Bean Quest! There’s so much unused space to grow in. Let’s see what works out.
Annapolis Seeds:
- Purple Peacock Bean: 30-40 pole bean seeds.
- Lady Godiva Hulless Pumpkin: Grown for prolific seeds and can be jack-o-lanterns.
- Strawberry Spinach: Eat leaves cooked or raw. Edible berries, reseeds.
- Phacelia: Honeybee pollinator cover crop, 150 seeds.
- Black Cumin: Grown for seeds, 30 seeds.
- Hot Biscuits Amaranth: Grown for greens, seeds and late season wreaths.
- Hokkaido Adzuki: Bean quest! Bush.
- Black Gram Bean: Also bean quest. Bush, good for dal.
- Black Milo: Ornamental sorghum for wreaths.
- Rice could be considered.
Annapolis Seeds from last year:
- Muncher Cucumber: Eat off the vine and pickle when young.
- Annapolis Select Peanut: Direct sow early June. 6-12″ between plants, 120-140 days. Pull after first frost. Hang in a protected spot with good airflow to cure for 3-4 weeks.
- Wild Leeks: Spring ephemeral in rich deciduous woods.
- Ruby Moon Hyacinth Bean: Direct sow after the risk of frost or indoors 3 weeks earlier. Climbers, plant 6″ apart on the trellis.
- 6-12″ between plants on the trellis
- Cardinal Rose Iberis: Candytuft forms 10-12″ mounds.
- Xsenia Cosmos: 3ft
- Check to see if Camelina seeds remain: 3ft oil seed, direct sown, omega3 rich.
Herritage Harvest Seeds:
- Black Russian Broad Bean: 10 fava bean seeds.
- Broad Windsor Broad Bean: 18th Century seed, 15-20 seeds.
- Black Cumin: Nigella sativa, can be ground and sprinkled on food like black pepper or nutmeg, or added to rye bread. 25 seeds.
- Brightest Brilliant Rainbow Quinoa: Rinse seeds thoroughly prior to cooking to remove seed coat bitterness. Plants grow to 7’. 100 seeds.
- Yellow Foxglove: Reliable for colder climates, the pale yellow flowers are beautiful in partly shaded areas, 2-3′, 50 seeds.
- Creeping Zinnia: Ideal edging plant or ground cover, 4-6″, 25 seeds.
- Woodland Tobacco: 4-5’ tall with huge light green leaves and the white slender tubular flowers remain open all day, 50 seeds.
- Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth: 3 feet, 50 seeds.
- Hungarian Black Seeded Sunflower: Great for eating, 5-7 ft, 30 seeds
Rainbow Seeds
- Painted Pony Stringless Bush Bean: harvested as a green snap bean or stored as a dried bean. Perfect for fresh-eating and canning. 60 days to harvest.
- Pinto Baking Beans: 80 seeds, high in protein and fibre, can be used in burgers, quesadillas, dips, soups, fajitas, salads, chilli, enchiladas, tacos, burritos and so much more. Allow to dry on the plant or eat early raw as a snap bean. 90 Days to harvest.
- Viroflay Spinach: 300 seeds, these spinach plants can grow up to 2ft in diameter with 8in long leaves. 21 days to baby leaves, 40-50 days to mature plants.
- Bloomsdale Longstanding Baby Leaf Spinach: 300 seeds, baby leaves can be harvested in 21 Days.
- Sorrento Rapini Raab: 250 seeds, similar to broccoli, plant in mid June to August for an early to late Fall harvest. 30″ tall, 45 Days to Harvest!
- Arugula/Rocket: 1,500 seeds, 28 days for baby leaf, 50 days to full maturity.
- Early Snowball Self Blanching Cauliflower: 300 seeds, best to plant in late June or early July, as the Brassica family varieties are cold weather hardy and develop their best flavour in the fall, 65 Days to harvest.
- Giganteous Sunflower: 18 seeds, 12′ tall, edible seeds. Direct sow seeds 1cm deep.
- Red Kidney: 65 seeds, 100-120 days to harvest.
- Little Sweetie Snow Pea: 110 seeds, 70 Days to harvest.
- Claytonia Miners Lettuce: 500 seeds, harvest above the crown with scissors and the leaves will grow back up 3x. Only allow to flower if seed saving. High in Vitamin C, A, and Iron. Sow every three weeks for a steady crop. 55 Days to harvest.
- Provider Green Bush Bean: 100 seeds, sow every 10 days between late May and early July once the soil has warmed. 52 Days to harvest.
- Calabrese Broccoli: 150 seeds, 20″ tall, producing several heads per plant, keep harvesting all year long from the same plant. Extend the harvesting season by growing in a mini hoop house. 70 Days to harvest.
- Chamomile: 1500 seeds, 12″ wide and up to 24″ tall. Will self sow. 30 Days to harvest!
- Red Rubin Purple Basil: 130 seeds, 45 days to harvest.
- Mammoth Dill: 2-2.5in. Cut dill can be frozen to store for later. 70 Days to harvest.
- Dill Dukat: 400 seeds, 3-4ft tall, sow 2 seeds per inch, does not transplant well, 70 days to harvest.
- Spicy Globe Basil: 250 seeds, dense, bushy small plants. Height: 6″ to 12″. 45 days to harvest.
- Basil Genovese: 350 seeds, for pesto, 45 days to harvest.
- White Kidney Bush Bean: 50 seeds, 85-95 days to harvest.
- Hakurei Turnip: 250 seeds, plant every few weeks for a steady supply from Spring to Fall. 35 Days to harvest.
- Southport White Globe Bunching Onion: 98 Days to harvest.
Perennials to Winter Sow
- Cupid’s Dart: Purple, sow late.
- Aubretia, Audrey Red Purple Mix: Seems like it may be a bit more work required.
- Oxeye Sunflower: Requires cold strat.
