Giveaway Greens - from Renee's Garden Seeds To You for Sending in Your 2012 Dream Plants

Plant Talk is teaming up with Renee's Garden Seeds for our first giveaway of 2012 - please comment here on the blog with a short list, plus descriptions, of a few plants you're excited to add to your gardent his spring, and Renee will send you a packet or two of her company's brand new greens seeds.

Take a look at the previous post here on the blog for more information about the giveaway and to read about my own dream list for 2012.....can't wait to read your list and share it with readers.

Renee is concentrating this year on full-flavored, multi-colored greens - aren't we lucky? Brand new for 2012 and unique to Renee's Garden, here are a few of the seeds targeted for giveaways here on Plant Talk:

 

Beet and Chard Braising Mix - a blend of some of the most succulent greens in the garden, with Ruby Queen and Bulls Blood beets with Silverado and Eldorado chard. Snip for salads as the greens grow in..Tasty and tender eaten raw or braised...

Edible Landscape Lettuce 'Stardom Mix' is as gorgeous in the garden as it is delicious in the salad bowl, for it includes crispy-sweet, ruffled oakleaf varieties that are deeply red and blazingly green. Fast growing and heat tolerant, 'Stardom Mix' may well be the new gold standard for edible gardening.

Portugese Kale 'Tronchuda Beira' is tender, sweet and more heat resistant than any other kale. It's blue green leaves are lovely in the garden, and the flabor is mild but rich. Easy to grow.

 

 

 

Comments

[Rosemary Washington]

Well, I am very much a novice gardener, although I grately appreciate fresh produce and the beauty of growing things. This year I will plant chives and rosemary. I've been meaning to try baking kale chips, so if I win, I'd love to try planting the Portuguese kale seeds!

[valerie Easton]

Hi Rosemary,
Chives and rosemary are perfect for a beginning gardener- both thrive with little care, just be sure and give the rosemary perfect drainage, in a pot or raised bed if you have heavy soil.

If you'll send your address to me at valeaston@comcast.net I'll ask Renee to send you a seed packet or two for Portugese kale...
Val

[Diane T]

I moved into my house about two years ago and revived an old vegetable garden that was buried under quite a bit of sod so it has been an experiment the last couple growing seasons. My go to plants have always been dark leafy greens like kale since I like to stir-fry although it seems the bugs always get to the tender Asian greens before I do. This year I'd like to plant more varieties of lettuce since the flavor and texture of homegrown lettuce can't be beat and I love seeing the beautiful color detail in the leaves. I haven't heard of Portugese kale. Are the leaves similar to Blue Scotch?

[Leslie W]

As a newbie gardener I'm really looking forward to planting lettuces this year. I love salads and would love to find new items to grow that I could throw in my salads!

[Melanie]

I'm going to try growing roselle. You use the calyxes to make tea. Suppose to lower blood pressure.
Last year I grew garden huckleberries...it's in the Solanum family. The berries were good baked in a crisp. I made jam too.
I'm also going to grow perpetual spinach chard. We'll see if it taste any different from the regular chards.

[Karen J]

I'm looking in to growing sweet potato plants. I'm always buying them at grocery stores then ran into a farmer at the Lake Forest Park Farmers market who grew them here. Never one to turn my back on a challenge, I think I'll try it., there is some good advice on the University of Illinois extension on how to go about it. Why not!?

[Chris]

I have a great tip for growing greens, which seem to be a favorite for lots of gardeners. Even if it's just lettuces, I seed them in to an old wheelbarrel...they arn't plagued by as many bugs and you can wheel them around...they like that! :}
Oh, and they look really farmy and cute in the wheelbarrel...they like that too! :)

[Suzanne Bachelor]

I love the wheel barrow idea! So glad I didn't throw the old one out: it has built in drainage.

This will be our fig tree's 3rd year. I'm hoping to taste some figs from it this year! What do you all think?

I'm headed to the Flower & Garden Show for 3 days & expect to come away with many good ideas. But we are about to plant two more sasanqua camillias. Even through the snow, they are perky and remind us the days are getting longer!

Finally, I'm wanting to plant more food crops between my landscaping plants. Again, hoping to get great ideas at the F&G Show! And Renee, thank you I will treasure any of your fantastic seeds, especially salad type for partial shade. ; ) Thanks!!

[Suzanne Bachelor]

Also, what would YOU do with a 100 gallon aquarium complete with 4 lights (could be grow lights in the top)? I'm inheriting one from the office soon . . .Thanks!!

[cathy]

We are new to gardening and enjoy your reading your tips and articles. Our garden will focus on greens, onions and tomatoes. Seeds are started indoors and then moved out to our mini hoop house.

[Chris]

Ooops, I knew I misspelled wheelbarrow...in fact I changed it from the correct spelling because I pronounce it wheelbarrel...so much for phonics! :} Thanks for the correction Suzanne!
I would fill that aquarium with water, plants and fish, exactly what it is intended for...you will love it! Orrrr, it would make a beautiful Terrarium!
After all, this is a garden blog not a fish blog!! :)

[Ann Michel]

Hi Rosemary -- I have planted my first blueberry this fall, and am looking forward to finding a different variety to plant this spring, so they can fertilize and make lovely berries. We have veggie garden in our yard, overcrowded, and my husband has found a large plot in Seattle where he can garden and sure with the land owner. He will try to focus on things which can stand a little neglect -- corn, taters, onions, leeks, and keep the fragile things in our yard -- lettuces, maters, peas, etc. We would love to try your greens and lettuces!
Thank you, Ann

[Stephanie]

I love drinking tea, so this spring I'll be adding peppermint and chamomile to the potted plant vegetable garden on my balcony. You'd be surprised how much you can grow in a small space!

[Nikki]

I plant a nice variety of vegetables and melons, but this year I plan to include at least onions, cilantro, kale, and oregano. For the past couple of years, the only greens have been Romaine lettuce and the herbs have been sage and rosemary. I want to venture out more with growing greens and herbs instead of buying so many from the grocery store!

[Marci]

I'm going to plant Grandpa Ott's morning glories, heirloom tomatoes, and heirloom lettuces. I'm very excited to try a variety of mixed gourds (also heirloom of course). This will be the first I'm going to plant heirlooms!

[Rjs682]

I am planning on a separate herb garden this year. I want to grow rosemary, chives, basil etc,
rjs682 at yahoo dot com

[Tmc480]

I love the wheelbarrow idea! I have an old one out in the barn. I'm going to try to grow different varieties of lettuce in it this year.

[Ryanac32]

I'm going to plant Romaine Lettuce, Cabbage, Onions and Tomatoes. I am going to try my hand at planting peas this year.

[long island tree care]

Great tips for gardening. I'll do what is posted here and hopefully my garden would look good and beautiful.

[Laura K.]

I just moved to Kentucky from a much colder climate. The land here hasn't been worked in quite some time so I know it gonna take a lot of work, but I'm looking forward to growing things I couldn't grow in zone3. Namely,sweet potatoes, melons, tomatoes and peppers. I also want to plant some herbs-peppermint,oregano and thyme, to name a few. Also want to plant all different kinds of lettuce (I love all the colors) and I want corn.