisted of 39 fruits, vegetables and herbs.  We have the garden tilled and ready, seeds are bought, onion sets of red and yellow are sprouting.  What is holding us back?  Well not the weather, you can plant many things before the last frost date.  School, plans to leave on a 4 day trip to Cincinnati's Homeschool Convention, tying up loose ends to leave, making soap which I really need to slow down on!  Which reminds me if you love homemade soaps that have no harmful chemicals let me know I have a few to sell.

Broccoli Raab's first set of true leaves

Brandy Wine Tomatoes

Leeks with the seed's outer covering still attached

San Marzano Tomatoes

After much research and catalog browsing this is my best educated guess:

My list (though I probably WON'T get to plant everything this year)

basil~ genovese & sweet

green beans~ provider & strike

beets~ touchstone gold

blueberries

cranberries

brussels sprouts~ igor, though a crop failure has ravished this type so maybe for the fall garden

carrot~ royal chatenay, snow white & purple haze

chard~ bright lights

cherry

chives

cilantro

cucumber~ patio pickles

dill

eggplant~ dusky

grape~ concord & interlaken

kale~ lacinto or red russian

leeks~ king richard (summer) bandit (fall)

romaine lettuce~ jericho & rouge d'hiver

mint

shallots

scallions

red & yellow onions~ just what the garden center had

oregano

marjoram

parsley

peppers~ sweet chocolate

radish~ white diakon

rhubarb~ victoria or crimson cherry

rosemary

sage

spinach~ baby leaf, catalina

squash~ green zucchini, red kuri, nutter butter, spaghetti squash

strawberries

thyme

tomato~ brandywine & san marzano

peas~ green arrow

broccolini~ sautee

cantaloupe~ delicious

watermelon~ baby doll yellow