I'll go first: this is one of the celery plants I grew this year- it wasn't woody at all despite what I've heard online and really good.
I lost a couple in an inground bed to bugs unfortunately, but the rest did extremely well
This honker was 6 inches wide at the base when I cut it out. (I was doing cut and come for a while but I was getting so much, I just cut most of my plants out last week)
That and sungolds! I do like cutting them up for salads and stuff (I do not like whole uncut cherry tomatoes- it's a texture thing)
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Cucumbers
Carrots! We only grew a few because we got a bonus seed packet, but they were really flavorful. We’re also growing sugar rush peach peppers for the first time, and so far we’re fans. The plants are huge and loaded with peppers, and they have a good flavor and a moderate heat that works well in some of our regular dishes. I think we’ll do a couple of plants next year.
(I also don’t like biting into whole cherry tomatoes. I always cut them in half first.)
How’d you get such nice celery?? Any tips?
For me: green beans! They’re an Italian variety
Winged beans, chayote, culantro (not cilantro), mashed potato squash, and purple dragon tongue beans
Butternut Squash, I think I’m going to grow 3 times as many plants
Chinese eggplant and Chinese Long Beans did great this year!
First year planting potatoes, and I didn’t realize it was this easy. Also, green onion. Usually, I’m all about herbs. It’s exciting to try new things.
Artichoke. I failed. So I’ll plant artichoke again next year.
Also pear trees.
Basil
Cucumbers and Eggplant. They both do well in south east heat.
Cabbage. Crazy inefficient use of space but… They turned out great.
Pinto beans! Green beans! So many beans!
Purple Majesty Potatoes, they were noticeably more delicious than the average potato.
Not the first time that I’ve had squash and zucchini, but I have a trouble spot in my garden (grrr…black walnut trees) that rarely produces well.
Squashes LOVED it! They are going nuts! Can’t wait for more next year!
Cantaloupe. They turned out amazing.
Potatoes!
Aster flowers and 4 o clocks
Lots of lettuces. Red lettuce and butter whatever it’s called. Butterbean? Am I making that up? The pretty ones that you can use as a wrap.
First time going in on those bad boys and enjoying lots of salads. That and my cucumber plant made for such nice lil salad friends.
Very specifically Mountain Princess tomatoes. I had ok tomato yields last year with Romas and Cherokee Purple and some sweet 100s cherry, but nothing compared to what ive gotten just off one Mountain Princess plant this year in the exact same conditions. ive gotten pounds and pounds and probably have 10 green tomatoes on the plant rn
cannabis!
Cilantro and dandilion. No regrets with either!
Flowers! I used to not believe in planting anything that I couldn’t eat, but this year seeing the pop of color from my nasturtiums and how the bees go nuts for my borage… I’m definitely doing flowers again as part of my veggie beds every year.
Also helps that these flowers are edible, hehe.
Pickling cucumbers and sweet potatoes were new this year. Going to double the cukes next year!
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Watermelon! It’s been so fun and delicious!
English Thyme, Basil, tomatoes. I’m also planning on trimming up the giant cherry tree in my yard that I didn’t know was a cherry tree, lol. So I’ll have a piss ton of fresh cherries, too. I’ll also might start a blackberry patch, but I’m not sure how to quarantine that, lol.
Tarragon! I have not successfully propagated it yet, just a few starts from the local nursery but oh my god it is my favorite flavor in dishes
Anaheim peppers
I’m in a very hot area with 94° F as the average temperature for July and August. Humidity didn’t drop past 80% for a few weeks.
I planted Mammoth elephant ears, basil, and glass gem corn for the first time this year. The elephant ear and basil thrived and grew to massive proportions. The elephant ear, Im waiting to see if it survives winter. The basil is currently dropping a billion seeds every time the wind blows, so I’ll have at least one volunteer basil that survives winter.
The corn got decimated by my local squirrel population. I got three ears from the roughly 25 stalks that grew this year. They look amazing though, so I’ll try again next year.
Purple pole beans. They were invisible to the Japanese beetles, have gorgeous flowers, taste amazing, and were incredibly abundant.
Baker seeds has a wonderful pale yellow nasturtium that is still spilling out of the raised bed. I think I’ll sequester it to a pot or in the ground next year though. It became massive.
Crop covers. This year if I saw the soil, it meant I was wrong. Mulching in many different ways changed the game to my favor.
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Some unknown Aldi peppers that my neighbor liked and saved the seeds from. These will take the place of my slower growing/ripening and slightly less prolific Corno Di Toro.
I’m in the southern hemisphere so these are things I grew last year that I’m planting again this year.
Jerusalem artichokes, African horned cucumbers, cape gooseberries, Japanese sweet potatoes, tatsoi & jalapeños.
The gooseberry & jalapeños i overwintered in place in the polytunnel & are already starting to put on new growth.
Sugar snap peas were incredibly prolific in early spring. I planted way too many and they became a nuisance to manage, but they were so good!
I’m going to plant them again with a better trellis setup and half as many seeds.
Radicchio. Though to say I grew it this year is an exaggeration. It did nothing for a couple months before bolting (I got it in way late). I might try another variety and definitely planting it way earlier.