I have not had a garden since that one so its been 10 years now. This year that is going to change. I was thinking of growing one in my small backyard, but after reading over the HOA, if anything grew over my fence height I would have to cut it down. So I have decided to head out to my grandmothers and build one there.
Having already broken up a spot for her, I have to find a new spot for mine, but the initial plan is for a 100'x50' space that will house the following varieties of veggies. Before someone says that I have way more than I need, I agree, and will be giving away lots of veggies to friends, families and if there is still too much left over, I will donate it to a soup kitchen or church to give away. This is mainly for me to have something to do and relax a bit in the summer evenings.
So hows this for a vegetable list?
- Tomato Big Beef Hybrid
- Tomato Early Girl Hybrid
- Tomato Jelly Bean Hybrid
- Tomato Better Boy Hybrid
- Tomato Big Boy Hybrid
- Tomato Large Red Cherry
- Squash Pic n Pic Hybrid
- Squash E. Prolific Straitneck
- Turnip P-Top W-Globe
- Watermelon Crimson Sweet
- Watermelon Carolina Cross
- Watermelon Sugar Baby
- Raddish French Breakfast
- Raddish E. Scarlet Globe
- Raddish Cherry Bell
- Carrot Chantenay
- Carrot Tendersweet
- Cucumber Carolina Hybrid
- Cucumber Sumter
- Cucumber Muncher
- Pepper Long Thin Cayenne
- Pepper California Wonder
- Pepper Hungarian Hot Yello Wax
- Pepper Jalapeno
- Pepper Sweet Banana
- Bean Contender
- Bean Kentucky Wonder Pole
- Bean Harvester
- Crowder Pea Mississippi Silver Queen
- Crowder Pea Purple Hull
- Lima Bean Henderson Bush
- Green Onion White Lisbon Bunching
- Cantaloupe Imperial 45
- Cantaloupe Hales Best
- Lettuce Iceberg
- Dill Long Island Mammoth
- Parsley Italian
- Parsley Moss Curled
- Sweet Basil Sweet Basil
- Chives Chives
- Sage Broad Leaf
- Thyme Common
- Rosemary Rosemary
- Onion Crimson Red
- Onion Sweet Yellow
- Onion White
- Okra Clemson Spineless
- Cabbage Ferrys Round Dutch
- Egg Plant Black Beauty
- Sweet Potato
- Potato White Idaho
- Potato Early Red
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So Last week I started some of my seeds. I actually ordered some 6-pack flats and a few 180 cell plug trays but they were delayed for some reason, so I decided to try out those home made newspaper pots I keep seeing on every garden blog. I searched everywhere locally for seed starting mix that I have seen mentioned on here, and the only thing I could find was those small miracle grow bags. I wound up purchasing some organic garden soil from Lowes and "fluffing" it up some with some sphagnum moss. It worked much better than I had expected.
Yesterday morning I noticed that my squash and cantaloupe seedlings had gotten a little long in the stem so I transplanted several of each to some 2.5" pots I found cheap at a dollar store. (10 for $1) I did plant a few too many of each but I was expecting a germination rate much lower than I got. I am going to post a list of my germination rates below.
[table]Plant Type|Plant Name|Seeds Planted|Seeds Germinated
Tomato|Early Girl Hybrid|34|31
Tomato|Big Beef Hybrid|29|28
Tomato|Jelly Bean Hybrid|34|34
Tomato|Better Boy Hybrid|25|22
Tomato|Big Boy Hybrid|50|49
Tomato|Large Red Cherry|70|70
Egg Plant|Black Beauty|78|56
Squash|Pic & Pic Hybrid|29|28
Squash|Early Prolific Strait Neck|69|53
Cabbage|Ferry's Round Dutch|100|94
Cantaloupe|Hales Best|32|27
Cantaloupe|Imperial #45|26|25
Okra|Clemson Spineless|103|97
Lettuce|Iceberg|201|167
Lettuce|Romaine|156|85[/table]
So who wants to see some photos of seedlings?
[img]https://themakersworkbench.com/images/garden2011/cabbage-germination.jpg[/img]Cabbage
[img]https://themakersworkbench.com/images/garden2011/squash-germination3.jpg[/img]Squash
[img]https://themakersworkbench.com/images/garden2011/squash-transplant7.jpg[/img]Squash
[img]https://themakersworkbench.com/images/garden2011/squash-germination2.jpg[/img]Squash Transplanted
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