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Below are the listed varieties:
Tomatoes:
Dr. Wyche
Kelloggs Breakfast
Paul Robeson
Climbing Trip-L-Crop
Amish Paste
Pink Oxheart
Wild Boar Farm Blue berries
Wild Boar Farm Blue gold berries
Napa Chardonnay Blush
Barrys Crazy Cherry
Sweetie Cherry
Indigo Apple
Rutgers
Beauty King
Dancing with Smurfs
Abe Lincoln
Peppers:
Tabasco
Mirasol Chili
Arroz con Pollo
California Wonder
Midnight Dreams
Corbaci Sweet
Sweet Marconi Red
Fish Pepper
Pineapple Ground Cherries
Okra:
Clemson Spineless
Texas Hill Country
Eggplant:
Black beauty
Ping Tung
Antigua
Purple Hull Pink Eye Cowpea
Beans:
Red and Green Chinese Noodle Beans
Trionfo Violetto
Tanyas Pink Pod
Peas:
Sugar Magnolia Tendril Peas
Cucumbers:
Parisian Pickling
Armenian White
Mexican Sour Gherkin (Cucamelon)
National Pickling Cucumber
Squash:
Caserta Summer
Ronde de Nice Summer
Pattison Golden Marbre
Buttercup Winter
Melon:
Kajari
Radishes:
French BReakfast
Crimson Giant
Purple Plum
Carrots:
Oxheart
Cosmic Purple
Danvers Half long
Amarillo
Lettuce:
Marvel of Four Seasons
Merlot
Kale:
Blue Curled Scotch
Nero di Toscano (Dino)
Flowers:
Zinnias
Calendula
Chamomile
Borage
Marigolds
Herbs:
All Culinary basics
Holy Basil
Mint
Lemon Balm
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Tomatoes:
Slicers
Grows a lot of slicers can roast and drain off juices use for sauces in place of paste tomatoes
Dr. Wyche yellow large 1 pound each usually really good flavor low acid
Kelloggs Breakfast large yellow low acid great on tomato sandwich
Paul Robeson dark red really good smoky savory flavor best taste she’s ever had
Climbing Trip-L-Crop very large red slicer two largest she’s ever had 2 pounds
Pastes
Amish Paste 1 pound really meaty
Pink Oxheart 1 pound really meaty
Cherries Wild Boar Farm varieties
Blue berries red with dark purple blue shoulders first and last to produce get tons of them
Blue gold berries yellow with dark blue shoulders first and last to produce get tons of them
these two out produced all the others
Napa Chardonnay Blush thin skinned pale yellow blush tomatoes really good flavor
Barrys Crazy Cherry multi flora very large bunches of flowers and fruits thin skinned pale yellow blush tomatoes really good flavor everyone liked the best out of all of them really sweet skin splits when it rains so have to get them during rain fast thin skinned
Saladette tomatoes Sweetie Cherry
Indigo Apple dark purplish blue
Rutgers basic red medium saladette size produces huge amounts
Beauty King really pretty large neat looking
Dancing with Smurfs dark purple cherry tomato
Abe Lincoln must grow list hasn’t tried it yet
Peppers
Tabasco so many didn’t know what to do with them hot sauce super hot peppers especially if not a lot of space 1 plant would have been plenty for most families she had 3 plants that took less than 10 feet of garden space and had tons
Mirasol Chili medium hot side very sweet deep rich flavor
Arroz con Pollo chicken and rice Cuban pepper seasoning pepper really neat flavor not hot but unique ethnic flavor
Bell Peppers
California Wonder basic green bullnose bell pepper flavor tons of them
Midnight Dreams deep dark purple really good flavor
Corbaci Sweet long thin sweet pepper stir fry sautéed scrambled eggs quiches anywhere use a bell pepper
Sweet Marconi Red medium size really mild deep sweet rich flavor same thick wall like bell peppers really good to dry for seasoning also in purple and yellow
Fish Pepper hot but not super hot variegated leaves and peppers really pretty and good flavor hto but not super hot
habanaros and jalapenos doesn’t have a certain variety
tomatillos not a specific she’s done good with will try lots of different ones
really liked Pineapple Ground Cherries only ones she’s ever tried
Okra
loves heat starts well in a green house
Clemson Spineless basic green okra most common heirloom good and tender nice flavor healthy plant tried and true
Texas Hill Country really squatty pods really liked it big round disks really enjoyed it
Eggplant
Black beauty round bulbus basic egg plant
Ping Tung long purple slender variety
Antigua striped purple and white
Cowpea
Purple Hull Pink Eye peas really liked those
Beans
Red and Green Chinese Noodle Beans favorite grow really pretty in the garden trellis good flavor in sautee stiry fry pickle Trionfo Violetto really liked those dark waxy skin pole bean pick young as snap bean prolific and healthy plants
Tanyas Pink Pod beans ordinary green bean changed colors when cooked was hot pink while growing really cool growing
Peas
Sugar Magnolia Tendril Peas flavor is really good especially after frost grows a lot pretty blossoms peas are beautiful majestic in the garden
Cucumbers
Parisian Pickling really good flavor super crunchy grows really fast
Armenian White Armenian yard long or snake not bitter really thin skin really crunchy don’t get bitter good pickling
Mexican Sour Gherkin (Cucamelon) tiny little cucumbers sour bitter pickles that are really good
National Pickling Cucumber boston, Chicago, darr, all very similar and good none just stood out all about the same dark waxy skins most of the time at the super markets
Slicing cucumbers cannot pickle don’t stay good and crunchy gross if juicing would be great marketmore
Squash
Caserta Summer light green zucchini squash streaky color usable when on the larger size still good when larger
Ronde de Nice Summer baseball tender really good flavor
