As many of you know I have several grow out projects I will be working on. This will be a first for me and will put my garden skills to the test. As you know also I secured seeds from both the seed banks in Gatersleben Germany and CGN in the Netherlands.I will be growing several tomatoes and peppers as well as winter squash and pumpkins. These varieties are ether known here or are totally new to gardeners here in the States.Some have been setting and waiting to be rediscovered.
I think it is very important to have diversity available to gardeners and farmers to assure our food supply does not falter.Some seeds I have this year are very well known in the garden community and also to some farmers. Such as three French heirloom pumpkins that I will grow this year. A good deal of these different varieties are very new to me and we will discover together how well they will do here in my corner of Michigan. You all know about my tomatoes and hot peppers list but I now have several varieties of bell peppers thanks to garden friends and the good folks at CGN. Also I now have some 19 varieties of pumpkin which originated ether in the US,Canada and France.
I will certainly have other garden favorites too like green beans and cucumbers and melons. And for the first time a special patch for herbs. I am very determined to get everything growing this year. A lot of varieties I will grow will have a small number of plants so I can get everything in the garden. Then as harvest begins I can start to determine which ones I will keep to increase production in 2011 and which ones will not return.
I really have my work cut out for me but I think it will be worth it and that hard work will be rewarded. This years garden will be very special as it will be the first time I will have varieties that originated in so many different countries.Wish me luck.
Kevin
