Very cool to see this thread still going. My garden about doubled in size again and I'm going to try harder to succession plant with probably green beans this year to keep it in production all season. I'm trying to avoid buying any plants and started all my plants from seed in my basement. I might even try to do some Fall broccoli to see how that works in my zone. Always experimenting. Always learning.
Currently harvesting: Asparagus, Radishes, Lettuce
Perennials: Blackberries, strawberries, one lonely tiny rasberry that managed to survive transplant from mother-in-law's garden last year, planted a granny smith and honeycrisp apple tree earlier this spring.
In the ground: about 15 garlic plants, about 20 carrots came up, about 40 onions mix of red and sweet yellow, 25 sauce tomatoes mix of Roma and San Marzano, 14 slicing tomato plants, 4 cherry tomatoes, 20 bell peppers, 4 jalapenos, 4 eggplants, 1 zucchini, 1 yellow squash, 1 patty-pan squash, 5 acorn squash, 3 varieties of potatoes in a 3 ft. diameter potato tower, 28 broccoli, 5 cauliflower, 6 brussel sprouts, 3 cabbages, beets, white turnips. about 200 sweetcorn planted and they just started germinating
Plant starts not yet in the ground: 5 kambocha squash, 5 butternut squash, 10 sweet potato slips, 3 cucumbers
Herbs: ( thyme, mint, sage) (perennials) , basil, cilantro, rosemary
Not yet seeded but will direct sow: 6 watermelon hills, various green beans of both pole and bush variety.
Undecided: Pink-eyed peas, Italian dry bean
Flowers: Marigolds, Mammoth Sunflowers
Failures: English peas. I struggle to get them finished before the heat zaps them each year. I'm successful about 1 out of 3 years and really just grow them for the kids to snack on in the garden. This year they didn't germinate well because it was still too cold, and so I ate some shoots and pulled them. I need to start them early under a mini-tunnel to get enough heat for germination and not too much moisture and then take the tunnel off.
Lots of stuff is new this year so I expect more failures but that's part of the fun. I also likely lost the zucchini today as it went from like 55 to 90 degrees in about 2 days. Those summer squashes need to get good and established before the heat hits them. The good new is you can start a zucchini about anytime between now and August.
