Monday, April 18, 2011

Seedlings are Coming Along. Exciting new varieties & old favorites. All grown organically.

The snails, lack of greenhouse, lack of experience, & poor potting soil have made for a rough start. I have decided to delay the first plant sale until May.  I'll have a better selection & more robust seedlings to offer.  I'd like to have everything available by my first sale, but it looks like certain varieties will be available sporadically this season.  A lot of what I'm doing this season is "field trials" & building up seed stock. 

Most of the seedlings are heirlooms grown from organic, un-treated, open-pollinated, non-GMO seed.  All are grown without chemicals.  Composting, precision watering, solar power, biocontrol (using beneficials for pest control), and maintaining pollinator habitat are examples of how I strive to keep my operation as eco-friendly as I can. 

Here is a list of all the plants I hope to offer.  The seeds have been sown, and some have sprouted.  Some haven't and may not.  Some are being offered as seedlings only. Some will be available as seeds only (or both). Some will be available as fresh produce when plants yield more than I can handle.  Some will be available as dried herbs.  Some won't be ready until 2012 (but ask if you're interested in them).  Another list with photos, growing instructions & other info is in the works.  I'm happy to email the catalog in progress.

Bananas:
Blood Banana (ornamental)
Pink Banana (edible/ornamental)

Beans:
Blue Lake Pole Bean
Ruby Moon Hyacinth Bean
Purple Peacock Pole Bean
Sunset Runner Pole Bean
Yellow Pole Wax Bean
 
Romanesco Broccoli
Purple Brussels Sprout

Carrots:
Cosmic Purple Carrot
Gold Mine Carrot
Little Finger Carrot

Corn: 
Japonica Striped Maize (corn)
Oaxacan Green Dent Corn
Tom Thumb Corn

Purple Cauliflower
Spacemaster Cucumber
Pingtung Long Eggplant
Early Purple Vienna Kohlrabi

Melons:
Banana Melon
Burrell's Jumbo Melon 
Golden Midget Melon
Moon & Stars Watermelon
Old Time Tennessee Melon 
Orangelo Watermelon 
Rich Sweetness 132 Melon
Sakata's Sweet Melon
Tigger Melon
 
Yellow Borettana Onion (aka: Cipollini) 

Peppers:
Anaheim Chili (mild)
Ancho Gigantea/Poblano Chili (mild)
Lemon Drop Pepper (hot)
Tequila Sunrise Pepper (mild)
Corne di Toro Rosso Pepper (sweet)
Tolli's Sweet Italian Pepper
Yolo Wonder Pepper (sweet)
Golden California Wonder Pepper (sweet)
Orange Sun Pepper (sweet)
Purple Beauty Pepper (sweet)

Yellow Wonder Wild Strawberry
Yellow Summer Squash
White Scallop Summer Squash
Purple Tomatillo

tomatoes:
Ananas Noire Tomato
Black Elephant Tomato
Brandywine Tomato (Red)
Copia Tomato
Costoluto Genovese Tomato
Coyote Tomato
Gold Medal Tomato
Hawaiian Currant Tomato 
Hillbilly Potato Leaf Tomato
Huan U Tomato
Iraqi Tomato from Basra
Ilini Gold Tomato
Isis Candy Tomato
Peacevine Cherry Tomato
Pierce's Pride Tomato
Purple Russian Tomato
Speckled Roman Tomato

HERBS/GREENS
Italian Arugula 
Rustic Arugula 
Bee Balm
Borage
Catnip 
Huacatay
Hyssop
Purple Dark Opal Basil
Purple Petra Basil
Sweet Green Basil
Black Pepper Vine (2011=field trials. May be available in 2012)
Cardamon Ginger (2011=field trials. May be available in 2012)
Garlic Chives
Cilantro 
Lemon Grass
Patchouli (2011=field trials. May be available in 2012)
Sweet Mace (aka: Mexican Tarragon)

FLOWERS
Aquilegia 'Double Pleat Blackberry'
Bee's Friend 
Bishop's Children Dahlia
Calico Flower (vine)
Color Fountains Cleome
Diablo Cosmos 
Four O'Clocks (hot pink)
Glory Lily (vine)
Munstead Lavender
Pink Baby's Breath
White Baby's Breath
Black Peony Poppy
Mailbox Mix Morning Glory
Pink Feathers Morning Glory 
Scarlet O'hara Morning Glory
Tall Purpea Morning Glory
Pride of Gibraltar
Tropical Fruit Moss Rose
Saltwater Taffy Swirls Sweet Pea 
Scarlet Runner Bean
Sensitive Plant
Snail Flower Vine
Mexican Torch Sunflower (orange/red)
Mexican Torch Sunflower (yellow)
Green Envy Zinnia



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