One of my favorite garden catalogs arrived in the mail today . Browsing through “ The Cook ’s Garden ” fills me with aspiration for the coming season , and I ’ve already got my regard list jot down down to prove it . Here are some of the singular varieties that will be novel to my garden this time of year .
Masterpiece PeaFor the first time , I ’ll be growing a pea plant variety for its edible shoot , rather than for its pods or seminal fluid ( though , trust me , I ’ll still be growing other varieties for those , too ! ) . Masterpiece pea plant grows apace , so a few short weeks after plant , I ’ll be harvesting 6 - inch - long shoots for the salad stadium . I first had pea shoots on a sandwich at a restaurant in New England , and I see their compaction and spring - similar savour really delicious . I ca n’t await to get my own .
Sunrise EdamameI’ve grown soybeans before , but only for dry . This will be my first attempt at growing them for green harvest . The fuzzy pods of Sunrise edamame are ready for clean in about 80 days , when I can snap them off the plant life , boil them for a few minute in salted water , and pop the seeds out of their cod and into my mouth . I ’ve always wanted to make homegrown edamame humus , and this is going to be the year I do it .
Golden Sweet Snow PeaThis is another pea plant that will find a novel home in my garden this year — but this time for its monotonous , gold yellow pod . This climbing C. P. Snow pea has beautiful purple peak , so it ’s as ornamental as it is edible . I plan to grow it along the garden fence . pod are harvested in 65 days . I always grow Oregon Snow as my standby C pea plant selection , but I ’m looking forrad to adding this bright newcomer to the mix .
Collective Farm Woman MelonI have a tough fourth dimension produce melons in my western - Pennsylvania garden . My season is n’t quite long enough , and they do n’t often like the humid summers we have here . But this heirloom salmagundi matures in just 60 days — now that I can handle ! I ’m going to start this yellow , legato - skinned melon vine by direct seeding it into the garden , rather than trying to get an former offset by sowing seeded player indoors , like I do with other melons . I should n’t need an early start with such a short time of year variety . Cross fingers !
Kalibos CabbageI’ve grown cone-shaped shaped lettuce in the past times ( New Jersey Wakefield to be specific ) , but never a mixed bag as strikingly beautiful as this one ! Kalibos is an heirloom cabbage with a retinal cone - shaped point rather than a rounded one . The tightly curled foreland are a gorgeous purpleness , and when the leave-taking open , they turn a dark-skinned blue with purple venation . Plus , the taste sensation is mild even when used raw in salads and coleslaw .
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