My 2019 seeds are in. One of the big things I decided for this year is that I’m skipping tomatoes entirely. They’re just so variable, and actually fairly easy to get at the farmer’s market. So that’ll leave me room to play around with. I have two peppers to try – a Korean drying pepper, and a cooking pepper that’s supposed to do well in this region. I’m going to try one of each here and at the community garden plot, just to see which area does better.
I’m going to do khuri squash again, but here at the house, where it’ll be less in the eye of squash smashing hooligans. Hopefully it’ll be happy in the tomato bags.
Other that that, I’m trying some broccoli greens, and a type of broccoli that was bred in Brazil, but also apparently does really well in this region. My last new things are flowers – black cumin Nigella, which is harvestable, and an ornamental sage, which is not, but looked so pretty, I went with it anyway. I’ll fill in the rest with things I already own. Planting will commence on 3/2.
I think you will love the Victoria salvia. It blooms for such a long time and stays rather compact. If you decide you need a taller one for cutting in future, try Blue Bedder, which is a taller cousin and slightly more blue. Blue Bedder generally returns for me here in Zone 5, although this winter has been colder than normal with no snow cover, so I’ve seeded a few indoors just in case.
Good to know. Thanks!