Can you see it? The future?
Standing in the garden, early morning, with your harvesting basket. As you pick tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. Filling your basket to the brim. What recipe will we make today? A caprese salad, I suppose. Or maybe some homemade salsa. The possibilities are endless.
Let’s be honest….this probably won’t happen.
A girl can dream though, can’t she?
Every year I say I’m not going to try and grow ALL the things, but just try to grow a few things and grow them well.
I can’t help myself.
I. want. it. all.
Anyways, back to the topic I wanted to talk to you, dear reader, about: all of the vegetable varieties I’m growing in the garden this year.
My primary focus will be tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. I want to really dial in and learn how to grow these things well. However, there are many other vegetables I’d like to grow too. Some of the varieties you will see listed below are heirloom varieties, but most of them are hybrid varieties that are bred to do well here in our south Louisiana climate.
So without further ado, let’s get into it.
Complete List of Vegetable Varieties I'm Growing in 2023 -
Louisiana Zone 9a
Bean:
Contender
Blue Lake
Beet:
Detriot Dark Red
Broccoli:
Waltham 29
Cabbage:
Golden Acre
Grand Vantage
Carrot:
Danvers 126
Cucumber:
Spacemaster
Dasher II
National Pickling
Eggplant:
Black Beauty
Garlic:
Elephant
Lettuce:
Buttercrunch
Red Romaine
Kale:
Red Russian
Lacinato
Okra:
Clemson Spineless
Emerald
Onions:
Yellow onion – unsure of the variety – I got the sets from Clegg’s nursery and they were not labeled
Peas (cowpea):
Pinkeye Purple Hull
Peppers:
Jalapeno
Tabasco
Banana
King Arthur
California Wonder
Cayenne
Pepperoncini
Potatoes:
Red LaSoda
Yukon Gold
Radish:
Champion
Spinach:
Bloomsdale
Tomatoes:
Big Beef
Celebrity
Early Girl
Sun Gold
Super Sweet 100
Black Krim
Brad’s Atomic Grape
I hope this list of vegetable varieties was helpful to you in some way, shape, or form. I know it can be daunting to think about what to plant and where to even begin.
If you’re wondering where to order seeds. I’ve had luck from the following places:
– my local garden center (shoutout Clegg’s nursery)
– Survival Garden Seeds
– Johnny’s
Well, it’s Friday, my friends, and I am so ready for the weekend. Tomorrow, I plan on ripping out the remainder of my cabbage patch and replacing it with Red LaSoda and Yukon Gold potatoes. I’ve been trying to plant by the moon like many farmers have done throughout history and so far it’s been working wonders. I’d highly recommend it.
Happy planting!