Have planted 6-7 of Martin's garlic varieties, catawissa onion, and a pearl walking-onion. Also am doing a new Wisconsin 55 tomato, and black cherry tomato from Martin. (You'll love his posts in the Allium forum!) I have about a hundred kinds of food & flower seed packets that are new to me, most to get seeded in the next few weeks. I have 3 kinds of early cucumber started already - spacemaster, a sweet slicing cuke, and a pickle cuke. I'v only grown lemon cukes so far - and will again - but am eager to try new varieties of something so easy. Greek Salad & Tatziki anyone? Thai basil has sprouted so I'll do savory stir-fry too. Am trying some purple sweet peppers, since I had my first ever year of success last year with Anaheims and Jalapeno from seed. Several are still alive - after being dug & moved indoors last October. They are looking spindly and weak now, but in my imagination: they can't wait to get back outside, leaf out & get producing again! (The eggplant didn't make it, rats, but I've got a couple kinds of seed to get started ASAP) A couple of the wintered-over Peppers are out on the back porch now - to begin hardening off for their next palnting, since we're having a very pleasant early spring in Oregon. I have several interesting squashes to seed - and am glad a neighbor, and another newbie who I'm helping get started in food growing have both has allowed me to use their space - so I can go nuts growing all this stuff! I look forward to receiving a box of dahlia tubers froma gardenWebber - a neighbor across the street has agreed to let me plant her whole front yard with them so all can enjoy about a dozen I've never brefore grown. I'll help her with cutting and mulching to keep 'em going, as this neighbor says she is new to growing flowers - but is amazing with veggies. Am happy about some good garden trades so far this spring - got a variagated sage, and 2 passion fruit vines are tucked in. Finally planted some stuff from Swaps last September. Amazing what can survive ice and drought in plastic pots! Some golden hops and sweet peas will hoepfully compete happy for fence climbing space. Lots more is new to my little garden this year - and Lord Help Me - I'm about to do an order from 4 Seasons! (Who can resist a deal on Asparagus and loads of Greek Windflowers, anyway?) Enjoyed reading all your plant scores - and have never even heard of some of those! Maybe next year... Let us know how yours turn out - and post pix!

Meghan From my experience it's a toss up. I've had more bad luck with them than good. I do have a couple of bushes that I bought years ago that are still flourishing. For the most part I have given up on grafted roses because for me they grow beautifuly for 3 or 4 years and then they just go down hill after that and start throwing up Doctor Huey sprouts. I have some beautiful Dr Huey specimens that I gave up on trying to dig out and decided to go with the flow with it. Trained properly they are quite beautiful!! LOL!! There are only so many Dr Huey that a person can live with. I now only buy own root roses. Maybe it's just me!! LOL!!

@Leaf i dont work for bakers so i couldnt tell you. I hope not. I support and buy from bakers very often. check this out http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/how-to-avoid-monsanto/ this shows a list of seed suppliers that are know to work with monsanto or one of its subsidiaries , Tomato Growers Supply is one that they suggest you avoid. @DMforcier I am open for the argument that some GM'ed food is needed. The percentages of corn and soy beans that are GE'ed prove this point. Farmers like plants that dont die. However, it should be tested, safe, and properly labeled as such. Me personally, i have no trouble growing corn, i dont need virus and herbicide resistant corn. Those that do need it, are , generally speaking, strictly commercial. Im anti Monsanto due to there actions against other farmers. legal action against seed savers is wrong. Patent protection against plants, bleh. I dont want monsanto knocking on my door because I saved some seed. I also dont want to eat GM food with all the doubts of it being safe. I dont think that without monsanto we would all perish though. thats a bit of a stretch

Noinwi - I'm thinking too much rain was a problem for mine too. But we always seem to get too much, so I think I'm stuck with it, unless I can find a way to control it. I could try high tunnels, but I'd rather not, since it would get pretty expensive. Most of my cherries did really well, so maybe they aren't affected as much? I'm sure soil fertility has something to do with it too. So maybe I'll have better luck this year with the same varieties, if I just work on improving the soil. Edie - I should have said "new to me", instead of "new". I think all the varieties I tried have been around for a long time. And they all do well in certain growing conditions, according to all the reviews I read. Unfortunately, at least half didn't do all that well in mine. I'm not sure if I just chose varieties that aren't suited to my conditions? Or if the big problem was my soil? Or maybe it was just too much rain? But one general thing I noticed that might be a clue, was that cherries, in general, did a lot better than the bigger ones. I'm wondering if that's normally the case for most people? If not, it might help me figure out what I can do to improve things. Sarias - I think your climate is a lot different than mine, so I don't know how well they'd do for you. Last year was warmer than most, but we still got lots of rain like we usually do. I got the seeds for the Italian Tree and San Marzano Redorta from Tomatofest (I don't remember where I got the Anna Russian seeds), and I'm pretty sure they're in a different climate. And they apparently do well for them too. So they could be worth trying. I was really happy that the Italian Tree's worked out, because they're one of the more productive varieties. And I wasn't expecting much from the San Marzano, but the flavor really surprised me.