Nutgraf

Enormous orange cucumber

Since the Snowpocalypse, I’ve been fantasizing about hot summer days, citronella-infused evenings, and growing some more mutant produce in my yard. Every year I learn something new – like that neglected cucumbers turn all orange and terrifying, and that these Earth Boxes produce an alarming amount of… produce.

So I’m thinking about what to grow this year. Tomatoes are a given, I’m afraid. I think it’s genetic. My grandmother grew them, my mother grew them, and now I do. I think I’m the worst at it, but I just. Can’t. Stop.

Had way too many peppers of various heats last year, and the cucumbers almost took over the world the year before that. On the menu for 2010, we’ve got various herbs, two kinds of the ubiquitous tomato, some small crunchy cucumbers and… what? I’d like to try something new, and am looking for a good candidate with a long harvest period that we’ll actually utilize.

Free-form advice welcome in the comments below, also feel free to get your vote on.

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Also, not that you asked, but here are a couple of gardening-related sites that I’ve really come to love. Ketzel would be proud. Or appalled.

American Meadows – their wildflower seed mixes are pretty cool, and I just love their attitude. Great prices, product and service.

Seed Savers Exchange – dedicated to saving and sharing rare and heirloom seeds.

Seeds of Change – rock on with your organic selves.

Local Harvest – don’t want to grow your own? Find a farm, a farmers market or a CSA program near where you eat.

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