Growing Things - 2021 Garden

 
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Things I grew this year, in no particular order:

  1. Jimmy Nardello Pepper: I haven’t had luck growing peppers before, but I did with this absolutely terrific variety. The seedlings were a bit fussy, but once they took hold, this plant took off and I’m beyond thrilled with the outcome.

  2. Jack Be Little pumpkin and Sugar Pumpkin: I ended up with a handful of Jack Be Little, but not as many as the first time I grew them. And we won’t talk about the full-size pumpkins. It just wasn’t my year to grow decorative gourds. Win some, lose some.

  3. Tiny Tim Tomato: A hardy, abundant cherry tomato, this was my second year growing these and it won’t be the last.

  4. French Breakfast Radishes: I keep striking out on radishes. Large, leafy greens, lackluster tiny veg. I think this comes down to something I’m doing/not doing correctly — it might be an issue of fertilizing? The few full-size radishes I did manage, though, were good.

  5. Rose Finn Apple Potatoes: Hands down, this was my favorite thing I grew. I used a few containers for growing, but next year, I’ll use trash bins to get a larger crop.

  6. Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Peas: This was my second year growing this variety and I give them a bazillion stars. Robust, fast-growing, tons and tons of peas: everything to love, nothing to hate. I did do a second planting in August. It might be too late for a second batch, but worst case scenario, the shoots will be nice for salads.

  7. Basil: Another thing I grew from the Hudson Valley Seed Company. I grew a few rows of basil and was able to get enough to make and freeze pesto. I could have frozen more, but I ate a larger quantity than I set up, regrettably.

    I also grew lettuce, which is doing far better now than it did earlier in the season. The onions were a colossal disaster. And I grew White Lace and Utrecht Blue Wheat (which looks wonderful dried). And the final thing I had a go at was Elephant Ear which took forever and a day to sprout, but ended up doing pretty well as the season progressed. I’m moving that indoors here in the next week or so.