Things we plan to grow

There are probably things we have left off this list. This is the plan at the moment.

Fruits 

Apples: crab, King, Granny Smith, Red delicious

Melons; cantaloupe; Ambrosia, Charentais Heirloom, Hearts of Gold Heirloom, Vedrantais Heirloom; honeydew; watermelon; Sugar Baby, Yellow Doll

Table grapes at least 10 varieties

Blackberries (Marion, Kotata, Sylvan, Siskiyous, Triple Crown, Waldo)

Blueberries

Raspberries

Vegetables

Artichokes

Asparagas

Beans; green and purple string beans, yard long red beans

Beans for shelling; 4 kinds, perfect for soup

Beets; red, orange

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts; 2 green kinds, 2 red kinds

Cabbage; green and red

Carrots; orange, yellow, purple

Cauliflower; white and Sunset (orange)

Celeriac

Cucumbers; slicing, pickling, lemon

Eggplant; purple and Casper (white)

Greens; arugula, kale, spinach, Swiss chard

Kohlrabi

Leeks; Lincoln and Porvite

Lettuce; head: French Crisp, loose leaf: Australian Yellow, Black Seeded Simpson, Red Sails, Romaine: Braveheart

Onions; cippolina, Walla Walla Sweets, red, white, yellow

Peas; sugar snap peas, snow peas

Peppers, mild: California Wonder (green to red), Golden California Wonder (gold), Chocolate Belle, Gold Standard, Keystone Giant (green to red), Orange Sun, Purple Beauty, Yellow Belle II, Poblano Ancho, Sweet Banana, Cubanelle Italian Sweet

Peppers, hot: Cayenne Long Thin, Habanero, Hungarian Wax, Jalapeno, Serrano Chili, Serrano Del Sol

Pumpkins; big and little

Radishes; 3 varieties

Squash; acorn, butternut, patty pan  (yellow and white), spaghetti, delicata, yellow crookneck, zucchini

Sweet corn; Golden Jubilee, Honey and Cream, Bodacious, Earlivee

Tomatoes; 4^th of July, Abe Lincoln Original, Ananas Noire, Red Brandywine, Pink Brandywine, Yellow Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Fantastic, Green Zebra, Health Kick (higher in lycopene), Jet Star, Legend, Megabite, Mexico Midget, Orange Wellington, Pear Goliath, Pineapple, San Marzano, Siletz, Stupice, Sunsugar, Super Fantastic, Yellow Pear, Indigo Rose (brand new for 2012 from OSU, it’s purple)

Tomatillas; green and purple

Herbs  basils 4 kinds - green and purple, rosemary, oregano, parsley 2 kinds

Cut Flowers

Decorative Gourds

Introducing Dad in his spring garden.

In the fall of 2011, my father and gardener extraordinaire, Ken Meier, passed away. This is an image of him in his spring garden. He is leaning on the posts that hold up his early climbing peas that will later become his trellised beans. He is overlooking his raised beds of lettuces and other greens. A couple of the farm's greenhouses are in the background. 

Dad loved his gardens and would have loved to know we are keeping them growing. 

After many friends helped pick Dad's crops last year to help fill up his freezers for the winter, the idea of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) with harvest boxes full of produce to help support his "Shady Maple Farm" came to mind . While he loved gardening along with sharing the bounty he grew, keeping his spirit alive while continuing his garden seemed a natural.


We plan on starting from seed and growing the vegetables he has grown in the past, along with a few new ones as was his bent. There are many existing fruit and veggie plantings we will also be adding to our harvest boxes. All produced at Shady Maple Farm.