The 2011 Daydream List {Growing Edition}

photo by Jacki Dougan

I have been spending way too much time daydreaming about various gardening and homestead projects {another post to come} and about what I want to grow this year. Thank the gods that it is not too long before I can start putting them into action! :D
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you will probably notice that there are varieties on here that I have grown in previous years. I love my "olde faithfuls" and they are staying. That said, I do want to challenge myself a bit this year and try growing somethings that I have avoided in the past {such as melons!} because I was scared that they wouldn't make it. I am still scared that they might croak, but I might as well give it a shot. ;)
I also want to expand the "witchy" plants that I grow and some of them present their own challenges too.
So, here she is {not listed, the gaggle of perennials already in the ground that have been listed previously}...
Fruit & Veggies:
Beans {Bush}
Contender, Black Valentine, Orca, Jacob's Cattle, Black Turtle, Ireland Creek Annie
Beans {Pole}
Tender Green, Northeaster, Kentucky Wonder, Purple Mustache, Scarlet Runner, Blue Lake
Beets
Detroit Golden, Kissing Booth, Kissing Booth Tokens, Early Wonder, Chioggia
Cabbage
Experimental Deer, Storybook Peacock, Red Acre
Carrots
Scarlet Nantes, Bicycling {white, red & yellow}, Cosmic Purple, Atomic Red
Chard
Fordhook Giant, Ruby Red, Rainbow
Corn
Hopi Blue & Golden Bantam
Cucumbers
Marketmore & Lemon
Greens
Arugula, Deer Tongue Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce, Royal Oakleaf Lettuce, Freckles Lettuce, Buttercrunch Lettuce, Flame Lettuce, Garden Cress, Early Mizuna, Giant Red Mustard
Kale
Dinosaur & Red Russian
Melon
Noire des Carmes Cantalope & Moon and Stars Watermelon
Onions
Evergreen Bunching, Red Baron, Rossa di Milano
Parsnips
Hollow Crown
Peas
Laxton's Progress, Peas for Peace, Norli, Golden Sweet
Peppers
Lipstick Sweet, Hungarian Black, Little Bells, Joe E. Parker
Potatoes
Gold Rush, Chieftan Red, Irish Cobbler, Russet Burbank
Pumpkins
Small Sugar, Jarradale, Knuckle Head
Radish
French Breakfast, German Giant, Cherry Belle, Crop Circle, Black Spanish
Raspberries
Boyn Summer Bearing
Spinach
Bloomsdale Longstanding & Samish
Squash {Summer}
Yellow Pattypan & Black Beauty
Squash {Winter}
Uchiki Kuri, Strange Squash from Outer Space, Table Queen Acorn, Waltham Butternut
Strawberries
Wild & Alpine
Tomatoes
Yellow Pear, Black Krim, Costoluto Genovese, Eva Purple Ball, Green Zebra, Principe Borghese and Old German
Turnip
Hobo & White Egg
Flowers & Herbs {and other plants!}:
Culinary
Nasturtiums {Dwarf Jewel & Black Velvet}, Dill, Basil {Purple Dark Opal, Genovese, Cinnamon, Lemon}, Cilantro, Stinging Nettle, Oregano, Mint {Chocolate, Pineapple, Ginger}, Lavender {Munstead & Hidcote}, Tarragon
Magical/Medicinal
Wild Rose, Mullein, Wild Tobacco, Sweetpeas {Cupani & Gradiflora}, Forget-Me-Nots, Black Hollyhock, Bittersweet Nightshade, Foxglove, Lily-of-the-Valley, Milkweed, Snapdragons {Black Prince}, Cornflower {Black Gem & Jubilee Gem}, Borage, Meadowsweet, Elecampane, Cowslip, Sweet Willam, Flax, Monkshood, Thistle, Irish Moss, Evening Primrose, Agrimony, Moneywort, Eyebright, Datura, Maiden Hair Fern, Yarrow, Vervain, Moonflower, Sweetgrass, Larkspur, Butterfly Weed
Ornamental/Other Use
Cosmos {Seashell & Mona Spangler}, Sunflowers {Evening Sun, Henri Wilde, Teddybear, Russian Mammoth}, Chinese Lanterns, Cup and Saucer Vine, Morning Glories, Poppies {Pizzicato, Ladybird, Black Peony}, Coleus, Southern Ground Cedar, Orstrich Fern, Common Polypoddy, Northern Beech Fern, Blue Bead Lily, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Northern Blue Violet, Trout Lily, Wintergreen, Amaranth {Red Garnet}, Multicoloured Broom Corn
What are you all planning/hoping to grow this year?
Sláinte!
Laurel