A work in progress. I’ll update this as the season progresses and as I have time.
Update, 6 April 2012: Well, this wasn’t quite the answer to my record-keeping problems either. I’m currently working on a private wiki, not quite ready for public viewing yet. When it’s in better shape, I’ll replace this page with a link to it.
Update, 16 May 2012: see CultivatedWiki for my current kitchen garden activities.
Currently growing
Onions/Shallots
- Yellow of Parma: 2 sowings, 2nd sowing planted out May 13
- Red Long Florence; planted out May 13
- White Lisbon
- Yellow Potato; tops starting to die down June 18
- Yellow Moon Dutch Shallots
- White Multiplier; tops starting to die down May 22
- Egyptian aka Walking Onion aka Topset Onion; starting to make more sets May 14; last year’s sets started in the cold frame in late winter and planted out May 20
Garlic
- Nootka Rose
- Romanian Red
Tomatoes
- Matt’s Wild Cherry; lots of green tomatoes May 27; first harvest June 17
- Ceylon; one tiny green tomato May 22; first harvest June 20
- Jaune Flamme; lots of green tomatoes May 27
- German Pink
- Virginia Sweets
- Striped Roman; planted a second transplant in the garden June 3
- Tess’s Land Race; planted out May 20
- Riesentraube; planted out May 20
- Black Krim; planted out May 20
- Ten Fingers of Naples
Peppers, Sweet
- Quadrato asti Giallo; transplanted into garden June 3
- Kapiya; transplanted into garden June 3
- Odessa Market; transplanted into garden June 3
- Sweet Chocolate; transplanted into garden June 3
- Bull Nose Bell; transplanted into garden June 4
Peppers, Hot
- Chimayo, transplanted into garden June 4
- Kashmiri, transplanted into garden June 4
- Padron; transplanted into garden June 14
Eggplant
- Listada de Gandia; transplanted into garden June 22
- Rosita; transplanted into garden June 22
- Pingtung Long; transplanted into garden June 22
Herbs
- Lemon Mist Thyme
- Provencal Thyme
- Variegated Lemon Thyme
- Broadleaf English Thyme
- French Tarragon
- Garlic Chives
- Chives
- Rosemary
- Sage ‘Extrakta’
- Oregano, white-flowered; harvested and dried in the dehydrator May 31
- Oregano, pink-flowerd
- Horehound
- Rue
- Wormwood
- Germander
- Costmary
- Mint-leaved Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia)
- Sorrel
- Bronze Fennel
- Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Silverdrop’
- Dill ‘Mammoth’
- Dill ‘Fernleaf’; direct-sown, poor germination
- Dill ‘Bouquet’
- Coriander, Lemon
- Coriander ‘Ghanat’
- Lemongrass; from stalks from the grocery store; planted out June 3
Greens
- Fenugreek (Methi): flowering as of May 13; useable as greens at this point? my guess is not. Turned under June 4.
- Chard: poor germination. Turned under June 4.
- Spinach: poor germination. Turned under June 4.
Fruit
- Strawberry ‘Mara des Bois’; only 3 plants left from last year’s planting; ripening berries from May 10 to ?
- Wild Blueberries (not really in the kitchen garden); ripening from June 2
Cucurbits
- Charentais Melon ‘Edonis’; direct-sowed June 3
- Cucumber ‘Poona Kheera’; direct-sowed June 3
- Cucumber ‘Snow’s Fancy Pickling’; direct-sowed June 3
Potatoes
- Maris Piper; flowering June 2; first harvest June 21
- German Butterball
- Rose Finn Apple aka Pink Fir Apple; first harvest June 21
Peas and Beans:
- Pea ‘Precoville Petit Pois’: 2 sowings, late February and mid March; first harvest from the late February sowing on May 27; very sweet and tender; finished within 10 days
- Bush Bean ‘Tavera Filet’: direct-sown June 4
- Bush Bean ‘Roc d’Or’: direct-sown June 4
- Pole Bean ‘Neckargold’: direct-sown June 4, second sowing June 21
- Pole Bean ‘Trionfo Violetto’: direct-sown June 4
- Yardlong Bean ‘Kaoshiung’: direct-s0wn June 4
- Cowpea ‘Red Ripper’: direct-sown June 4
- Pole Bean ‘Black Greasy’: direct-sown June 21
- Pole Bean ‘Blue Marbut’: direct-sown June 21
- Pole Shell Bean ‘Habellones Regal’: direct-sown June 21
Okra
- Emerald; transplanted to garden June 14
- White Velvet; transplanted to garden June 14
- Silver Queen; transplanted to garden June 14
- Jing Orange; transplanted to garden June 14
- Cherokee Long Pod; transplanted to garden June 14
- Beck’s Big Buck; transplanted to garden June 14
Flowers
- Oenothera missouriensis
- Oenothera sp. ‘Tina James’; blooming June 3
- Dianthus barbatus; from seed in 2010, all in bloom May 22
- Dianthus spp. ‘Fragrant Village Pinks’; from seed in 2010, all in bloom May 22
- Chrysanthemum hyb. ‘Korean Hybrids’: from seed in 2010, flower buds forming on some plants May 22
- Achillea hyb. ‘Summer Berries’
- Lavender ‘Munstead’; blooming May 18
- Lavender ‘Grosso’; blooming June 4
- Lavender ‘Provence’
- Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)
- Agastache foeniculum
- Agastache foeniculum ‘Golden Jubilee’
- Nepeta transcaucasica ‘Blue Infinity’; beginning to bloom May 22
- Verbena hastata (pink)
- Verbena bonariensis
- Viola (seed saved from ‘Historic Florist Mix’)
- Tigridia pavonia
- Anemone ‘de Caen’
- Cistus ladanifer (Rockrose, source of perfume ingredient labdanum)
Finished
Radishes
- Philadephia White Box: the strongest flavored so far; the spouse says it almost tastes like a real radish; 2 sowings
- Easter Egg: the first sowing of these was not good – they bolted before they made good roots; second sowing better, but still some bolting
- Roodkapje: cute, a Sparkler-type radish with red top shading into white; fairly mild
- Rudi: the beauty contest winner; bright red round roots, fairly mild, but I’d grow it just for its looks; sown ?, finished May 13
- Münchner Bier: don’t know much about this one; may not be a spring radish; I’ve read that this is grown mostly for its long edible pods; flower buds as of May 22; pods as of June 3; we really didn’t like the pods much – rather bland
- Shunkyo Semi-long: I like this one a lot, but it has a very short holding period in the garden – goes pithy very quickly; harvested all May 14
- Udaipur: this was an attempt to get a radish the spouse would recognize as a real radish; I acquired seeds from Seed Savers Exchange and last year saved my own seed, however not well-isolated so I wouldn’t offer seed to others, but I will grow it out and see what happens
Lettuce
- Hanson; maturing May 22
- Tennis Ball; maturing May 22; bolted June 3
- Forellenschluss; maturing May 22
- Red Iceberg; maturing May 22
- Grosse Brune Paresseuse; maturing May 22; left to form seeds and deer chewed off the flower stalks in early June – will see if it resprouts
- Merveille des Quatres Saisons; maturing May 22
Garlic
- Ajo Rojo; harvested June 18
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I’m a Northern Virginia 6b gardener too. I am writing to pursuade you to add to your kitchen garden 2011 page. I am thinking of having a kitchen garden in 2012 and I’m interested in how yours developed.
Thanks for the motivation! I was kind of burned out on the blog and the garden both, but just needed a jump-start. I’ll try to get something posted soon.