Last Updated on May 9, 2020 to adjust final known counts.
Please Note: This is a WIP–I am still checking against last year’s notes.
Old Farmer’s Almanac last frost date: tentative April 28th May 20th
~ How to read the plantings list ~
Name
Status pending – no format to the name means I’m still unsure at this time.
Survivor – has either emerged from a seed sown in the ground, or a transplanted seedling /starter that lived a week past transplant. Some plants had both survivors and deceased, so the plant name is marked in bold because not all died.
Deceased – A plant that has shuffled off this mortal coil. In some cases, they may have been eaten by the Acorn Bombers or other critter visitors.
Sow type
indoor – planted them in either a pot or egg carton indoors for after frost transplanting
starter – put in ground as either a young tree/bush or typical purchased starter
ground – seed sown directly to ground
Date
Date(s) listed are when they were planted. Year only noted when not this year.
Numbers (ex: 2/8)
The first number is how many have at least a starter growing, the second is how many were planted.
~ The List ~
apple, granny – pot – 24 March ?/3 (likely none made it)
basil, amethyst – starter – 31 May – 1/1
basil, lemon – starter – 26 June – 1/1
basil, sweet – pot – 11 March – 0/?
bean, black turtle dry – pot – 12 April – 36 (14/18 Heirloom, 18/18 2018 crop)
bean, scarlet runner – pot – 11 April – 36 (7/18 Heirloom, 17/18 2018 crop)
begonia, bada boom white – starter – 26 June – 6/?
borage – ground – 26 June – 0/4
broccoli, early purple sprouting – pot [ground] – 15 April [May ?] – 6/6
butterfly flower – ground – 4 July – 0/2
butterfly weed – ground – late October 2018 – 0/?
carrot, rainbow blend – ground – 1 July – 0/6
carrots, short ‘n sweet – pot[ground] – 15 April – 0/12 {not many seedlings, then all dead before June} [21 May – many tiny seedlings?/3 rows]
chives – pot – 11 March 0/?
cilantro – pot – 11 March – too many seedlings: 23 March – all dead by 1 June
corn, pencil cob – ground – 8 May – 0/5, June ? – 2/5, 11 June 5/5 (replacement for 1st 5)
corn, yellow – ground – 30 June – 10?, 1 July – 30? (including 3 whole sprouting cobs by Jacks–planted too late, none grew more than a foot before fall)
dusty miller – starter – 4 July – 4 {At least two died over winter–still waiting to see.}
geranium, hybrid variant – starter – 25 May – 6/6 [companion planting]
gourd, luffa – pot – 15 March – 0/6 [all 4 dead by 8 June], ground – 1 July – 0/3 {one very late grower, single fruit never made it bigger than my pinky finger before frost}
hollyhock, nigra – ground – 26 June – 3
lunaria (honesty, money plant) – ground – 26 June – 2(?)/6
lupine, gallery white – starter – 26 June
marigold, mission giant yellow – ground – 4 July – free cast many
milkweed, common – pot – 15 March – 18
morning glory, Grandpa Ott – ground – 4 July – 2 (1 per holly)
nasturtium, golden – ground – 25 May – 11+/24 [companion, edible]
onion, from store – ground – 21 May – 12 [find date/# planted on second batch]
onion, walla walla – ground – 21 May – 4/9
parsley, curled – pot – 11 March
parsley, garnish – starter – 26 June – 1/1
pea, little marvel – ground – date? – 10/?
pepper, red cherry sweet – pot – 15 March – 0/6, ground – 1 July 3 {We don’t know if this or the tomato had a late start–too late and didn’t get very big.}
phacelia, lacy – ground – 12 July – 12? {honest to gosh I do not even remember this–had to look up images on the web and do not know if I have photos of it actually growing here}
potato – pot – 24 March – 5/1 (+ 1 itty bitty baby that’s now it’s own chittling) whole potato, 6 chittings
pumpkin, fairy tale – pot – 12 April – (4 strike not showing on #)3/6
pumpkin, jack-o-lantern – pot – 12 April – 3/6
rosemary, from store – starter – transplanted to bed 23 May – 1
rosemary, barbeque – starter – 31 May – 1
sage, golden variegated – starter- 31 May – 1
spinach, strawberry – ground – 1 July – 3
squash, acorn – ground – 4/?[check daily roughs/drawing for details of planting]
squash, butternut – ground – 1 July – 2/2
solomon’s seal, great – ground – late October 2018 – 0/? {This can take years if you don’t germinate before sowing, so it might not be dead just yet.}
soybean, edible – pot – 15 March – 0/6 (was up to 3, then all died), ground – 1 July – 6
tomato, black sea man – ground – 1 July – 3 {We don’t know if this or the pepper had a late start–too late and didn’t get very big.}
thyme – pot – 11 March
viola, johnny jump-ups – ground – 4 July – freecast many
If anyone has any questions or thoughts about this list, feel free to ask in the comments below.