Compendium

Basil:

Variety: Large Italian Leaf 

Seeds started Indoor on : March 31, 2026 | Sprouted around April 4, 2026 | Uppotted on May 16, 2026 | Planted into greenhouse bed on May 18, 2026.

Borage:

Variety: Saved seed from 2025 

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 28, 2026 | Uppotted on April 19, 2026 | Planted into pots: May 8 & May 16

Bunny Tails:

Variety: 

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026 | Planted out on May 16, 2026.

Cabbage:

Variety: O-S Giant

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around March 27, 2026 | Uppotted on April 4, 2026 | Planted into beds: May 8 (this was probably a little too early)

Carrot:

Variety: Bolero

Direct Sowed on:  May 2 | Sprouted Around: May 19, 2026

Celery:

Variety: Utah 

Seeds started Indoor on : January 1, 2026 | Sprouted around January 10, 2026 | Uppotted on April 2, 2026 | Planted on May 18, 2026

Cilantro:

Variety: Saved seed from 2025

Seeds started Indoor on : March 31, 2026 | Sprouted around April 4, 2026 | Uppotted on 

Craspedia:

Variety: Sun Ball

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026

Cosmo:

Variety: White Cupcake & Black Magic (seed saved from 2025)

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 19, 2026 | Planted into pots: May 8

Cucumber:

Variety: Sashimi, Socrates, Alaskan White 

Seeds started Indoor on : | Sprouted around | Uppotted on 

Daikon Radish:

Variety: Summit & Alpine

Direct Sowed on:  May 2 | Sprouted Around: May 17, 2026

Daisy:

Variety: Blue Disc African

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026 | Planted into pot: May 8 | Planted on May 16, 2026.

Delphinium:

Variety: Magic Fountains Cherry

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on 

Didiskus:

Variety: Lacy Lavender Blue

Seeds started Indoor on : | Sprouted around | Uppotted on 

Echinops:

Variety: Ritro

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026

Foxglove:

Variety: Self seeded from 2024 (second year)

Removed from bed to pots on May 8 |

Green Beans:

Variety: Provider & Seychelles

Seeds started Indoor on : | Sprouted around | Uppotted on 

Hyssop:

Variety: 

Seeds started Indoor on : | Sprouted around | Planted into Bed 1 on May 18, 2026. 

-Since this is a perennial, I buried Hedwig undeneath them. I planted two hyssop in Bed 1 and will have them live there.

Lettuce:

Variety: Buttercruch & Grand Rapids

Seeds started Indoor on : March 31, 2026 | Sprouted around April 4, 2026 | Planted into Bed 1 on May 18, 2026

Marigold:

Variety: Sugar & Spice (White)

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around March 27, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026

Mibuna:

Variety: 

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around March 27, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026 | Planted into bed 1 on May 18, 2026.

Onion & Shallots:

Variety: Patterson

Seed Started on Jan 18, 2026 | Sprouted Around: Jan 30, 2026 | Planted purchased starts on May 2

-By May 15th, the onions and  shallots began to root and put on fresh growth. I will keep the boards there until the end of the month and remove them when they are straight up.

Peppers:

Variety: Sugar Rush Peach, Early Jalapeño, Hungarian Wax

Seeds started Indoor on : April 18,  2026 (in curio cabinet) | Sprouted around May 3 | Uppotted on 

Poppy:

Variety: Amazing Grey, Blue, Champagne Bubbles, Black Peony

Needed to be Cold Stratified

Seeds started Indoor on : March 1, 2026 | Sprouted around March 10, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026 | Second up potting on May 6

-On May 8, I took many of the overwintered icelandic poppies into northern most section og bed 5. I was able to do this successfully without harming the tap root.

-Around May 12th I saw sprouts coming up in the Blue Poppy tray. Also, around the same time, the Black Poppies began to put on flowers in their pots. Wow. 

-On May 19th, I uppotted the Blue Poppy seedlings. They were put into 2x2 cells that are about 3 inches deep. They will live in there most of the summer as they establish.

Pumpkin:

Variety: Atlantic Giant

Seeds started in greenhouse on : May 2 | Started second round in bags on May 8 | Sprouted around May 16, 2026 | Uppotted on 

Snap Dragon:

Variety: Black Prince

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026 | PLanted on MAy 16, 2026

Snap Pea:

Variety: Sugar Daddy

Seeds started in bags : April 29 | Sprouted around May 2| Potted on May 4 | Planted on

Snow Pea:

Variety: Oregon

Seeds started in bags : April 29 | Sprouted around May 2| Sowed in beds: May 3 | Started to sprout around May 19, 2026

Sweet Pea:

Variety: 

Seeds started indoors on : April 29 | Sprouted around May 2| Sowed in beds: 

Scabiosa:

Variety: Black Knight & Paper Moon 

Needed to be Cold Stratified

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on April 12, 2026 | Planted out on May 16, 2026

Strawflower:

Variety: King Orange, Red, Multicolored Heirloom

Seeds started Indoor on : March 28, 2026 | Sprouted around April 1, 2026 | Uppotted on May 11, 2026 | Planted out on May 16, 2026

Sunflower:

Variety: Chocolate Cherry, Kayla, Taiyo, Titan

Seeds Started Indoor on : April 23, 2026 | Sprouted around May 5, 2026 | Uppotted on May 19, 2026

Tomato:

Variety: Aurora Heirloom (saved seed), Polar Baby, Polar Beauty, Rubee Dawn, Roma, Tanana Hybrid.

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around April 28, 2026 | Up potted on April 19, 2026 | Second up potting; May 6

Thyme:

Variety: Magic Carpet Creeping

Seeds started Indoor on : March 21, 2026 | Sprouted around March 29, 2026 | Uppotted on 

Note: Start this much earlier next year. Very slow to get going.

Zucchini:

Variety: Costata Romanesco, Grey, White, Round

Seeds started in greenhouse on : Grey (May 3, 2026) All Others (May 6, 2026). Started second round inside in bags on May 8, 2026 | Sprouted around May 12, 2026 | Uppotted on May 19, 2026 | Planted on