Ryan’s softball game was cancelled tonight, so we had an unexpected evening to work! I know that’s how most people feel, right?
The most exciting thing about today is that we finished drawing up the 2009 vegetable garden plan. (It’s to scale, but not painted…) 😉 Here is what we are planting this year:
- Beans: green snap pole, yellow wax bush
- Beets
- Carrots
- Cucumbers
- Greens: lettuce varieties, spinach, swiss chard
- Herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, dill, garlic, garlic chives, lavender, oregano, parsley, thyme
- Melons: cantaloupe (undecided: watermelon)
- Onions: yellow, red
- Peas: sweet sugar snap pole
- Peppers: anaheim, cayenne, Hungarian wax, jalapeno, poblano (ancho), traditional (red, orange, green)
- Radishes
- Rhubarb
- Squash, summer: yellow, zucchini
- Squash, winter: acorn, butternut, fancy gourd mix (undecided: pumpkin – maybe in a separate bed?)
- Tomatoes: traditional, roma, yellow pear, cherry
We ruled out corn and potatoes due to size limitation of the garden plot, health factor (starch), and low purchase price.