I have plans to really get all the WS plants into the ground earlier this year than last (I still had babies in jugs by Sept). I am doubling 1 of my raised beds from 6'x4' to 12'x4'. I have my garlic in the smaller 1 now and I'm not sure if it's gonna come up. I never got shoots in the fall time and went by some instructions online that stated to peel the cloves. I am now wondering if I ruined all that garlic :( I will try again in the fall 09. I'll order from this 1 farmer that I was soo happy with my order this past fall. If the garlic is a bust this late spring, I'm gonna put indeterminate tomatoes in the bed, than plant garlic fall 09. I do have too pull up the excisting bed though and put some type of wire cloth on the bottom because I have a really bad mole problem and they riddle my bed with holes. I want to move most of my rose bush's to better sites, my hubby is gonna build me a cedar tripod trellis for my clematis, I have 1 so far for it, just need to buy 3 more. Still can't decide on what to grow on my fence on the post's that don't have a clematis. I was gonna grow some of my birdhouse gourds, so I could start on those, but not sure yet.

Melissa

Sunflowers - a mix of different ones that are roughly the same height
Sweet Corn - not sure of what variety
Pole Beans - Cherokee Trail of Tears, Purple Podded, Chinese Green Noodle, Rattle snake, Fagioli Rampicanti Marengo (Yellow pole), Green Annelino (shrimp)
Half Runner - Florde Mayo
Bush Beans - Dragon Tongue, Slenderette, Kinghorn Wax, Purple Queen, maybe a couple others
Winter Squash - Cushaw, Lakota, Long Island Cheese, Golden Pippin Acorn, pink Banana if I have the space
Summer Squash - Zephyr, Yellow scallop, Coosa, and a couple others
Peas - Mammoth Melting Snow Pea, maybe Laxton Progress and Green Arrow mix if I have the space
Tomatoes - Black Cherry, Black Seaman, Clear Pink Early, Caspian Pink, Carbon, Anna Russian, Mule Team, Sub Arctic Plenty, Tommy Toe, Alicante....and maybe 9 to 14 others
Hot peppers - I've acquired lots of varieties and can't make up my mind!
Sweet Peppers - Red Macaroni and some other non-bell types
Broccoli - Green Goliath, maybe Purple Sprouting
Kohlrabi - Early White Vienna, Early Purple Vienna
Cucumbers - Poona Kheera and a couple others
Kale - Red Russian & Tuscan (Black Palm)
Chard - as many varieties as I can stuff in the garden
Eggplant - probably in containers - Diamond & Casper
Lettuce - don't know what kinds yet
Melon – Minnesota Midgets, Yellow Doll, Korean
Basil - don't know what kinds yet
Oregano
Marjoram
Parsley - Flat Leaf
and maybe a few other herbs

I also like to put in a few flower:
Zinnias
Nasturtiums
Petunias
Marigolds
maybe some four o' clocks and strawflowers too

Whew!

2. Plant more fruit. Blueberries, elderberries, raspberries etc,,

3. Work harder at attracting more hummingbirds and butterflies.

4. Can and freeze more food.

5. Get more natives and wildflowers.

6. Pull out all the invasivs and thugs ( no matter how pretty)

7. Attend to the compost pile better.

8. Get the Apiary going again.

9. Collect more seeds.

10. Host a Central NY Plant Swap in June.

kim

The pictures of all your gardens are great inspirations and motivators. Thanks and keep them coming!

2) Plant out Asian Arisaema that have been growing on in pots for several years.

3) Remove several small trees to create room to plant Albizia julibrissen 'Summer Chocolate'. This is the purple Mimosa.

4) Buy topsoil, mix with self made compost for creating raised beds for planting Asian Arisaema. Asian Arisaema are hardy in my zone 6 garden, however they require excellent drainage. I have excellent drainage, but I just like to make sure.

5) Plant out my plant orders from Plant Delights, Munchkin, and Jacques Amand Nurseries.

6) Continue trialing plants for hardiness in zone 6/5. I am located exactly 1.5 miles from Lake Erie.

7) Continue monitoring my hardy Southern Magnolia trials - I have a thread on this. I am going to bump it up with my latest observation with the cold January they are enduring.

8) Looking at Native woodland plants along with asian woodland plants for future planting.

9) Waiting "patiently" for warmer weather...

~ Gerry

Plant out my plant orders from Asiatica and Seneca Hill Perenials - mostly Asian woodland perennials.
I was thinking with all of my Asian Jack in the Pulpits (Arisaema),Ginkgos, Dawn Redwoods, and other Asian/native plants why not infuse Asian perennials with the native perennials that are already planted.

If there are Gardners that are interested in Jack in the Pulpits, I posted an identical thread on both the Woodlands and Aroid Forums. This related to the propagation of Jack in the Pulpits (Arisaema Species).

I must add Winter is extremely boring, only so much you can do - makes you appreciate spring and summer! It does make me skeptical and wary of Fall as I do not know what follows and for how long!

Early Girl Hybrid
Tasty Treat
Early & Often
Super Sweet 100 (Cherry)
Jelly Bean Hybrid (Grape)
Best Boy Hybrid (Patio)
ROMA
Big Boy Hybrid
Big Boy Hybrid
Big Mama (Roma)
Super Beef Steak

1. Design and plant my new polynesian themed garden around my back patio.

2. Expand my vegetable garden and succeed in growing the tomatoes I start indoors instead of having to get them from other sources when mine fail.

3. Start a new herb garden.

4. Move the willow shrub I have off the back patio that just doesn't belong there.

5. Plant a garden in front of the barn.

6. Come up with some way to landscape in front of the pool.

It's a lengthy list. I suspect I won't get to all of it, but I can dream, right?

Morning glories and moonflowers
Sweet peas and black-eyed Susan vine
Nigella "Miss Jekyll" for my grandmother
"Cedric Morris" poppies
Marigolds
Alyssum
White Cascade Lobelia
Lavender
Cosmos
Sedum "Autumn Joy"
Rudbeckia
Ivy

A strawberry jar packed with herbs
tomatoes (hanging bag or container, haven't decided)
peppers
cucumbers

...and possibly snapdragons or summer-flowering bulbs. My main objective is to have a beautiful porch garden that attracts bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects. For some reason I'm really focused on flowers this year. I figure I can get good veggies from the farmer's market and the local roadside stand!

many squash - butternut, acorn, zucchini, & yellow summer;

tomatoes - primarily the big beefsteak & roma for sauce;

chinese eggplant - my husband loves it baked with slices of hard cheese, garlic & anchovies;

broccoli;

brussel sprouts;

beets (we LOVE beets);

pole beans;

and guords for decoration in the fall

I plan to move 2, maybe 3 rhodos & the rest of my time will be spent keeping up with weeds & watering. I am going to be writing my Master's thesis so big projects are out of the question.

kim

The big plan is to plant edible landscaping: juneberries, currants, etc.

I also want to start some anti-landscaping, in the form of ripping out all the little ball evergreens that line the property, but only if I can hire someone to do it.