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What I'm Growing This Season

15/9/2017

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​This past week, I was sorting out some seeds to share, when I decided, since I had them all out, it was a good time to make a list of what I want to sow and grow this year, along with the perenials already in my garden....turned out to be a long one! Well, it's motivation to get busy, both sowing, and preparing places to plant everything, or tidy up existing bushes etc. Want to see my list? Here it is - I keep adding things to it as I remember them....
​Root Vegetables
Garlic
Spring onion
Parsnips
Leeks
Carrots
Beetroot – cylindra, Detroit red
Elephant garlic
Shallots
Egyptian walking onions
Brown onions
Red onions
Kumera
Potatoes
Yams
Yacon
Radish
Rat-tailed radishes (pods)

​Miscellaneous
Multi coloured popcorn
Mexican sunflower/freckle lettuce mix
Vetch
Swan plant
Kaka beak
Tree lucerne
​​Other Vegetables
Sweetcorn – honey pearl
Corn – Kaanga maa
Dwarf beans – French, Golden Wax, Purple
Climbing beans – Blue Lake runner, King of the Blues Runner
Peas – Climbing novella, sugar snap, dwarf novella
Globe artichoke
Pumpkin – crown, buttercup
Spaghetti squash
Rainbow chard (silverbeet)
Perpetual spinach
NZ spinach
Broad beans
Broccoli
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Kohl rabi
Brussel sprouts
Cucumber – telegraph, Marketmore
Lettuce – various
Miner’s lettuce
Pink banana jumbo squash
Black salsify
Tomato – Moneymaker, Tiny Tim, Silvery Fir
Zucchini
Pean
Choko
Herbs
Parsley
Calendula
Chives
Garlic chives
Clary sage
Common sage
Echinacea
Sweet-leaf fennel
Lavendar – dwarf munstead, English
Bergamot
Basil – green, purple, cinnamon
Coriander
Camomile – German
Dill
Lemongrass
Feverfew
Marshmellow
Soapwort
Wormwood
Comfrey
Bay tree
Peppermint geranium
Lemon geranium
Red clover
Chickweed
Plantain
Rosemary
Thyme – common, pizza
Oregano
Yarrow
Tumeric
​Ginger
Lemon balm
Lemon verbena
Borage
​​Flowers
Sunflower
Cosmos
Marigolds – dwarf French, giant African queen
Sweet pea
Jasmine
Roses – Banksia climbing, carpet, bush
Dahlia
Daffodils
Granny’s bonnet
Polyanthus
Daisy
Alyssum
Geum chiloense – Mrs Bradshaw
Cornflower
Cyclamen
Coreopsis amulet
Corn cockle
Love in a mist
Nasturtium
Geranium
Poppy
Sanvitalia  - mandarin orange
Viola/pansies
Impatiens
Jasmine
Leptospermum "Outrageous" ​
Phacelia
Camelia
​
​​Fruit
Quince
Kiwifruit
Chilean Guava
Blueberries
Strawberries
Raspberries
Boysenberries
Watermelon – sugar baby, crimson sweet
Rockmelon – sweet granite
Apples
Pears
Plums
Lemons
Manderin
Fig
Peach
Apricot
Nectarine
Pepino
Rhubarb
Black currants
Red currants
Gooseberry
Grapes
Cherries
And I haven't even opened a seed catalogue in two years - too much temptation! :-) 

Though the list sounds long, it's actually somewhat narrowed down - for instance, not growing things I would normally grow that we use less of these days, or that are too much hassle for me at this time. Or I'm concentrating on favourite varieties rather than growing more diversity.
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A common question is "How do you store your seeds?"
My flatter packets of seeds are upright, sorted alphabetically, in two hard plastic cases designed for CDs (found at the op shop). Bulkier saved seeds are kept in bags or jars, in a drawer and/or stacking plastic containers. I also freeze some. In theory, I'd freeze a supply of most seed that is important to me, as this keeps it viable for much longer, but I'm not that organised yet. 
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