“Everything” – The tomato edition

As soon as I finished my original “Everything” post I realized that I’d forgotten all of the tomatoes that I’ve seeded so far. Then I went on vacation and just now got around to writing this. They are just tiny plants now but should be ready in about ten days. Here’s the list . . .

• Beefsteak
• Cherokee Purple
• Chocolate Cherry
• Costoluto Genovese
• First Light – New for me this year
• Garden Peach
• Goliath
• Japanese Trifele Black
• Jet Star
• Koralik – Didn’t germinate for no apparent reason
• Marcellino
• Omar’s Lebanese
• Opalka
• Spoon
• Sugary
• Sweet Million
• Tomande
• Viva Italia

 

“Everything”

People who know that I garden keep asking me, “What have you planted so far this year?” Then I fight the urge to say “everything” because that would be impossible. Nobody can plant everything by April or ever, really. So here is my list of “everything”. This is what I have planted. Maybe writing it all down will help me remember.

Seeds growing in my kitchen/backyard

• Basil ‘Lettuce Leaf’
• Basil ‘Lime’ – In wine box
• California poppy
• Celosia ‘China Town’
• Celosia ‘First Look Orange’
• Centaurea dealbata – No germination, old seed
• Cilantro ‘Santo’ – In wine box
• Digitalis grandiflora – No germination, old seed
• Eggplant ‘Prosperosa’
• Flax ‘Scarlet’
• Foxglove ‘Pam’s Choice’ – No germination, old seed
• Foxglove ‘Strawberry’
• Gomphrena ‘Carmine’
• Heliopsis helianthoides – No germination, old seed
• Hibiscus ‘Teatime’
• Larkspur ‘Earl Grey’
• Lychnis coronaria
• Marigold ‘French Brocade’
• Monarda ‘Bergamo’
• Parsley ‘Italian’ – In wine box
• Pepper ‘Ancho San Martin’
• Pepper ‘Chilly Chili’
• Pepper ‘Giant Marconi’
• Pepper ‘Variegata’ – No germination, old seed
• Pimpernel ‘Gentian Blue’
• Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy’
• Rudbeckia ‘Irish Eyes’ – No germination, old seed
• Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’
• Scabiosa ‘Chat Noir’
• Snapdragon ‘Frosted Sunset’
• Vinca ‘First Kiss Blueberry’ – No germination, old seed
• Zinnia ‘Double Zahara Fire’

Community garden

• Aster ‘Lilliput Blue Moon’
• Basil ‘Mammoth Sweet’
• Basil ‘Minimum’ *teehee*
• Beet ‘Detroit Dark Red’
• Broccoli ‘Captain’
• Carrot ‘Deep Purple’
• Carrot ‘Nantes’
• Celery ‘Safir’
• Cilantro ‘Santo’
• Ching chiang – No germination
• Cosmos ‘Bright Lights Mix’
• Dill ‘Fernleaf’
• Emilia coccinea
• Garlic ‘Duganski’ – Planted last Fall
• Garlic ‘Susanville’ – Planted last Fall
• Larkspur ‘Misty Lavender’
• Lettuce ‘Italienischer’ – Probably spelled that wrong
• Lettuce ‘Jericho’
• Nigella ‘Blue Stars’
• Parsley ‘Italian’
• Parsnips ‘Gladiator’
• Peas ‘Mammoth Melting Sugar’
• Peas ‘Monico’ – No germination
• Radish ‘Cheriette’
• Raspberry ‘Anne’
• Raspberry ‘Encore’
• Raspberry ‘Heritage’
• Rutabaga ‘Joan’
• Saffflower ‘Deep Orange’
• Shallots ‘Sante’ – Planted last Fall
• Strawberry ‘Cabot’
• Strawberry ‘Ogalalla’
• Sunflower ‘Chianti’
• Sunflower ‘Ring of Fire’
• Sunflower ‘Soraya’
• Sunflower ‘Teddy Bear’
• Sunflower ‘Valentine’
• Sunflower ‘Velvet Queen’
• Swiss chard ‘Magenta Sunset’
• Tithonia ‘Torch’
• Turnip ‘Purple Top White Globe’
• Zinnia ‘Gumdrop Candy’
• Zinnia ‘Whirligig’

Hmm, after typing all that I think I might be insane.

 

Aliens with funny hats! In my kitchen!!!

Oh no! Whatever shall I do?!

Can you guess what they really are?

 

Seeds

I’ve been trying to restrain myself. I will not plant too many seeds. I will not order too many seeds. I already have too many seeds so I will give some away. This is hard. I’m very attached to my seed collection.

So I’ve come up with a plan. I’m only planting seeds into the pots they will grow in ’til planted in the ground so I don’t have to find time to pot them up.* I’m not ordering from too many seeds catalog.** I’m only planting seeds that are easy to grow, nothing that will still be sitting in my kitchen in September.*

Is this a cure to my addiction? Maybe.

So here’s my beginning:

FYI: That silly dolphin watering can? Excellent for watering tiny seedlings.

* For the most part

** Which means three instead of ten