Plantings (65)
Progress Journal (34)
Wish List (11)
I’ve been at this yard for a year and a half now. Still working on establishing new spaces and figuring out what grows best where. I started last fall with a winter garden of beets, chard, cabbage and garlic. All of the beds except for the back 2 were build this spring out of scrap wood from our old rotting deck that was replaced. The paths are from bricks that I found all over the yard, some were buried where I dug for garden beds.
Tomatoes did especially well this year – atleast 15 pounds of fruit so far, and many more green ones thay may still ripen despite the crappy weather. Looks like we’ll get a bunch of brussels sprouts also.
My goal is to turn the entire backyard into a permaculture food forest haven. The grass will have to go. We do not use chemicals or pesticides, this is an organic garden. Currently we have compost happening in the back corner also.
This fall I need to install the irrigation system and work compost into the beds, then plant a cover crop where there is no winter garden stuff.
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Plantings
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Kangaroo Apple
Solanum aviculare
Established on 05 Oct 09 Two plants, both around 2.5 feet tall. One is b...
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Bull's Blood Beets
Beta vulgaris
Transplanted on 05 Oct 09 An heirloom beet. Planted in the westernmost t...
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Camphor Thyme
Thymus
Transplanted on 05 Oct 09 A small, mounding habit, small leaved thyme wit...
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Tricolor Sage
Salvia officinalis
Transplanted on 05 Oct 09 Planted in the square bed in front of the lilac...
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Romanian Red Garlic
Allium sativum
Sown on 05 Oct 09 A second variety of garlic, planted in the far ...
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Ipheion uniflorum 'White Star'
Ipheion uniflorum
Purchased on 03 Oct 09 Bulbs purchased.
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Tulipa humilis Albo Coerulea Oculata
Tulipa humilis var. alba coerulea occulata
Purchased on 03 Oct 09 Bulbs White, blue base 6-8" Mid spring blooming
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Duganski Garlic
Allium sativum
Purchased on 03 Oct 09 Bulbs, cloves, ready to plant Violet cloves, g...
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French Shallots
Allium cepa var. aggregatum
Purchased on 03 Oct 09 unique, mild onion flavor Plant immediately fo...
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Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Transplanted on 30 Sep 09 Added four savoyed spinach plants to the tunnel...
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Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)
Transplanted on 30 Sep 09 Added to the tunnel cloche area. Should be a ta...
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Bright Lights Chard
Beta vulgaris var. cicla
Transplanted on 30 Sep 09 Planted some of these in the south of the tunne...
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Baby Bok Choy
Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)
Transplanted on 30 Sep 09 Planted in the tunnel cloche farther north near...
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Curly Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
Sown on 28 Jun 09 Last year I purchased some kale starts for the ...
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Painted Mountain Corn
Zea mays
Sown on 17 May 09
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Red Noodle Yard Long Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Sown on 16 May 09
- 3 journals
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Spaulding Spinach
Tetragonia tetragonoides
Sown on 16 May 09
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Red Sun Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Sown on 16 May 09
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Flash Collards
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
Sown on 16 May 09
- 2 journals
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Golden Sunshine Bean
Phaseolus coccineus
Sown on 16 May 09
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Black Pearl Soybean
Glycine max
Sown on 11 May 09
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Sunset Pole Bean
Phaseolus coccineus
Sown on 11 May 09
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Golden Sunshine Bean
Phaseolus coccineus
Sown on 11 May 09
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Soleil French Filet Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Sown on 11 May 09
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Broccoli Super Blend Hybrid
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)
Sown on 11 May 09
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Freebie Eggplant from Bellevue Demo Garden
Solanum melongena
Transplanted on 11 May 09 They were giving these away after the lecture o...
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Early Jalapeno
Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)
Purchased on 02 May 09 Open pollinated. 66 days. Hottest and fully rip...
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Variegata Pepper
Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)
Purchased on 02 May 09 Heirloom from the Amazon. 75 days. Beautiful wh...
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Painted Mountain Corn
Zea mays
Sown on 28 Apr 09
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Tea
Camellia sinensis
Established on 25 Apr 09 Wouldn't it be cool to grow tea in the backyard...
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Butternut Squash
Cucurbita moschata
Sown on 01 Apr 09 From seed out of a squash from our CSA box (fro...
- 2 journals
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Bush Delicata Winter Squash
Cucurbita moschata
Sown on 01 Apr 09
- 3 journals
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Thai Flowering Pak Choy
Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)
Sown on 01 Apr 09 Seeds from Narisa. Packet is mostly in Thai. Gr...
