Farming Plans

My husband had a surprise waiting when I came home... pre-cut untreated 2"x6" redwood boards, redwood mulch, copper tape, tomato cages, and a giant bag of organic compost containing worm castings.  What more could a girl ask for?!  These are the materials needed for the two 2'x5' raised beds I'm going to make in the side yard (using a few principles of square foot gardening but mostly just going on instinct, and with hopes that there will be enough sun), and it's so hard not to go out there and start it now!

So empty... so sad

However, this cast on my foot means I need to take a wee bit of a break, so I shall instead regale you with a list of edibles I'm putting in the garden.  Each asterisk represents how many square feet I'm planning to devote to each plant in the raised beds... the rest are for pots or random places in the ground.

Veggies:
- Beans, pole, blue lake
- *Carrot, purple dragon
- ***Cucumber, lemon
- Garlic
- Onion, pearl, red/yellow/white
- Pea, snap, mammoth melting
- Pepper, sweet, baby belle
- *Pepper, sweet, gypsy
- **Pepper, hot, habanero
- *Radish, cherry belle
- *Tomato, black krim
- *Tomato, bloody butcher
- *Tomato, mr. stripey
- Tomato, sun gold
- *Tomato, yellow pear
- Zucchini, raven

Greens:
- *Beet, bull's blood
- Chickweed
- Dandelion
- *Lettuce:  black-seeded simpson
- *Lettuce:  "gourmet blend" from Burpee
- *Mustard, tendergreen
- Nasturtium, empress of india
- Nasturtium, spitfire
- ***Swiss Chard, bright lights 

Herbs:
- *Basil
- Chives, garlic
- Cilantro/Coriander
- Marjoram
- Oregano
- Passionflower, official
- Peppermint
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Spearmint
- Thyme
- Wormwood

It looks like we'll be having flavorful homegrown salads and salsa in a few months!  What are you growing this year?