- Written by: The Vegetarian Homestead
What I'm planting in 2021

We are planting a big garden this year. It will be the biggest garden we've ever had.
This year garden is going to be different. It will be planted to provide us with at least 50% of our vegetable need for the whole year. When I set that goal I knew I had to plan and be more organized. Which is a challenge for me. In the past I planted more seeds than I needed and ended up with a jungle in the garden because I tried to squeeze in "just one more plant." This year I have written down notes, filled my calendar, and am trying my best to stick to the plan.

My husband took pity on me and made an awesome excel spreadsheet for all the plants we need to plant, when to start or direct seed them, how much garden space they need and how many to plant. It has helped so much!

Here is my list for 2021:
Winter squash:
Cinderella
Howdens pumpkin (for carving)
Waltham butternut squash
Buttercup
Delicata
Cheese pumpkin
Kakai (hulless seeds for papitas)*
*Saved seed pumpkin from a friend (I forget the name)*
Summer squash:
Costata zuchinni
Straightneck squash
Luffa
Tomatoes: (all new varieties for me)
Celebrity*
Cherokee purple*
ACE 55*
Golden Jubilee*
Mortgage lifter*
Porter*
Wisconsin 55*
Small red cherry*
Sweetie Cherry*
Eggplant:
Black beauty
Peanuts:
Tn. red valencia*
Melons:
Hales best
Honey rock melon*
Crimson sweet
Charleston gray*
Jubilee*
Green flesh honeydew*
Hates Jumbo cateloupe*
Broccoli:
Waltham 29*
Sun King
Cauliflower:
Snowball
Cabbage:
Coppenhagen
Savoy King*
Carrots:
Scarlet nantes
Parisienne
Danvers 126*
Beets:
Formanova beet*
Sugar beets*
Detroit dark red
Turnips:
Purple top*
Radish:
Daikon
French breakfast
Cherry Belle
Salad Greens:
Arugula*
Mesclun mix*
Rainbow Swiss
Bright lights swiss*
Georgia collards
Russian red kale
Cress*
Giant winter spinach
Gazelle F1 Spinach
Bok choy
Tat sai
Vitamin Green
Lettuce:
Batavia*
Canasta*
Red Romaine
Prizehead Lettuce
Kweik
Muir
Cherokee
Butter crunch*
Sweet corn:
Honey select*
Bodacious
Temptress Sweet*
Peaches and Cream*
Popcorn:
Hulless*
Flint Corn:
Painted mountain corn
Glass Gem
Cucumbers:
Marketmore 76
Suyo Long
Homemade pickles
Peppers:
Anaheim Chili*
California Wonder
Hungarian Yellow wax*
Spanish Mammoth
Craigs grande jalapino
Cayenne
Tabasco
Rewia
Golden California wonder*
Southern peas:
Iron and clay*
zipper cream*
Fast lady northern*
Pole beans:
Liana Asparagus*
Kentucky blue*
Kidney
Pinto
Bush beans:
Green Crop*
Maxibel Haricot
Shelling peas:
Karina*
Green arrow*
Sweet peas
Soy beans
Okra:
Perkins long pod
Bowling red
Herbs:
Parsley
Cilatro
Basil
Chives
Hyssop*
Caraway*
Dill
Flowers:
Celosia*
Sunflowers
zinnia
Marigold
Cosmo
Black eye susan
Cone flower
Butterfly weed
Red clover*
Crimson clover*
Roselle
All the names with * next to it are new varieties to me.
The names in bold letters are seeds I've saved from previous garden years.

I am starting over with my tomatoes with totally different varieties. I am not sure what caused my past failures with tomatoes but I am not taking any chances.

I know this list is long but as a gardener I like to try different varieties and see what does well in my area. I also like to save as many of my own seeds as possible so lots of my seeds are open pollinated or heirloom.

What are you growing in your 2021 garden?