Spring Garden

Things I will plant in the spring garden. Can be planted around March 15th. These are plants that are leaf and root plants that like cool weather and have shallow roots.

*Peas, Sugar Snap
*Kale, dwarf blue curled, Vate's strain
*Beets, Detroit Dark Red, Morse's strain
*Swiss Chard, Neon Lights Mix
*Spinach, Bloomsdale Long-standing
*Lettuce, Buttercrunch organic
*Carrots, Scarlet Nantes

Other items to plant around March 15, but I may not get to this year:

Strawberries (April 1)
Raspberries
Blackberries
Celery
Radishes
Turnips
Potatoes
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Garlic
Asparagus
Sweet Potatoes (Yams)

Plant extra plantings on April 1 & April 15 for longer crop:
Lettuce
Kale
Beets
Carrots
Radishes
Rhubarb

And Recommended Varieties of some of the veggies I didn't plant this year. Plant varieties in the spring that are earlier so they mature before full heat, and the later varieties in the fall:

~Asparagus~
Jersey Knight
Jersey Giant
U C 157
Purple Passion (purple, sweeter, but not as productive)

~Broccoli~
Early Divided (45 days)
Packman (55 days)
Coronado Crown (60 days)
Marathon (68 days)
Goliath (76 days)
Arcadia (86 days)

~Cauliflower~
Farmer's Extra Early (40 days)
Snow Crown (48 days)
Cassius (65 days)
Cheddar (68 days)
Artica (80 days)

~Potatoes~
*Yukon Gold
Red Pontiac
Yellow Finn
Gold Rush Russet
Butte
Ranger Russet
Russet Burbank

~Sweet Potatoes (Yams)~
Georgia Jets (85 days)
Centennial (90 days)

~Rhubarb~
Valentine (old good standard)
Crimson Red (new variety)