2023 varieties

[macmex]

Ditto to what Bon said. It would be exceedingly difficult to overwinter a pepper in an outdoors hoop house. I have a small greenhouse but it's the same. I can barely keep things alive in there, running a space heater, when it drops below, say, 28 F.  I've known people to keep peppers alive, in a semi dormant state, in a garage but I just prefer to start new seed.

Some peppers come in kind of late here but when they do they produce big time.

[chrysanthemum]

I’ve done the “semi dormant state” in my garage here in Texas. It was interesting to try, but I figure that starting from seed is easy enough.

@frosty Turnip, I understand completely about the too hot and too cold and all in one day thing. Oklahoma weather sounds even more extreme than Texas in some ways.

[hmoosek]

I have reluctantly decided to plant only 1 type of tomato this year. I’m going back to my roots and planting Porter. The Porter tomato was my first tomato. I know my Uncle helped me pick it out. I also had red and yellow pear tomatoes that year. You know, It’s been a long, long, time ago, but the memory is crisp.

I decided I’m just not up to a super sized garden. This year will be an Ace Deuce garden. Meaning, one of this, two of that. Ha Ha

[chrysanthemum]

I like the name for the garden, and I’m glad you’ll be able to manage planting a little. I think it’s so neat that you’re going to plant Porter, and that was your first tomato. I’m really looking forward to trying it as well this year. I’ll keep you posted on how it does once I get started.

Today I did manage to start some sugar snap peas, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, and kale. I put them in little biodegradable sponge starters, and I’ll keep them inside for a bit. If I get good germination and the weather cooperates, I’ll try to harden them off and get them in the ground pretty quickly.

[FrostyTurnip]

Heidi
Black Moor (Plum)
Amy’s something (from hedgeapple) Cherry tomato
Black Prince Beefsteak
Giant Belgium Beefsteak
Bulbing onions (Texas Grano)
Bunching onions
Egyptian Walking onions
Seed from store Garlic, Transplanted volunteer garlic and more garlic later


Cabbage:

Glory of Enkuizen (This is a really good heirloom with round tight heads, good storage)
Michelini (Yeah, that Jap cabbage)
Late Flat Dutch
Early Jersey Wakefield
Burpee Earliana


Broccoli:
Diciccio 48 plants (Seed Saving Adventure, should be a healthy nightmare)


Brussels:
Long Island Improved




Tatsoi
Southern Collards
Turnips
Beets
Danvers Carrots
Pak Choy
Butter crunch lettuce
Black Seeded lettuce
New Zealand Spinach
Parsley
Regular Spinach
Swedes (European rutabaga I’m just trying to hold onto their European establishment by name)
Molokiah (Egyptian spinach)
Dandelion
White Russian Kale
REd Russian Kale
Dino Kale  Out of seed
Cumin 
Soy Beans 
Garbanzo beans
Salsify

Feher Paprika Peppers
Joe’s Long Cayenne
California 300 Bells
Italian Pepperoncini
Hot Pepperoncini
Early Jalapeno
Alma Paprika
Anaheim peppers (Mild) 
5-color Chinese peppers (ornamental and super hot)
Aji Dulce (not looking good on germ)
and . . Tabasco!  Walmart had seeds.  



40 lbs of seed potatoes divided among Pontiac Reds, Kennebec Russets and Yukon Golds


I think I’m going with one of the popular heirloom corn that is dual purpose, like Golden Bantam Improved.  
Edit:  I was thinking of Reid’s dent.  Golden Bantam is typically a sweeter corn. 


Mesquake is going somewhere in the back 40.


Alfalfa should go in next month. 


Red Garnett Grain Amaranth


Ron’s Giant Sunflowers
Black Oil Sunflowers

Strawberries
And watermelon.  I’ll do that little fence line setup for a few watermelons this year. 

3 varieties of sweet potatoes, Oklahoma Red, an unknown white variety and another unknown orange variety. 


And baby chicks.


Hamby Beans on the main trellis.  
Frank Barnett’s Pole Beans
Rattlesnake beans
Yard Long Beans
Rick’s Alabama Butterbeans
I will get more beans in wherever I can attach a string.  

I am DOUBLING SOME OF THE SUMMER CROPS right now while there is still time.  After crunching some numbers, we need to get real.  


It’s not enough, honestly.  

