FROM THE GARDEN
What’s Growing
Curious to see what I’m growing in the gardens right now? Here’s a complete list with links to products if I purchased them online, even if they were regrown from saved seed.
LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2024 @ 10:00 PM EST
Winter 2024 Garden Plant List
BRASSICAS:
- Broccoli (sourced locally)
- Brussels Sprouts (sourced locally)
- Stonehead Cabbage (sourced locally)
- Snowball Cauliflower (sourced locally)
GARLIC:
- Chesnok Red Garlic (hardneck)
- Elephant Garlic (Hoss Tools)
- Elephant Garlic (Gurney’s)
- Inchelium Red Garlic (softneck) (Gurney’s)
- Inchelium Red Garlic (softneck) (MIgardener)
- Red Toch Garlic (softneck)
HERBS:
- Chives, Onion (sourced locally)
- Chives, Garlic (sourced locally)
- Culantro (inside)
- Lemongrass (sourced locally)
- Rosemary (sourced locally)
- Rosemary ‘Trailing’ (sourced locally)
- Sage (sourced locally)
- Saffron Crocus
- Thyme (sourced locally)
LEAFY GREENS:
- Collards (reseeded)
- Heading Collards (sourced locally)
- Lacinato Kale
- ‘Longevity’ Spinach
- ‘Okinowa’ Spinach
- Swiss Chard (sourced locally)
LEEKS / ONIONS:
PERENNIAL ONIONS:
- Grandpa Brown’s Multiplier Onions
- Egyptian Walking Onion (sourced locally)
- Egyptian Walking Onion, Heirloom White
(Heritage Sweet White Topsetting Onions) - I’itoi Multiplying Onions
- Louisiana Evergreen Multiplier Onions
- Potato Onions (perennial)
- Renfro’s Heritage White Multiplier Onion (sourced locally)
- Shallot ‘Red Sun’
- Shirley Hammond Multiplier Onion
- Variety Sampler Multiplier Onions
(Aska, Wilscot, Wetoga, Rolston, Ellingjay) - White Perennial Multiplying Onions
- Yellow Potato Onions
SHALLOTS:
ARCHIVED 2024 Summer / Fall List
Curious to see what I’m growing in the gardens right now? Here’s a complete list with links to products if I purchased them online, even if they were regrown from saved seed.
LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2024 @ 10:00 PM EST
ASPARAGUS:
BEANS / LEGUMES:
BLUEBERRIES:
- ‘Duke’ Blueberry
(sourced locally) - ‘Pink Lemonade’ Blueberry
(sourced locally) - ‘Powder Blue’ Blueberry
(sourced locally) - Southern High Bush Blueberry
(sourced locally)
CABBAGE:
- 45-Day Cabbage
(purchased locally)
CUCUMBERS:
- Armenian Cucumber
(seed swap) - ‘Beit Alpha’ Cucumber
- ‘China Jade’ Cucumbers
- Cucamelon / Mexican Sour Gherkin (overwintered)
- ‘Muncher’ Cucumbers
EGGPLANT:
- Listada de Gandia Eggplant (purchased locally)
GARLIC:
- Chesnok Red Garlic
- Elephant Garlic
- Inchelium Red Garlic (soft neck)
HERBS:
- Basil ‘Sweet’
- Basil ‘Cinnamon’
- Basil ‘Lemon’
- Basil ‘Thai” (sourced locally)
- Basil ‘Purple’ (Sourced Locally)
- Chives, Onion (sourced locally)
- Chives, Garlic (sourced locally)
- Culantro
- Dill ‘Bouquet’
- Lemongrass (sourced locally)
- Parsley
- Rosemary (sourced locally)
- Rosemary ‘Trailing’
(sourced locally) - Sage (sourced locally)
- Spilanthes / Toothache Plant
- Sweet Leaf / Stevia
(sourced locally)
LEAFY GREENS:
- ‘Kosmic’ Kale
- Lacinato Kale (purchased locally)
- ‘Longevity’ Spinach
- ‘Okinowa’ Spinach
- ‘Siberian’ Kale
- ‘Vates’ Kale
- Swiss Chard (purchased locally)
MISCELLANEOUS:
- Garden Huckleberry (seed swap)
- Rhubarb (sourced locally)
- Saffron Crocus
OKRA:
- ‘Clemson Spineless’ Okra
(seed swap) - ‘Jambalaya’ Okra (these are not doing well/tried last year too)
- ‘Jing Orange’ Okra
- ‘Red Burgundy’ Okra
- ‘Hill Country’ Okra
ONIONS / SHALLOTS:
- Grandpa Brown’s Multiplier Onions
- Egyptian Walking Onions
(sourced locally) - Egyptian Walking Onion, Heirloom White
(Heritage Sweet White Topsetting Onions) - I’itoi Multiplying Onions
- Louisiana Evergreen Multiplier Onions
- Potato Onions (perennial)
- Renfro’s Heritage White Multiplier Onion (sourced locally)
- Shallot ‘Red Sun’
- Shirley Hammond Multiplier Onion
- Variety Sampler Multiplier Onions
(Aska, Wilscot, Wetoga, Rolston, Ellingjay) - White Perennial Multiplying Onions
- Yellow Potato Onions
PEPPERS:
- Aji Dulce – Puerto Rican Sweet Chili
- Ancho Grande Poblano
(purchased locally) - Jalepeno Peppers
- Jalapeños – ‘Super Nacho’
- Jalapeños – ‘Lemon Spice’
- Jalapeños – ‘Orange Spice’
- Jalapeños – ‘Pumpkin Spice’
- “Mild Hatch’ Peppers
(saved seed) - Peppadew Peppers
(saved seed) - Purple Cayenne
(purchased locally) - Red/Orange Picnic Peppers
(purchased locally) - Santa Fe Grande Pepper
- Sweet Pepper ‘California Wonder’
- Sweet Mini Red Peppers
(saved seed) - ‘Thai Red’ Chili Pepper
POTATOES:
RASPBERRIES:
- ‘Jewel’ Black Raspberries
- ‘Purple Royalty’ Raspberries
- ‘Anne’ Yellow Raspberries
SQUASH:
- Climbing Zucchini – ‘Incredible Escalator’
- Lemon Squash
- Round Zucchini
- Yellow Crookneck Squash
- Yellow Scallop Squash
STRAWBERRIES:
- Mystery (given to me)
- Strawberry Delizz
- ‘Sweet Berry’ Strawberries
SWEET POTATOES:
- Beauregard (purchased locally)
- Georgia Jet (purchased locally)
- Nancy Hall (purchased locally)
TOMATOES:
- Brandywine
(purchased locally) - Boxcar Willie
(purchased locally) - Copia
(purchased locally) - German Johnson
(purchased locally) - Hillbilly
(purchased locally) - Mamie Brown
(purchased locally) - Pink Boar
(purchased locally) - Roma
(purchased locally) - San Marzano
(purchased locally)
TOMATOES – SMALL TYPES:
- Black Cherry
(saved seed) - Black Strawberry
- Pink Bumblebee
- Purple Bumble Bee
- Sunrise Bumble Bee (saved seed)
- Supersweet 100 VF, Hybrid
- Yellow Pear
