Hey there, green-thumbed friends! 👋🏼
Debby Ward, professional organic gardening coach, back with Part 2 of my 2023 vegetable trials.
I’ve been digging in the dirt, nurturing my little green babies, and today, I’m thrilled to share more insights on what thrived and what didn’t quite make the cut in my garden this year.
Let’s start with some winners, shall we?
Jade Bush Beans were a smashing success, offering bountiful harvests and a crisp, tender bite.
We got so much harvest, I have bags in the freezer for winter!
These have become a standard go-to-green bean for three years now.
My garden was blessed with an abundance of Pirat Butter Lettuce, a personal favorite, which stayed sweet and crispy even as the weather started to heat up.
I plant this is both spring and fall and have some over-winter in a hoop-house.
It is beautiful and delicious.
And the Red Chieftain potato once again simply *rocked*, giving us so many potatoes to enjoy all winter.
I keep thinking of trying other potatoes, but I get **so much** harvest, I keep growing this one. It does well in our heavy clay soils, and even better in high quality living garden soil Want to know more about great soil, get my soil freebee.
These varieties are definite keepers for any vegetable gardener!
Now, onto the less fortunate varieties.
The Velour Purple Bush Beans struggled to keep up with their Jade cousins, producing smaller yields with tiny pods that never got big enough to bother with or harvest. This was year two and I’m on to something else – stay tuned!
Brandywine Tomatoes, while delicious, required more attention and care than I had time for. They are a classic heirloom, but I keep finding them falling short. Even if they taste great, I want more harvest from each plant than these give before they succumb to disease in my humid summer weather.
Likewise with the Amish Paste tomatoes. Again, great flavor, with the few you get. If you don’t want allot of tomatoes, then both of these are fine. If you want a paste tomato for processing, then look elsewhere.
And the Trident Poblano peppers, that were supposed to be extra big, turned out to be extra small and not worth the time or space they took up. The plant was huge, but the largest pepper I got was 3” vs the advertised as 6-7”. They didn’t measure up to the hype.
But hey, that’s what gardening adventures are all about, right?
But here’s the real secret to a successful garden: staying organized and prepared.
If you’re tired of seed packets scattered all over the place, it’s time to consider the Seed Organization Mini Course.
This course will be your trusty guide to streamline your seed storage and keep track of your garden’s treasure trove. Simplify your gardening life and make room for the magic to happen!
So, my fellow vegetable gardeners, let’s make the most of our gardening journey and embrace the ups and downs.
I hope these insights from my trials help you choose the perfect veggies for your garden.
And remember, with the Seed Organization Mini Course, you’ll have the key to an organized, stress-free garden that will truly bring abundance. Happy gardening, my friends! 🌱🌿