Some folks plan their garden around what they actually eat. Some grow what is easy. Some grow what everyone else does. We do a little of those things but mostly we just pick up a seed catalogue in late winter and start picking things that look fun and different.
While this salsa may look pretty “normal,” it has a yellow heirloom tomato and “fooled you” jalapenos (peppers that look and taste like jalapenos without the heat).
This year the other fun and different things we’re growing are loofa sponges, purple and chocolate colored peppers, purple green beans,* peanuts, and bushel gourds. We are also trying some root veggies because of the softer dirt in the raised beds: turnips, onions, leeks, beets, radish, and garlic.
*Did you know purple veggies that are normally green turn green when you cook them anyway? It’s great. They’re much easier to pick because you can seem them but then they look ‘normal’ on your table.
Yummy! Sounds like fun. I'm planning a raised bed next year as well for root vegetables. The purple green beans sound yummy as well.