Garden Plan Finished!

I’ve got a plan now!  Well, I have a general plant plan.  I need specific plant types, and I’m trying to find some special heirlooms.  I want to do some seed saving, but I have to figure some of that out yet.  So, here’s the general layout:

Garden Plan

I have some seeds I saved from a Cherokee Purple, a Brandywine, and a Big Rainbow, which I wrote about previously.  Unfortunately, to make sure I can save seeds to preserve a strain, I have to raise one type at a time.  Although, I think I may try to interbreed the Cherokee Purple and Brandywine to get a sweeter Cherokee Purple.  I’ll probably just plant one kind for now, though.  Probably the Cherokee Purple.  Most of what I plan on getting will be from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange or the Seed Savers Exchange.  Here’s the list of intended varieties with the intent of saving seed (mostly for personal use):

• Elephant garlic (just because it’d be fun and isn’t too expensive from the store) – Pot (Kroger)
• Bogatyr garlic  (SSE)
• Russian Giant garlic (SSE)
• Pennsylvania Butter Flavor Popcorn (SESE)
• Stowell’s Evergreen Corn (SSE)
• Seed Savers Lettuce Mix (SSE)
• Greek & Armenian Basils (Burpee)
• Cherokee Trail of Tears pole bean (SSE)
• Danvers Half Long carrot (SESE)
• Straight Eights cucumber (SESE)
• Borettana Yellow Onions (SSE)
• French Red Shallots (SESE)
• Long Island Mammoth Dill (SESE)
• Greek Oregano (SESE)
• Broadleaf Sage (SESE)
• Rosemary (SESE)
• Thyme (SSE)
• Spearmint (SSE)
• Cherokee Purple (Fresh Market saved seed)
• Black Velvet Nasturtium (SSE)
• Tip Top Formula Mix [Nasturtiums] (SSE)
• Tashkent #1 French Marigolds (SESE)
• Bull Nose Bell Pepper (SESE)
• Amish Snap peas (SESE)
• Rostov Sunflower (SSE)
• Old Fashioned Ragged Edged Mustard (SESE)
• Moon & Stars (Cherokee) Watermelon (SSE)

So, those are the inteded varieties.  I plan on getting started in about a month.  I live in East Tennessee, which is Zone 7.  Anyone have any comments on the types I’ve decided on so far?  I’m open to change…  And, yes, I know the pattern for the sunflowers won’t really work, but it was fun to think of and paint in.

So, lettuces and mustard will be planted in mid-August.  Garlic will be planted in mid-September.  Everything else planted as necessary.  If anyone does planting by the stars and the moon, let me know when the best dates coming up for these are.

Cheers for now,

Red Wolf