Here is my list of smaller veggies (for Socks12345) - I add to it from time to time as I come across new (to me) small veggies. I haven't tried 1/10 of these so you're on your own to experiment. Vertical gardening on a trellis, or strawberry tower/tube saves space too. I also look for short season, extra-early or early varieties to free up garden space sooner so I can plant more. Asterisks denote cool season crops, in general root and leaf crops. I didn't put asterisks on the cool tolerant tomatoes though but you can Google it and find more info. Amaranth, Polish, OP 40 days, smaller than other culinary amaranth, deep burgundy, Nichols Amaranth, Tender Leaf, dwarf developed in Taiwan, 3-8" tall, light green leaves, Evergreen Amaranth, Tiger Eye, 2-3 tall if harvested regularly Basil, Genovese Compact Improved, 74 days, best for containers, 18" JohnnyÂs Selected Basil, Spicy Globe, compact, 6" high x 12" across, Territorial Basil, Finissimo Verde a Palla, 10" in diameter, very small foliage, Territorial *Beans, runner, Hestia *Beans, runner, Dwarf Bees, 45 days, 18"-24" no trellis, scarlet, Containerseeds.com, Underwood Gardens *Beans, runner, Pickwick, UK Beans, bush snap, Masai, 47 days, 12" plants, container, 4" pods, outstanding flavor/texture, Cornell website Beans, bush snap, Venture, 55 days, Blue Lake type, high yields, crop ripens all at once, 22-34" plant, Territorial Beans, pole snap, Emerite, 53-64 days, 6-7 tall Beans, lima, Incan Giant @ Redwood City Seed Co. Bean, fava, Negreta, 70 days, 9-10" pods, 6-7 green seeds, dry purple, Territorial Beets Beets, Cylindra, 45-80 days, 6-8" roots, Victory Seeds, Containerseeds.com Beets, Forono, 55 days, 5"x 2", sweeter, JohnnyÂs Select Blueberry, Sunshine Blue Blueberry, Top Hat *Bok Choi, Bonsai, baby pac choi, 40 days, 6", JohnnyÂs Bok Choi, All Seasons, hybrid dwarf, Evergreen Bok Choi, Brisk Green, 50 days, 6-8" spoon leaves, non-heading, compact, Pinetree Bok Choi x Tatsoi, Da Cheong Chae, 50 days, space 6", JohnnyÂs Select Bok Choi, Dwarf Choi Sum/Short White Stalk, 3-8", Evergreen Bok Choi, Dwarf, 42 days, 4" tall, Kitazawa Bok Choi, Extra Dwarf, 30 days, 2" tall, Baker Creek, Kitazawa Bok Choi, Green Baby, 30 days, dwarf 6" heads, Containerseeds, Evergreen Bok Choi, Green Boy, heat tolerant, dwarf, Evergreen Bok Choi, Green Fortune, 45 days, 6-8" mini-heads, ReneeÂs Bok Choi, Long Green Petiole, 21-28 days, Evergreen Bok Choi, Medium, 45 days, 6" tall, Kitazawa Bok Choi, Mei Qing Choi, 35-45 days, hybrid dwarf, JohnnyÂs, Stokes Bok Choi, Riki Baby, 44-55 days, 6" tall, heat tolerant, John Scheepers Bok Choi, Shanghai Green Choi, Nichols, Baker Creek Bok Choi, Short Green Petiole, hybrid dwarf, Evergreen Bok Choi, Summer Boy, heat resistant, dwarf, Evergreen Bok Choi, Toy Choi Pac Choi hybrid, 35 days, 4  5" miniature, container, Nichols Bok Choi, Tropic Wonder, hybrid dwarf, Evergreen Bok Choi (similar crop), Extra Dwarf Choi Sum, 21-28 days, Containerseeds, Evergreen *Broccoli, Fiesta, 65 days, 6 -7" heads, compact plants, Territorial Seeds Broccoli, Munchkin, OP 60 days, 12" plants 4" heads, side shoots, Nichols Garden Seeds Broccoli, Small Miracle, 56 days, 12" plant 6-8" heads, moderate side shoots, Territorial *Brussels Sprouts, Long Island Improved, 95 days, compact 2 tall, Containerseeds.com Brussels Sprouts, Vancouver, 90-100 days, 18"-24" tall, Containerseeds.com *Cabbage, Arrowhead II, 66 days, pointed mini, JohhnyÂs Select Cabbage, Greyhound, 64-73 days, pointed, dwarf 2-3#, xlnt mild flavor, Bountiful Gardens Cabbage, Gonzales, 55  60 days, 2-3 lb. heads, softball size, Territorial Seeds Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield, OP Heirloom, 65 days, pointed 2-3 lbs. compact, Nichols Garden Seeds, Victory Seeds Cabbage, Golden