OK, I went crazy on my self-imposed “holiday break” and busted out the seed catalog. Here are the 23 new seeds I’m experimenting with this year. Have you grown any of these? If so, let me know in the comments below.
2019 SEEDS
Mizuna, Beni Houshi
Red Ursa Kale
Dishcloth or Luffa Gourd
Little Gem Lettuce
Garden Huckleberry
Oriole Orange Swiss Chard
Sanguine Ameliore or Strawberry Cabbage Lettuce
Batavian Full Heart Endive
Chinese Multicolor Spinach
Hida Beni Red Turnip
Job’s Tears
Red Malabar Spinach
Chinese Python Snake Bean
Purple Lady Bok Choy
Temptation Strawberry
Red of Florence Onion
Landreth Stringless
Marshmallow
Chinese Shawo Fruit Radish
Chinese Pink Celery
Beni Kodama Watermelon
Desiree Dwarf Blauwschokkers Garden Pea
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Been there done that
Would love to see what you plan to grow this year
Nice video Kevin! Will you be making a video with the results of planting these seeds?! 🙂
THE STIVERS HOMESTEAD grew Loofah this year you can find it in thier video's..oops its time for 2020 catalog.
I had this exact idea to do a video like this. Nice job!
Here in Metro Phx with a higher heat index than you so especially important that I research multiple sources to get varied opinions on heat tolerance here. Several of these I have tried…and several I would have to pass on. Would be interesting to see if these all survived in your clime… Thx for the video !
I grow baker creek seeds and LOVE them. I have a truly MASSIVE collection of seeds. I probably have 80% of their offering and of the new stuff they just posted this year, I've ordered 23 new things. We have a small farm and while I would LOVE to grow everything all at once: I usually only plant one or two of each type for the big things and small clusters of other things. We constantly battle a MASSIVE plague of rabbits (feral domestics.. mostly rex rabbits) who have zero fear of us and treat my gardens and fields like thier own buffet.. which makes it difficult. We also have: elk, deer, rats, mice, birds, voles, moles, and a vegetable loving 4 year old… and dog that loves root vegs. AND we live in the pacific north west so weather and climate can be challenging: So we have to get creative with gardening. But I love every moment of it! Baker Creek … I love them!
Very helpful, thank you. I might try strawberries now. I'm in zone 9a-b and I didn't think they'd do well.
my grandma gave me jobs tears seeds years before they came out! thanks grandma:))))
I have grown lugffa. I had it growing up a tree. The young puffs are edible. I have tried them in soup.
Kevin, how did the luffa turn out? Any growing tips?
Just pla Ted mizuna, cant wait to try it
Luffa is edible. We called them "Patola" in the Philippines. You cook them like courgette when they are still young. Very common recipe is we make soup with them with mishua noodles and sardines.
Alright didnt know you went to rareseeds.com. nice I love their selection
This is hilarious! Love your voice. I’m in LA, 3 miles from ocean, and just subscribed and see what you’re growing and will copy here. We prob have same climate being only 2 hours away-fingers crossed. Good luck!!!
Luffa is totally edible.
Some of us low-key judge people for buying $2,000 handbags. I low-key judge myself for spending on hobbies. I'm barely managing to keep myself in check. LOL. I'm just going to start a wishlist like this and wait till 2021 to indulge any more.
This is an old video but I grow almost all of that
been binge watching your vids. ask your lola how to eat loofah. It's called patola in filipino
The dishcloth loofa is used in Mexico as a bathing loofa. It’s used widely to soap our bodies. It gets softer over time till we have to cut another piece again.
wheres the update to this video? I wanted to see how the watermelon and beans turned out
In Hawaii, Job’s tears is a prized lei. I didn’t know it was edible. Lol
umpa luffa lol
Cool! I wish I got those watermelons. I also got the purple bok choy and the pink celery. They're so pretty! I'm in Canada
How did the snake bean and Job’s tears do for you?
Also, have you purchased a rare almost extinct Marshall’s strawberry? Raintree Nursery has it.
Black nebula carrots if you stuff a duck with it will turn the bird meat neon pink.
Great selections – I've been looking at some of the pink and oriental varieties as well … Want to try bitter melon, burgundy okra, pink mizuna … Like you, I could break the bank on interesting plants!!
You can eat purple tops raw. I always quartered them and salted them then ate everything but the skin.