2006 Planting

I finished my planting today (except for the last few tomatoes, which are still too small to put out). Every year I draw up a map of what I've planted in each box.


The top three boxes, the herbs, tomatoes T5 - T7, the basil, and the kids box on the lower right were all planted May 1st. The Alabama beans and bush beans were soaked for two days and planted May 3rd. Now that's a coincidence! May 3rd is my grandfather, Norman's, birthday. He is the one that passed the Alabama bean seeds down to me. He received them from our neighbor 30 years ago, George Royce. I imagine George is still growing the beans too.

On May 6th I poked in the shallots, garlic and green onions between the lettuce rows. Today I planted fennel, sunflowers, snap peas, cukes and a couple of bell peppers from the nursery. I also replanted some spinach that didn't come up (or met with a very hungry sowbug).

The Seed List
Renee's Garden "Dutch Beets, Baby Ball"
Renee's Garden "Jewel-Toned Beets, Red Gold & Candystripe"
Burpee "Beet, Burpee's Golden"
Renee's Garden "Gourmet Ruby Chard, Scarlet Charlotte"
Garlic "ala supermarket"
Hint of Garlic "Dutch Yellow Shallots" from 2005 planting
Botanical Interests "Carrot, Scarlet Nantes"
Burpee "Carrot, Danvers Half Long"
Burpee's Heirlooms "Lettuce, Tom Thumb Butterhead"
Botanical Interests "Lettuce Romaine, Freckles"
Renee's Garden "Heirloom Lettuce, Merveille de Quatre Saisons"
Renee's Garden "Specialty Salads, Gala Mache"
Botanical Interests "Arugula"
Burpee "Spinach, Melody Hybrid"
Renee's Garden "Long-standing Spinach, Summer Perfection"
Renee's Garden "Sugar Snap Peas, Super Sugar Snap"
Renee's Garden "Specialty Sunflowers, The Joker"
Burpee "Cucumber, Sweet Burpless Hybrid"
Seeds of Change "Perfection Fennel"
Renee's Garden "Bush French Filet Beans, Rolande"
Grandpa Norman's (from George Royce) Alabama Pole Beans
Botanical Interests "Squash summer, Baby Round Zucchini"
Botanical Interests "Squash summer, Clarinette Lebanese"

Kids Box - C
Thompson & Morgan "Sunflower, Russian Giant"
Burpee "Pumpkin, Jack-O-Lantern"
Lake Valley Seed "Marvel of Peru, Four O'Clock"
Burpee "Oriental Vegetable, Pea Snowbird"
Burpee "Carrot, Danvers Half Long"

Kids Box - K
Burpee "Sunflower, Chianti Hybrid"
Burpee "Zinnia, Lilliput Mix"
Lake Valley Seed "Snapdragon, Fairy Bouquet Mix"

I'm going to try to review most of these seeds individually as the garden grows and produces, to give an idea of the performance and taste of each variety.