We did it! We've went through all of our seed catalogs and have chosen the special veggies that we'll be growing this year! We chose varieties based on taste, production, disease resistance, and climate. A bunch of these are new to us, so I'm hoping we'll find ones that work great for out specific growing conditions.

We're expanding a bit more into staple and cover crops in aims of supplying more of our calorie and protein needs and soil fertility. We'll be adding an extra 40' x 40' growing plot, over half is occupied by large pines, the top soil is thin and very sandy, this will be challenging on all levels, but so worth it.

We will be growing a lot more legumes this year as well. Most of our current growing space has been intensively planted with nitrogen sucking veggies, and we'll be letting these areas rest and rejuvenate a bit by growing beans and peas. This will not only add nitrogen to the soil, but will also provide a lot of protein—essential for a vegetarian family. We've noticed more disease hitting these areas too, so it's about time for a good rotation.

There are a bunch more seeds not listed that we have saved from last year. @kokibyivana will be posting a list of all the herbs, flowers, and perennials we'll be adding to our happy community soon, so stay tuned for that one.

Staples

Golden Giant Amaranth	Red Faro Quinoa Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Good Mother Stallard Bean Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Cherokee Trail of Tears Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Brown Lazy Wife

Brassicas

Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Glory of Enkhuizen Cabbage Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Kalibos Cabbage Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Waltham 29 Broccoli Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Corn

Buhl Sweet Corn Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Strawberry Popcorn Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Cucumbers

Chicago Pickling Cucumber Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Early Fortune Cucumber Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Leafy Greens

Little Gem Lettuce Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Crisp Mint Lettuce Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Garnet Rost Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Arugula Green Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Tatsoi Green Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Mizuna Green Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Bloomsdale Spinach Photo from Seed Savers Exchange	Nobel Spinach Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Legumes

Purple Podded Pole Bean Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Chinese Mosaic Long Bean Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Sugar Snap Pea Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Pea Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Pea, Champion Of England Photo from Seed Savers Exchange	Pea, Extra Early Pedigree Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Onions

Alisa Craig Onion Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Southport Red Globe Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Peppers

Cayenne Long Thin Pepper Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Craig's Grande Jalapeno Pepper Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Carolina Reaper Hot Pepper Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Poblano Pepper Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Healthy Pepper Photo from Seed Savers Exchange	Napoleon Sweet Photo from Seed Savers Exchange
Cubanelle Sweet Pepper Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Ozark Giant Pepper Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Pumpkins

New England Sugar Pie Pumpkin Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Tomatoes

Rose De Berne Tomato Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	German Johnson Tomato Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Black Krim Tomato Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Amish Paste Tomato Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Black Prince Tomato Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Bonny Best Tomato Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Roots

Detroit Dark Red Beet Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Cylindra or Formanova Beet Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Kyoto Red Carrot Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	Black Nebula Carrot Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Muscade Carrot Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Cover Crops

Spring: Peas and Oats Mix Photo from Johnny's Selected Seeds	Fall: Fall Green Manure Mix Photo from Johnny's Selected Seeds

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What varieties are you excited about growing this year? Have you had experience with any of the veggies listed above? Let me know in the comments!