April in the Garden - What’s Growing

Now that I’ve given you a quick background about the garden, it’s time to talk about the present. 

So, what are we growing? With some of the crops we are very successful. Some others have been failures. Others we are learning how to grow better. I’ll discuss a lot of the details as we go along over the next few weeks. 

What’s growing now…….

Herbs :

     Basil, two varieties for now.

     Cilantro

     Dill

     Oregano

     Parsley, flat leaf Italian for now.

          We have just started marjoram, cutting celery, and lemon grass. 

Vegetables :

     Beans. Snap types. No dry beans at the moment. We have both round and flat podded types. And different colored ones - green, yellow, purple.

     Beets , mostly round but also a long rooted one. Three colors - red, gold, white. 

     Broccoli. We are just learning how to grow this. So we only have a little. 

     Cabbage. As with the broccoli, we are in the learning stage. We hope to grow both green and red types. 

     Carrots. Orange, red, and whites for now. We will be adding purple. Most will be short and blocky varieties until we can get the soil loosened down deeper. 

     Cucumbers. We have some growing in the greenhouse. Growing in the outdoor garden was a failure.

     Daikon

     Eggplant. 4 different varieties, all purple. We will be adding other colors, 

     Greens -assorted. We have a variety of them growing, including arugula, mizuna,  bok choy,  tatsoi, various Chinese cabbage types, amaranth, kale, chard, portuguese cabbage, Okinawan  spinach, New Zealand spinach, malabar spinach, cholesterol spinach. 

     Lettuce. We have a broad selection of varieties which we harvest at the leaf stage. 

     Onion. Both bulbing and green onion types. 

     Parsnip

     Peanuts

     Peas - snap peas and snow peas 

     Peppers - we are learning about growing sweet peppers in the greenhouse. Due to a request, we are adding a number of hot varieties to the main garden area. 

     Potatoes. We just planted several varieties. Whites, golds, pinks, purples. And red skinned boilers. 

     Pumpkins - we have a large landrace variety right now, and just added a smaller type landrace. 

     Radish - most red round types, but we threw in some other colors and shapes 

     Soybean

     Sweet potato - after the pigs destroyed them all, we have started again. Purple, white. and orange. 

     Tomatillo 

     Tomato - we have had varying success in growing some. We are still learning about growing the  larger types. 

Fruits:

      Papaya . Yes, Wayne planted 200 trees of his incredible papaya. There will be plenty. 

Flowers for cut flowers:

     Statice