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TRY THESE VEGGIES IN YOUR GARDEN THIS YEAR
POSTED
JANUARY 31, 2009
With January all but behind us, the time
is near to place my seed order for my spring, summer and fall
gardens. Like most vegetable gardeners, I have favorites that I like
to grow each year. I also like to test new varieties -- which is how
I discovered my favorites!
If you like to try new veggie varieties
in your garden, consider these:
Gotta Have It Sweet Corn
grown in Niceville
Gotta Have It Sweet Corn
Gurney’s calls
Gotta Have It Sweet Corn a sweet corn without equal – and I
think they are right! The short, stocky (60”) plants stand up to the
elements and produce the best tasting sweet corn I have ever had.
It’s slow to become starchy, holds its flavor for a long period of
time and freezes very well. The ears are big, with bicolor kernels.
I have had great success growing this sweet corn in containers, too.
It needs warm soil to germinate. I don’t plant this variety until
mid April here in Niceville. Henry Fields offers this corn as
That’s Delicious.
Flavor Sweet Bush Beans
harvested
from my front-yard garden.
Flavor Sweet Bush Beans
To date, Flavor Sweet bush beans from Gurney’s are my absolute
favorite snap bean. The long, slender, dark green pods are
deliciously sweet. They freeze well and I have had wonderful yields.
I plant them mid March through mid April. This year I am also going
to try another filet-type green bean from Gurney’s call
Trofeo.
Sweet Zuke Zucchini squash
growing in Niceville
Sweet Zuke Hybrid Zucchini
The Sweet Zuke from Burpee has a wonderfully sweet flavor. The
bush-type plants produce a good number of big, fat zucchini-type
squash. They are tasty raw or cooked.
A basket of Fairy Tale
eggplant harvested
from my front-yard garden.
Fairy Tale Eggplant
If you like eggplant, you just have to try
Fairy Tale. This short, slender, purple and white eggplant is as
delicious as it is beautiful. Great on the grill! Perfect for
containers. Fairy Tale produces lots of fruit right through the
summer and into the fall in north Florida. You can find this
All-American Winner through a variety of suppliers. This year I am
also going to try
Purple Rain Hybrid from Burpee.
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