The Garden

What I'm growing in my garden

An exhaustive list of anything and everything edible growing in my garden!

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 10b
Sunset Climate Zone 24

This is an up-to-date list that will change by season, and sometimes several times a season. My vegetables rotate among 18 or so raised beds, ranging in size from 2×4 to 4×8, and my herbs are scattered throughout several small garden beds. Most of my kitchen garden is grown on approximately 3,000 square feet of terraced garden plots, and another 2,000 square feet of my yard is dedicated to fruit trees, plumerias, flowers, beneficial plants, a cactus garden, a multi-bin composting area, and my tiki coop. It’s all slightly chaotic but feels very peaceful at the same time.

I like veggies in unconventional colors. If it comes in purple, especially, I have to grow it! I like odd-looking things with warts, scars and cracks — what I see as beautiful features but others may find as flaws. I seek out rare seeds, exotic varieties from other countries, and plants you’ve probably never heard of — and neither did I, until I started growing them.

All of my vegetables, and most of my flowers and herbs, are grown from seed. Always non-GMO, heirloom if possible, and organic if available. I save my favorites in vintage ammo boxes stashed in the closet.

Vegetables
Amaranth (Molten Fire)
Amaranth (Red Leaf)
Artichoke (Purple of Romagna)
Asian mustard (Komatsuna)
Asian mustard (Mizuna)
Asian mustard (Tokyo Bekana)
Asian mustard (Yukina Savoy)
Bean, Bush (Beurre de Rocquencourt)
Bean, Bush (Dragon Tongue)
Bean, Bush (Royal Burgundy)
Bean, Long (Chinese Red Noodle)
Bean, Long (Taiwan Black Seeded)
Bean, Pole (Asian Winged)
Beet (Crapaudine)
Beet (Golden)
Beet (Mangel Yellow Cylindrical)
Carrot (Atomic Red)
Carrot (Cosmic Purple)
Carrot (Jaune Obtuse du Doubs)
Corn, Sweet (Country Gentleman)
Cress (Upland)
Cucumber (Dragon’s Egg)
Cucumber (Japanese Long)
Cucumber (Mexican Sour Gherkin)
Cucumber (White Wonder)
Eggplant (Brazilian Oval Orange)
Eggplant (Listada de Gandia)
Eggplant (Ping Tung)
Kale (Lacinato)
Kale (Russian Red)
Lettuce (Gentilina)
Lettuce (Mignonette Bronze)
Melon (Metki Green Serpent)
Onion (Gold Princess)
Onion (Red Creole)
Onion (Violet de Galmi)
Onion (Yellow Granex)
Pea (Desiree Dwarf Blauwschokkers)
Pepper (Black Hungarian)
Pepper (California Wonder)
Pepper (Corno di Toro Giallo)
Pepper (Corno di Toro Rosso)
Pepper (Chinese Five Color)
Pepper (Chocolate Habanero)
Pepper (Filius Blue)
Pepper (Fish)
Pepper (Quadrato d’Asti Giallo)
Pepper (Serrano Tampequino)
Pepper (Shishito)
Pepper (Sweet Chocolate)
Pepper (White Habanero)
Radicchio (Catalogna Puntarelle Dandelion)
Radish (Giant of Sicily)
Radish (Jaune d’Or Ovale)
Rhubarb (Victoria)
Soybean (Envy)
Spinach (Red Malabar)
Squash (Atlantic Giant Pumpkin)
Squash (Black Futsu)
Squash (Blue Hubbard)
Squash (Costata Romanesco)
Squash (Jumbo Pink Banana)
Squash (Lemon)
Squash (Ronde de Nice)
Swiss chard (Perpetual spinach)
Swiss chard (Vulcan)
Tomato (Black Elephant)
Tomato (Duggin White)
Tomato (Emerald Apple)
Tomato (Japanese Black Trifele)
Tomato (King of Siberia)
Tomato (Paul Robeson)
Tomato (Principe Borghese)
Tomato (Reisetomate)
Tomato (Sungold Select II)
Tomato (Tsar’s Royal Gift)
Tomato (Unknown cherry variety)

Chicken Salad Bar
(This is a forage “pasture” grown in a raised bed next to my tiki coop, exclusively for my chickens to eat)
Amaranth (Red Leaf)
Austrian Winter pea
Buckwheat
Clover (Red)
Clover (White Dutch)
Dwarf Essex rape
Maple pea
Milo
Nasturtium

Fruits
Apple
Avocado
Banana
Blueberry (Misty)
Blueberry (Pink Lemonade)
Blueberry (Sunshine Blue)
Feijoa (aka pineapple-guava/guavasteen)
Fig
Gooseberry (Giant Cape)
Grape (Autumn Royal)
Grape (Fantasy)
Grape (Thompson Seedless)
Grapefruit (Oro Blanco)
Kumquat
Lemon (Eureka)
Lime (Bearss)
Melon (Charentais)
Melon (Bidwell Casaba)
Melon (Rich Sweetness 132)
Melon (Sakata’s Sweet)
Orange (Mandarin)
Orange (Valencia)
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Strawberry (Sequoia)
Strawberry (Yellow Wonder)
Watermelon (Ali Baba)

Herbs
Anise hyssop
Basil (African Blue)
Basil (Cinnamon)
Basil (Dark Purple Opal)
Basil (Genovese)
Basil (Lemon)
Basil (Mammoth)
Basil (Purple Petra)
Bloody dock
Chamomile (German)
Chives (Chinese)
Chives (Onion)
Cilantro (Santo)
Garlic (Ajo Rojo)
Garlic (Siberian)
Garlic (Siciliano)
Lavender
Lemon verbena
Lemongrass
Lime balm
Mint (Applemint)
Mint (Chocolate)
Mint (Orange)
Mint (Spearmint)
Mint (Vietnamese)
Mitsuba
Oregano (Greek)
Parsley (Giant of Italy)
Rau răm (aka Vietnamese coriander)
Rosemary
Sage (Tricolor)
Salad burnet
Savory (Winter)
Sorrel (True French)
Stevia
Tarragon (French)
Thyme (Lemon)
Tia tô (aka Vietnamese perilla)
Wild zaatar