We’ve owned our house for three years and have been gardening for two. These first two years, I used straw bale gardening as a way of getting started, branching out into amending and planting in soil slowly. Next year we will plant everything in soil (except perhaps tomatoes, which do so well in straw bales).
We aim for variety more than quantity, so our list of edible plants is long and getting longer!
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Plantings
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Bean 'Green Bush Snap'
Phaseolus vulgaris
Sown on 14 Jun 09
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Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Sown on 10 May 09
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Carrot (Danvers #126)
Sown on 03 May 09
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Cucumber 'Pepino'
Cucumis sativus
Sown on 26 Apr 09
- 7 journals
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Squash - Early Prolific Straightneck
Sown on 26 Apr 09
- 4 journals
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Watermelon
Sown on 26 Apr 09
- 3 journals
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Zucchini
Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica
Sown on 26 Apr 09
- 5 journals
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Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb'
Beta vulgaris var. cicla
Sown on 26 Apr 09
- 3 journals
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Bell Pepper 'Chinese Giant'
Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 3 journals
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Pepper (California Wonder 300TMR)
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 3 journals
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Pepper - Sweet Banana
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 3 journals
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Pepper (Serrano Chili)
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 4 journals
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Pepper - Habanero
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 2 journals
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Marigold - Dwarf French Double Mixed Colors
Tagetes patula
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 6 journals
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Tomato 'Yellow Pear'
Solanum lycopersicum
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 7 journals
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Tomato 'Brandywine'
Solanum lycopersicum
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 7 journals
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Eggplant 'Black Beauty'
Solanum melongena
Sown on 06 Apr 09
- 5 journals
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Onion (Evergreen Bunching)
Sown on 04 Apr 09
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Onion - Sweet Spanish Yellow Utah Jumbo
Sown on 04 Apr 09
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Lettuce 'Tom Thumb'
Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Sown on 04 Apr 09
- 2 journals
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Broccoli - Green Goliath
Sown on 04 Apr 09
- 1 journals
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Beets - Detroit Dark Red
Sown on 04 Apr 09
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Spinach - Bloomsdale Long Standing
Spinacia oleracea
Sown on 04 Apr 09
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Spinach - Giant Noble
Spinacia oleracea
Sown on 04 Apr 09
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Cabbage 'Dutch Flat'
Brassica oleracea (Capitata Group)
Sown on 29 Mar 09
- 4 journals
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Cabbage 'Red Acre'
Brassica oleracea (Capitata Group)
Sown on 29 Mar 09
- 5 journals
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Collards 'Georgia'
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
Sown on 29 Mar 09
- 5 journals
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Blueberry-Blue Ray
Vaccinium corymbosum
Planting Out on 19 Apr 08
- 2 journals
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Black Raspberry 'Cumberland'
Rubus occidentalis
Sown on 05 Apr 08 Black Raspberries have come to be known as canc...
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Garlic
Allium sativum
Sown on 21 Oct 07 The seed for this garlic was sent to me by a de...
- 7 journals
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Horseradish
Armoracia rusticana
Sown on 29 Apr 06 Horseradish is a favorite condiment in this hou...
- 2 journals
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Red Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
- 3 journals
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Sunchoke 'Stampede'
Helianthus tuberosus
We bought sunchokes at the Kroger and cut them ...
- 6 journals
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