[WoodSprite]

I'm growing a lot this year. I love comparing varieties of the same crop so I'm growing some old favorites and some new varieties to compare them. And I'm growing some new-to-me crops.

Garlic - German White Sitffneck, Siberian, Chesnok Red, Georgian Crystal, Music.

Onion (Bulbing) - Ailsa Cragi Exhibition.

Onion (Bunching) - Heshiko.

Pea (Shell) - First 13, Lincoln and maybe Patio Pride and Petite Pois Procoville.

Pea (Snap) - Cascadia, Sugar Snap, Super Sugar Snap, Spring Blush.

Fava Bean - Broad Windsor.

Kale - Black Magic, Judy's Kale and maybe Lacinato, Siberian, White Russian (my favorite so far).

Bok Choy - April White, Heat Winner, Hotau Improved F1, Jade Star, Sanfu.

Fennel - Florence.

Mitsuba (Japenese Parsley).

Spinach - Gigante d' Inverno (my favorite so far), Gangbusters, Summer Perfection.

Lettuce - Little Gem, Dragoon, Newham, Jericho, Tennis Ball, Tom Thumb, Red Butter Romaine, Parris Island.

Carrots - Aranka F1, Autumn King, Coral, Oxheart, Yaya F1 (my favorite so far).

Peppers (Sweet & Frying types) - Little Bells, Earlired, Jupiter, Red Wonder, Frank's, Nick's Thin Skin, Carmen F1, Corno Di Toro, Tangerine Dream F1?, Italian Sweet Frying, Early Perfect Italian, Holy Italian Red, Stocky Red Roaster.

Tomato (Slicers - mostly"black") - D.B. Cooper, Daniel Burson, Paul Robeson, Margaret Curtain, Boronia, Tasmanian Chocolate, Goose Creek Black (though I suspect this is actually something else), Goose Creek, Brad's Black Heart, "Bob's" (which is 22 year old seed that a friend grew for 40+ years saving his own seeds. I hope I can get at least one to germinate this year.).

Tomato (Paste) - blue Beech, Rocky, Cow's Tit, Santa Maria, Shannon's, seeds that I harvested last year that appeared to be from my Opalka plant but the tomato was huge, very sweet and didn't look like the other fruits on the plant.

Eggplant - Antigua, Listada De Gandia, Rosa Bianca, Aswad, Kamo, Shiromaru.

Parsley - Triple Curled, Krausa.

Basil - Basilico Finissimo Verde a Palla, Dwarf Greek, Piccolino, Blue Spice, Italian Genovese, Italian Pesto, Lemon, Mrs. Burns' Lemon.

Cilantro - Large Leaf, unknown variety that I harvested from purchased plant.

Other Herbs - Chervil 'Brussels Winter', Lovage, Marjoram, Sage 'Broad Leaved,' Summer Savory 'Compact,' Dill (unknown variety).

Bean (Pole) - blue Coco, Blue Purple Pod, Lazy Wife, Super Marconi, Uncle Steve's Italian.

Bean (Bush) - Provider, Strike, Wyatt.

Radish - White Icicle (Grown as a companion plant to deter squash bugs.)

Cucumber - Lemon, Morden Early, National Pickling, Wisconsin SMR 58.

Zucchini - Black Beauty, Cocozelle, Long White Of Palermo.

Cutting Celery - Chinese Pink, Kintsai Dark Green.

Molokhai (Egyptian Spinach).

Flowers to draw beneficial insects: Alyssum 'Carpet of Snow,' Nasturtium 'Alaska Mix,' Tagetes lucida, Tagetes tenuifolia 'Lemon Gem' and about 36 other species to add to the flowers that are already planted.