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. |
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.
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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