it's that time of year...

While the rain continues to rat-a-tat-tat against my windows, I've been busy gardening.

Okay, my gardening doesn't require dirt quite yet, but in my mind and on paper, it's a beautiful garden.

And it doesn't care that the rain continues on.

And on...

And on...

The sun may not come out tomorrow, but when it does, I'll be ready.

Here's a list of what's going in the veggie garden this year~

Green Beans~Old Homestead (Kentucky Wonder Pole)

Blue Lake Bush

Beets~Bull's Blood

Cabbage~Glory of Enkhuizen (kraut cabbage)

Carrots~Little Finger

St. Valery

Cucumbers~Parisian Pickling (for sweet pickles)

pickling cukes (to be determined)

Kohlrabi~Early Purple Vienna

Kale~Blue Curled Scotch

 Lettuces~Forellenschluss

Amish Deer Tongue

Cimmaron

Black Seeded Simpson

Onions~Tokyo Long-White Bunching

Bianca Di Maggio

Walla Walla Sweets

Garden Peas~Alaska

Snap/Snow Peas~Mammoth Melting Sugar

Hot Peppers~Anaheim

Jalapeno/Craig's Grande

Sweet Peppers~Lipstick

Italian Pepperoncini

Sweet Chocolate

Orange Bell

Spinach~Bloomsdale Long Standing

New Zealand

Summer Squash~Marina di Chioggia

Crooknecks

Zucchini/Black Beauty

Squash/Pumpkins~Butternut Rogosa Violina "Gioia"

Sweet Dumplings

Acorn (to be determined)

Sugar Pie Pumpkins

Swiss Chard~Five Color Silverbeet

Tomatoes~Green Zebra

Arkansas Traveler

Cherokee Purple

Violet Jasper

Amish Paste

Jersey Giant

Riesentraube

Beefsteak

Striped Roman

Morning Sun

Turnips~Ideal Purple Top Milan

And just in case Summer decides to drag it's feet, we're busy prepping for Plan B.

A 24' x 14' hoophouse on the south-facing side of our home.

Which will also double as a clothesline when Winter drags it's feet!

Not that any of us Pacific Northwester's would know anything about that...☺

(My favorite seed company is Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.)