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Episode-2563- Thirty New Plants from Baker Creek to Grow in 2020

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Well the dang Baker Creek catalog showed up and I got sucked in.  As I paged though it thinking about all the new grow space I will have in the coming season I started dog-earing pages.  As I did so I thought hell, why not a show on some cool stuff to grow from the Rare Seeds catalog this year?

Some of this stuff is hard to find anywhere but Baker Creek, some you can find at many other places.  Remember we need lots of small seed companies in business to keep the diversity so even though I am focusing on Baker Creek today, spread your business around.

Baker just does an amazing job of finding stuff from all around the world and bringing it to home gardeners and market growers and their fricken catalog is a dag gone coffee table picture book that sucks you right in.  So join me today for thirty, yep thirty new or unusual options for your 2020 garden.  Note that many of these items I have not yet grown, quite a few I have. I will try to be clear about that as I go though this extensive list today.

Quote of the Day – No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, & no culture comparable to that of the garden. – Thomas Jefferson.

Seeds to Consider Growing in 2020

  1. Chinese Multicolor Spinach – Link
  2. Python Snake Bean – Link
  3. Japanese Winged Bean – Link
  4. Chinese Red Noodle Bean – Link
  5. Yod Fah Chinese Broccoli/Kale – Link
  6. Chinese Pink Celery – Link
  7. Mouse Melons – Link
  8. China Jade Cucumber – Link
  9. Ping Tung Eggplant – Link
  10. Nagaski Long Eggplant – Link
  11. Pepino Melon – Link
  12. Dwarf Tamarillo – Link
  13. Zucca Melon Giant Gourd – Link
  14. Purple Lady Bok Choy – Link
  15. Beni Houshi Mizuna – Link
  16. Italiko Rosso Dandelion (actually a chicory) – Link
  17. Aurora Mixed Orach – Link
  18. Walking Stick Kale – Link
  19. Green Mountain Winter Celtuce – Link
  20. White Okinawan Bitter Melon – Link
  21. Jing Orange Okra – Link
  22. Green Beauty Pea – Link
  23. Sugar Rush Hot Pepper – Peach – Red
  24. Murasaki Purple Pepper – Link
  25. Red Malabar Spinach – Link
  26. Perpetual Spinach (a type of chard) – Link
  27. Agastache Texas Hummingbird Mint – Link
  28. Lettuce Leaf Basil – Link
  29. Kiwi Blue Honeywort – Link
  30. Orchid Cream Nasturtium – Link

 

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Episode-2563- Thirty New Plants from Baker Creek to Grow in 2020 — 8 Comments

  1. I got a 503 error about a half a dozen times while putting about 10 items in my cart today… TSP almost broke the baker Creek site lol.

    Yay us!

     

     

  2. Great episode, Jack.  Thank you.  I waited until today and ordered the multi-colored spinach, Chinese python snake bean, Chinese pink celery, dwarf tamarillo, red malabar spinach and Texas hummingbird mint.  Baker Creek looks awesome and I’m excited to try these.

    Surviving and thriving in CA!

    Jeff

     

     

  3. A citrus to consider for hot, dry areas may be the Desert Lime (Citrus Glauca), an Australian native it thrives in very hot and dry conditions. Produces grape sized limes that can be eaten skin and all, apparently very nice, but mine have only just gone in. Don’t know if they are available in the US.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_glauca

    Isaac

  4. Great episode Jack. I can’t wait to plant the 6 new items I ordered in the Spring, Chinese Pink Celery, Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber, Texas Hummingbird Mint, Kiwi Blue (Cerinthe major purpurascens) Honeywort and the Orchid Cream Nasturtium.

  6. Did the Keto diet path take you to the Lakanto monkfruit sweetener?  Is there a stevia or a monkfruit possible at your place?

  7. I can and have grown stevia. I think monkfruit requires complex processing to make it really usable the way you use it when you get it from like Lakonto.

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