Tomatoes:
Various Heirloom
Big Boy
Early bush
Roma
Supersweet 100
Peppers:
Green to Red bell
Jalapeno
Cayenne
Cucumber:
Marketmore
Eureka
Lettuce:
Red romaine
Green romaine
Upright Radicchio
Various others
Squash:
Yellow summer
Green Zucchini
Husk cherry:
About our vegetables.
Here is our vegetable list for this year and we decided to keep it short and sweet.
We only grow and sell vegetables that are well suited to our region.
Traditionally, the date to plant most vegetables in zone 4b is Memorial Day.
Tomatoes like a balanced fertilizer. Mix some slow release 10 10 10, or well rotted compost in to the bed before planting.
Some folks like to lay the plants down in a small trench leaving just the top of the plant exposed with the idea that roots will
form along the buried stem and help in water and nutrient uptake.
Peppers do not want a high nitrogen fertilizer. They prefer high phosphorous so a 5 10 10 will be better. Do not use manure or other nitrogen
rich compost because the high nitrogen will cause the foliage to grow and the plant will not set fruit.
Marketmore cukes can be planted in rows or trellised to save space. Keep a close eye on them and pick the fruit when they are
about 8 inches in length.
Eureka cukes are perfect for bread and butter pickles.
Lettuce is a cool crop and will do well in the spring and fall or in a garden that is situated next to a source of shade. Keeping the lettuce picked
will help to even bolting.
We decided to grow husk cherries again this year. These plants are similar and in the tomatoes family. They produce small fruit about the
size of a cherry and they are covered by a paper like husk.
