What are you planting in your garden 2013

What are you guys and gals planting in your indoor and or out door gardens next year?

Dahlia flowers. And poppy. Lots of poppy.

A money tree.

Garlic right now.

Tomatoes, Radishes, peppers, ect. along with a 300 gal smart pot with a nice female white widow x Pineapple from seed.

I'm looking forward to next years garden. I've got a 4'x20' raised plot to work with as well as 2 small side beds(that the dog frequently tramples), space for pots around the deck and a small blueberry bed. My garden for 2013 should include in rough order of designated space: cherry tomatoes, peppers hot and sweet, garlic, bush beans, blueberries, calendula, flax, zucchini, brussel sprouts, sunflowers, leafy greens (kale, swiss chard, spinach, lettuce), onions, basil, radish, oregano, parsley, strawberry, rosemary, lemon balm, mint, bergamot, lavender, and I'm sure I'll find space for some other random selections somewhere. It's a big list but some of it is perennials that I already have planted and the rest is all very do-able given a couple hours work each week. I'm looking forward to next year. I've learned a great deal over my first three seasons gardening and continue to learn more daily. I would love to take suggestions as to plants that I should be growing. I love planting a new seed having no clue what to expect and learning as I go.

All of my seeds come from the website http://www.cottagegardener.com they deal in high quality heirloom seed varieties. I absolutely swear by the seeds that I get from their catalogue. Almost every plant that they carry has been passed down through families for generations and is selected because they posses desirable traits that made them worthy of being passed down. I highly recommend checking them out.

I am very strict about what goes into the soil of my raised veggie plot and my blueberry raised bed. I use only my home compost, straw, and local high quality aged cow manure. My soil structure and quality has been getting noticeably better over the past three seasons and I have not had to use a drop of chemical fertilizer or pesticides. In my opinion it is the only way to go. Composting is way easier than I had imagined! I only have a pile roughly 4'x3'x4' tucked along the side of my house and it supplies me with a great deal of rich organic matter for my garden.

As for watering I refuse to use my hose unless absolutely necessary. I have two rain barrels collecting water for me to use instead.

Every year I get a little better and have a little more fun. Hopefully your yard treats you well like mine does.

I am planting more Native Texas wildflowers/shrubs/ and trees!!! As many as I can fit on my land w/o overcrowding!! And all of them must flower!!! I'm...well...a ......flower fan!! A Flower~Head!! What can I say?! If you saw my blooms, you would like flowers, too!


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Tomatoes, Chillies, Capsicum, Crystal Apple Cucumbers, Greenskin Zucchini, butternut pumpkin, dill, basil, pine trees, Squash, runner beans and hopefully some peruvian maize if it is still viable...

What am i NOT planting? Where to start...
Peppers, various hot and sweet
Tomatoes, various
Cucumbers, various
Kale, various
Collards
Rainbow Chard
Garlic, various
Onions, various
Beets, various
Radishes, various
Beans, various pole varieties
Hops, various
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Carrots, various
Cilantro
Basil, various
Thyme
Mint
Catnip
Strawberries
Blueberries, various
Raspberries, various
Eggplant
Squash, various
Zucchini, various
Melons, various (maybe just cantaloupe, my favorite)
Lettuce, many varieties
Chives

Probably more that i forgot. Plus many houseplants. PLANTS ARE LIFE!

Oh, and i'm trying Potatoes next year, too. I knew i forgot something.

I forgot my radishes, two different types, I'm not sure which ones, turnips and sweedes, rhubarb, Chocolate mint and maybe some other stuff that I can't remember atm...

the only thing outside of the usual planned for next year is tomatillos. Have grown them before, but it's been a long time.

They get huge and very branchy. Upright though, not vine-like, like a tomato. They are one of those plants that polinate one another... so you have to grow more than one to get fruits. I am thinking about 4-6... that will produce a ton of tomatillos.

tomatillo cut up, squeeze lime juice, garlic, jalapeno.... lightly blend it.... excellent fresh salsa verde.

tomatos, peppers, okra, and my fave zuchinni

Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Garlic, Cucumbers, zucchini, squash, etc..
2 Jilly Beans and 2 Qrazy Trains.

Does anyone know the benefits of growing a variety of plants/vegetables alongside of your girls? Does it help with natural pest prevention? I've always wondered but haven't found a thread regarding this aspect.

I imagine some plants would provide a certain amount of pest control and or other benefits, I've only just recently started reading about companion planting and I think I'm gonna start growing some carrots around my plants in my other herb garden, I hear it works well for the roots of tomatoes so It can't hurt to try it with my favourite annual herb...

i work on a private estate now so whatever the old lady wants she gets. within reason...lol

Voxer said:

Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Garlic, Cucumbers, zucchini, squash, etc..
2 Jilly Beans and 2 Qrazy Trains.

Does anyone know the benefits of growing a variety of plants/vegetables alongside of your girls? Does it help with natural pest prevention? I've always wondered but haven't found a thread regarding this aspect.

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Some plants will attract certain pests to I believe so you should research in to what plants do what for your garden and defo get some that attract the predators to your garden, I have found that having those little bug eating machines in the garden is a most effective for of pest control...

Cant wait!

Killing a section of the lawn for a new root vegetable/ greens plot next year

Going to plant lots of berry bushes

Was thinking of trying 3-4 giant tomato plants compared to many smalls. I overcrowded this year I think this will work in my favor.

My uncle grows good popping corn, I would like to try this.

Going to do potatoes in grow bags and will be trying the lazy mans watermelon method

Should be lots of fun, Im already excited.

Voxer said:

Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Garlic, Cucumbers, zucchini, squash, etc..
2 Jilly Beans and 2 Qrazy Trains.

Does anyone know the benefits of growing a variety of plants/vegetables alongside of your girls? Does it help with natural pest prevention? I've always wondered but haven't found a thread regarding this aspect.

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You should try something in the legume family. They help fixate nitrogen making it more available to your plants. Try growing some beans around it and some other beneficial herbs. Chamomile makes a good tea and the plant itself has benfits

Jalapeno, habenero, cayenne, and tomato. thinking about doing some ghost chili, trinidad scorpion, and chocolate habenero just for shits and giggles. probably do some basil and cilantro too.