Getting ready to try fodder here. Also debating trying bees, either mason or honey. Thinking mason to start, since they are such great pollinators and easier to do, but really want to try honey bees. We are going more ambitious with the garden this year. Will still do roma, green zebra, and red and yellow jelly bean tomatoes, but cutting back on the jelly beans and doing more romas. Doing more corn this year, and adding several bean varieties around them (thinking black, calypso, and tiger eye beans, maybe black garbonzos), doing cucumber again, adding zucchini, and trellising them this year. Will also add Athena mini melons, also on a trellis. Doing Lumina pumpkins again, adding sugar pie pumpkins, both on A-frame systems. Doing kale and brussels sprouts again, adding spinach and broccoli this year. Doing purple bell, red cherry, serano, and jalapeno peppers again. Doing english peas again. Adding sweet meat and spaghetti squash. Doing more herbs on the patio, along with trying blueberry for the first time and adding raspberry and maybe blackberry canes. Debating adding onions and/or garlic, as well as potatoes, just haven't made up my mind yet. Finally will do marigolds and nasturtiums again. Whew!! Lets hope it all goes well. This will be my first year trying to do a more staggered, 3 season garden as well.
