The veggies are in! Found some interesting tomato varieties and practiced supreme self control by not buying all of them. New tomatoes (so far) for me this year are Taxi, Chiquita, Mr Stripey. Old standbys that are returning: Sweet 100’s, Lemon Boy, Brandywine, Black Cherry, a couple of Romas. I am told by the Master Gardner in residence (my husband) that I have room for only one more tomato plant.
Things could get ugly…
Eggplant: Japanese, Italian, and new for me this year is Rosa Bianca.
Peppers: Sweet Italian. Giant Marconi, Corno di Toro Red.
Zucchini: Spineless, Raven. Yellow Squash: Sunray…the usual suspects.
I’m giving onions a try for the first time (both red–thanks, Susan!–and yellow), as well as beets (both red and gold). These and the string beans and the sugar snap peas are being grown (hopefully) from seed. We’re going to try cukes again, even though we never have any luck with them. We’re also giving watermelon another try: some from seeds and 1 or 2 are starting out as seedlings that we purchased.
Here’s hopin’.
The blueberries and the strawberries are running rampant and aren’t pictured in this slide show but will certainly show up in future ones. The raspberries are kicking butt.
What are you planting in your gardens this year?
Karen Creamer Author, Coach, Speaker 
You are really lucky to have so many varieties of plants. And your plants look great. Having fresh vegetables from one’s own garden – something I dream of! The place looks so green!
Thank you! I’m always so excited this time of year when the garden looks so good…not always the case by the end of August, but we’ll see if I can stay on top of things. 🙂