Fall Garden Planning Time!

[dalthauser]

This fall I'm going to do a second planting of tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, and squash.

I'm also going to be putting in a permanent bed of perrenial onions and sorrell.

I'm going to try a new seed company  SOUTHERN EXPOSURE because they sell heirlooms and they offer almost everything I want (except for Mache lettuce - which Marcel wants to grow - I can get that from another source). 

Here is my planned order (still need to check with my garden partner to see if he wants to add or modify)

Bush Beans	Contender	13103	$2.15
SoyBeans	Asmara	11501	$2.50
Cucumber	Suyo Long	51701	$2.35
Garlic (1/2lb)	Inchelium Red	65102	$11.50
Shallots (12oz)	French Red	66701	$9.50
Onions (Wild)	Egyptian Walking	66604	$9.95
Swiss Chard	Rainbow	32951	$2.45
Kale	Dinosaur	25106	$2.35
Spinach	Bloomsdale Long Standing	67102	$2.10
Vetch (1/4LB)	Hairy Vetch	78203	$4.95
Sorrel	Garden Sorrel	71246	$1.99
Radish	Daikon	28201	$2.45
Radish	Misato Rose	28109	$2.45
Parsley	Italian Plain Leaf	37101	$1.99
Shipping $6.50			$66.50

Southern exposure doesn't carry a Mesculin Mix (you have to buy each variety separate), so I'll also be getting that from another source. 
Must have gourmet greens!

That's it for now :-)

Comments

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Looks good, nice mix of things. Since you bring price into the discussion, and i know you utalize what you grow; do you feel you break even? Not that money is the only factor; there is also quality (you know how your garden grows!)

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

In the summer I don't break even (partly because of the water needed), but the winter makes up for it. In the winter my spinach and Lettuce production pays for the whole garden (organic fresh spinach $5.99 a lb - and I go through one a week just on that - not to mention organic lettuce which I eat about the same in a weeks time).

Overall - I'd say I break even (even if I was buying crappy stuff from Walmart). Plus there is the pride and pleasure of tending to it all.