Edit:
Rosselle
Heavy Hitter Okra
Green Striped Cushaw
Tromboncini
Seminole Pumpkin

[chrysanthemum]

That is a very impressive list, @frosty turnip. I wish you much success. 400 lbs of seed potatoes? I’m not sure I can get my mind around that.

I’ve heard of Di Cicco broccoli. Have you grown it before? I think it’s one that is supposed to be particularly good at putting out good sized side shoots.

There’s too much for me to ask all my questions now. I’m just impressed.

[hmoosek]

+1 to what ^^^she^^^ said! Very impressive list!

[FrostyTurnip]

Jan 30, 2023 19:24:43 GMT -6 chrysanthemum said:

That is a very impressive list, @frosty turnip. I wish you much success. 400 lbs of seed potatoes? I’m not sure I can get my mind around that.

I’ve heard of Di Cicco broccoli. Have you grown it before? I think it’s one that is supposed to be particularly good at putting out good sized side shoots.

There’s too much for me to ask all my questions now. I’m just impressed.

That should read 40 lbs actually

Diciccio was my first broccoli  it does well with side shoots.  I think Waltham tastes better.

[chrysanthemum]

40 lb is much more understandable to me. I have to admit that I burst out laughing when I read the correction, mostly because it hadn’t even dawned on me that the first was a simple typo. It made so much more sense then.

You mentioned cumin in your long list. Have you grown that before? I keep being tempted to grow it because we use a lot of cumin seed here, but I haven’t tried. I’m always tempted, though. I’d be very interested to hear your reports if you’ve done it in years past.

[woodeye]

Aw Shucks! I saw that 400 lbs. of seed potatoes listed yesterday, but I hoped it was true. I've planted 100 lbs. of seed potatoes in a single season, but I suffered numerous near-death experiences while digging all the spuds that 100 lbs. of seed potatoes produces. I just wanted to see what Frosty would do with about a ton of tators in June.

Oh well, 40 lbs. of seed potatoes is still a lot...

[amyinowasso]

I want to know how you grow Brussels sprouts, since they refuse to work for me. That's an impressive list.

[heavyhitterokra]

Frosty,

You remind me of my beloved Grandma Fannie; she had 12 kids of her own, plus one stepson. After they were all raised, she still planted a quarter-acre garden every year, even when it was just her and Aunt Ida still at home.

In addition to keeping a milk cow, a hog to butcher every year, and a brooder house full of laying hens, Grandma planted a hundred pounds of seed potatoes, a hundred tomato plants, 10 bunches of onions, 25 cabbage, three rows of green beans, okra, squash, and a half pound of seed corn every spring.  When it came time to harvest, she called in the whole family. We made a celebration of it each summer, making homemade ice cream, frying fish, canning tomatoes, shucking corn, snapping beans, making kraut, and frying potatoes in her backyard. We ate like kings.

In her latter years, after Grandpa Joe passed on, much of the family moved back to live nearby her on her farm.  Our family had 210 acres there.  Plenty of room for my Mom and Dad, my Aunt Mandie and Uncle Otis, my Aunt Lou and Uncle Jeff. plus me, and my four siblings.  Grandma had plenty of help in her garden after that.  She was the light of our lives.

Those were some very fond memories.

Here's hoping the same for you and yours.

[FrostyTurnip]

Jan 31, 2023 11:35:06 GMT -6 amyinowasso said:

I want to know how you grow Brussels sprouts, since they refuse to work for me. That's an impressive list.

Yeah, 2 or 3 plants maybe and they’re really a trial for next fall planting.  I do best after I’ve seen it  grow.  I still have really good soil - a dark rich clay that brassicas seem to love.   I’m going to try to box stuff in with this plastic I have, set them out in the cold.  We’ll see . . 

[FrostyTurnip]

Jan 31, 2023 10:54:01 GMT -6 woodeye said:

Aw Shucks! I saw that 400 lbs. of seed potatoes listed yesterday, but I hoped it was true. I've planted 100 lbs. of seed potatoes in a single season, but I suffered numerous near-death experiences while digging all the spuds that 100 lbs. of seed potatoes produces. I just wanted to see what Frosty would do with about a ton of tators in June.

Oh well, 40 lbs. of seed potatoes is still a lot...

At peak yield, 40# would yield 400# and that’s what I was probably thinking.  Even I don’t know what to do with 400 #.