Pattison Golden Marbre yellow patty pan tons of squash bugs they lived longer than any other squash and no vine borers healthy and resistant to pests
Winter Buttercup really healthy and grew a lot performance wise
Melon
Kajari orange and green great on trellis medium small fruit flavor is really good found the seeds in punjab
Radishes try them roasted
French Breakfast basic elongated red to white skin stays really smooth not warty or bumpy
Crimson Giant 23 days red with white flesh
Watermelon white on outside red on inside
Purple Plum dark purple
Watermelon
Moon and Stars all plants got sick and died
Carrots
Oxheart big fat round ones really good flavor interesting
Cosmic Purple piney side not super sweet great in soups
Danvers Half long tried and true
Amarillo orangey yellow one
Lettuce
Marvel of Four Seasons really pretty green and purple sometimes listed in French does better in the heat and bolts little slower spring and fall crops this one into summer time too nice and tender good falvor
Merlot good leafy soft red romaine type
Kale
Blue Curled Scotch basic kind seen at grocery stores curly edges
Nero di Toscano (Dino) dinosaur kale worth growing
Flowers great habitat for insects very important
Zinnias heavy
Calendula heavy
Chamomile heavy
Borage heavy
Marigolds all over
Herbs all culinary basics of course
thyme
oregano
marjoram
basil all of them Genovese uses the most deters pests from tomatoes and peppers
Holy Basil smell is amazing smells so good many health benefits brew as a tea medicinal plant attracts pollinators bees and butterflies
Mint takes over so put in pot
Lemon Balm medicinal takes over so put in pot
Notebook & pause button. This was great. One thing about that okra from up North. I think you hinted at the "slimy" effect that turns people away ( even Southerners ). Any advice?
Did you fridge pickle or hot water bath pickle the mexican sour gherkins? I'm about to have my first crop of them ever!
Japanese cucumbers are several levels above any other varieties in the crunchiness.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm a new Gardner and didn't have a clue where to start. I'm also originally from Arkansas but now live in Texas so things may not grow as well in Texas as they do there but I'm sure going to try. I've started a few containers on my patio but plan on raised bed gardens when I move to Louisiana. I'm learning as much as I can as fast as I can and loving every minute of it. I recently found your channel and love your down to earth style. Thanks again for this wonderful video.
I love okra flowers, they are some pretty! I am a northern gardener, not a huge okra fan, but will throw them into soups
What ideas do you have for ground cherries other than snacking? My ground cherries are prolific this year. I am not a big jelly person.
I have to try the Napa and Barry’s tomatoes. Just placed an order. Thank you for sharing.
I got the the Paul Robeson, black krim, and the kellogg's breakfast … as well as some others. Also bought several sorts of peppers. I really enjoy the planning videos, because it is very overwhelming looks at at all the options.
Thank you so much!!! This is super helpful!
I'm making my way though your videos and i must say that this is becoming my favorite garden channel! It's so sensible but has so much heart as well!
A good use for the saladette tomato is fermenting.
Check out also https://www.amishlandseeds.com/store/Amish-Mennonite-Varieties-c27806002
I heard living Traditions homestead has problems with squash bugs and the grow Canada Crockneck
Carrots Tendersweet and Long interpreter are hardy good tasting
Best sweetest white fleshed cantaloupe Anasis
Best and beautiful lettuce Rocky Mountain mix by Baker Creek
I like beat mixes all the colors are fabulous
Kale from Baker Creek 1000 head huge
Scarlet, red 4ussian
Thank you Jess
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God bless
Looking back at your videos. Good refresher for this time of the year.
I want to add a mix of these heirloom varieties.
My dream in the zoning I moved to before was one acre. Woods would be different.
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I also want a good freezer for meal planning.
Try okra raw, with a dip, much like celery.
hmmmmm
Potatoes? Onions? Corn?
Also on a side note, my homestead/kennels is called Wytchwood so I'm planning to do a theme garden out front… Everything dark; purples, blacks, dark dark bluish-purple etc. Plus it's my favorite color lol. Black roses too! So any advice for purple things that would fit in are appreciated!! 🙂
Crap, I keep having to edit because I forget stuff!! Like… I am in zone 6A (Missouri) 🙂
Indigo Apple is so virile, lol.
Tried it last year cause you recommended it.
First to sprout and fruit, perfectly shaped fruit with no cat-facing that I could find, grew all the way into the winter with zero blight despite a hot and humid summer.
Next year I'll have to remember to start them later than the other tomatoes, they're double the size the next tallest variety xD
Do you have a recipe for the cucamelon pickles you made?
I was shocked when Cherokee purple didn't make your list . Because I work my own garden alone I don't have the will to tend to 20 varietys of tomatoes . But the carbon black and Cherokee purple are without question hands down crowd favorites. We also enjoy the lemon cucumber for it's remarkable flavor .The cubanello peppers are also favorites of mine but I was most proud of my Moon & stars watermelon that also wom over many at our farmers market .