- 2 journals
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German Chamomile
Matricaria recutita
Sown on 01 Apr 09
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Cucumber, Bush Spacemaster
Cucumis sativus
Sown on 01 Apr 09 Seeds abandoned at the seed swap party.
- 2 journals
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Cucumber, Fancy Green Slicer
Cucumis sativus
Sown on 01 Apr 09 Needs full sun, good drainage.
- 1 journals
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Watermelon, New Queen Hybrid
Citrullus lanatus
Sown on 01 Apr 09 Orange flesh. 5-6 pound fruits. Somewhat seedle...
- 3 journals
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Cinderella Pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo
Sown on 01 Apr 09 A fancy, pretty pumpkin.
- 4 journals
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Japanese Trifele Black Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Sown on 27 Mar 09 80-85 days. A truly transcendent tomato. Pear-s...
- 6 journals
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Brandywine Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Sown on 27 Mar 09 85 days. An indeterminate, potato-leaf variety ...
- 5 journals
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Beaverlodge Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Sown on 27 Mar 09 55 days. Very early maturing variety, with plan...
- 3 journals
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Pineapple Ground Cherry
Physalis ixocarpa
Sown on 27 Mar 09 75 days. This out of the ordinary yellow ground...
- 2 journals
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Purple Tomatillo
Physalis ixocarpa
Sown on 27 Mar 09 70 days. This unusual deep purple tomatillo mak...
- 2 journals
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Toma Verde Tomatillo
Physalis ixocarpa
Sown on 27 Mar 09 100 days. Tomatillos have the sweet tangy flavo...
- 2 journals
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Joi Choi
Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)
Sown on 27 Mar 09 45 days. Joi Choi grows amazingly large and fas...
- 3 journals
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Pac Choi
Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)
Sown on 27 Mar 09 50 days. May be grown from early spring to late...
- 4 journals
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Rubine Brussels Sprouts
Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera Group)
Sown on 27 Mar 09 85 days. An heirloom variety not often seen in ...
- 4 journals
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Cowhorn Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Sown on 27 Mar 09 A robust variety, no longer commercially availa...
- 4 journals
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Shimonita Onion
Allium fistulosum
Sown on 27 Mar 09 A. fistulosum 60 days. Especially popular in Ja...
- 5 journals
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Dill Dukat
Anethum graveolens
Sown on 27 Mar 09 Anethum graveolensThis special selection produc...
- 2 journals
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Bronze Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Sown on 27 Mar 09 Propagated from seeds off the plant purchased f...
- 2 journals
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Genovese Italian Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Sown on 27 Mar 09 Annual warm season crop. Plant after last chanc...
- 4 journals
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Striped Roman Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Sown on 26 Mar 09 75-80 days. Very unique. These long, roma-shape...
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Lettuce mix
Various spp.
Sown on 26 Mar 09 A mix of Territorial Seed's Saladini mix and so...
- 3 journals
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Indian Red Mustard
Brassica juncea
Sown on 26 Mar 09 Pirated from a plant in the Greenlake PCC parki...
- 2 journals
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Umpqua Broccoli
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)
Sown on 26 Mar 09 60 days. This superior open-pollinated variety ...
- 3 journals
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Brussels Sprouts 'Bubbles Hybrid'
Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera Group)
Sown on 26 Mar 09 88-92 days. Dark green, round 1-2 inch sprouts ...
- 4 journals
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White Jerusalem Artichoke, aka Girasol or Indian Potato
Helianthus tuberosus
Sown on 22 Feb 09 This native perennial plant is up to 9' tall an...
- 4 journals
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Dakota Shelling Pea
Pisum sativum
Sown on 15 Feb 09 Planted under trellis in NW bed, trellis closes...
- 4 journals
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Sugar Sprint Snap Pea
Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
Sown on 15 Feb 09 Planted on center trellis in NW bed. Laid goos...
- 4 journals
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Oregon Sugar Pod II pea
Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
Sown on 15 Feb 09 Sown in NW bed, trellis closest to house/gooseb...
- 4 journals
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Asparagus 'Jersey Knight'
Asparagus officinalis
Sown on 22 Mar 08 Started indoors from seed in peat pots
- 1 journals
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Curry plant
Helichrysum italicum
Purchased on 20 Mar 08 A small, silver leafed plant that releases a cu...
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Leek
Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Sown on 24 Sep 07 Experimental plantings to see if I can actually...
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Asparagus 'Purple Passion'
Asparagus officinalis
Sown on 21 Mar 07 Started indoors from seed in peat pots. I have...
- 1 journals
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