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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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