Acre, 64 days, 5-7", 3-4 lbs, not longstanding, yellows resistant, Victory Seeds Cabbage, Parel, 50 days, 1.5 lbs, 6" heads, holds 3 weeks, Territorial Seeds Cabbage, savoy, Samantha, 85 days, small pointed heads, JohnnyÂs Select Cabbage, red, Super Red 80, 73 days, medium, peppery superior flavor, plant close for single serving size, JohnnyÂs Cabbage, red, Red Express, 63 days, medium, compact 2-4 lbs., JohnnyÂs *Cauliflower, Early Dawn Cauliflower, Snowball, 52-70 days, 6-7" snow white heads, Bountiful Gardens Carrot, Amsterdam 2 Maxi, UK Carrot, Baby Babette, 70 days, harvest at 3-4" Carrot, Baby Sweet, 49 days Carrot, Chantenay #1 & Red Cored, 71 days, tapered 5" roots, France 1830s,Victory Seeds Carrot, Chantilly, 72 days, 5-6" dark orange roots Carrot, Early Market, 68 days, short blunt 2-6" roots, early season, Bountiful Gardens Carrot, Gold King, 70 days, stump 6", reddish orange, very sweet, Victory Seeds Carrot, Kinko, 52 days, 4" roots, Containerseeds.com, JohnnyÂs Select Carrot, Kurota Chantenay, 70 days, 5-8", best as fall crop, good keeper, heavy soils Carrot, Little Finger, 60-65 days, Burpee, Victory Seeds Carrot, Man Thumb, 60-70 days, 1-2" bright orange, no peeling, containers Carrot, Mini Sweet, 60 days, 4", early Japanese, smooth skin, orange-red Carrot, Nantes Coreless, 65-75 days, 6-8" nearly coreless Carrot, Nantes Improved, 62 days, 6", nearly coreless, orange-red, Victory Seeds Carrot, Nantes Scarlet, 68 days, outstanding flavor, 4-5", Victory Seeds Carrot, New Kuroda, 110 days, sub-tropical, 6" deep orange, sweet Carrot, Oxheart, 90 days, Containerseeds.com, Seeds of Change (best strain) carroty Carrot, Parabel, 60-65 days, 1-1.5" round roots, early season, very juicy, Bountiful Gardens Carrot, Pariser Market 4, 55-60 days, small round roots, early specialty Carrot, Parmex, 65 days, Thompson & Morgan Carrot, Resistafly, 70 days, harvest as baby 4" roots Carrot, Royal Chantenay Supreme, 58-70 days, early, 5-7" Carrot, Shin Kuroda, 75 days, 5-7" x 3" Japanese type Carrot, Thumbelina, OP 60 days, AAS winner, round, Nichols Garden Seeds, Victory Seeds Carrot, Tonda di Parigi, 65 days, early round Parisian heirloom, 1.5" Carrot, Yaya, 56 days, 6" blunt tip, baby or full size flavor, excellent keeper, can get up to 1 lb. 4" across top Chard, Bionda di Lyon, 25 days baby, pale green w/white petioles, no fiber very tender, mild flavor, JohnnyÂs Chard, Bright Lights, 50-60 days, 20" plants Chard, Erbette, 30-55, Italian continual harvest, resprouts leaves, Bountiful Gardens Chard, Silverado, 55-65 days, 14-16" plants, deeply savoyed leaves, slow to bolt, Stokes, Veseys Citrus, Improved Meyer Lemon Collards, Flash, 78 days, 18" plants, smooth flat leaves, slow to bolt, JohnnyÂs, Stokes Collards, Top Bunch, 70 days, 18" plants, hybrid, fast growing, lightly savoyed leaves, resists bolting, top performer, good yields, good flavor, JohnnyÂs, Stokes Corn, Blue Jade, 70-80 days, 3 tall, 3-6 ears, Containerseeds.com, Amazon Corn, Chires Baby, 75-90 days, 4-5 tall, 3-5 stalks, (40) tiny ears per plant. Corn, Golden Bantam, OP heirloom, 75-85 days, 5-6 tall, Containerseeds.com, Victory Seeds, Underwood Gardens (12 row) Corn, Hooker's Sweet Indian Corn, white with yellow at milk stage, dries purple-black 6" ears, 3-4Â, SSE Corn, Lady Finger, short plants, 6-7" ears Corn, Orchard Baby, 65 days, 4-5Â, (2) 5-6" yellow, Victory Seeds Corn, Red Strawberry Popcorn, 115 days, 4Â, Victory Seeds Corn, Sunshine (x Golden Bantam), 75 days 5.5Â, 12 row 6-8" yellow, rare, Victory Seeds Corn, Tom Thumb, 85 days, yellow popcorn, dwarf 3 ½ tall, JohnnyÂs Cucumber, Bush Champion, 55 days, huge fruits, Burpee Cucumber, pickling, Bush Pickle Hybrid, 45 days, bush, container culture Shumway Seeds Cucumber, Cool Breeze, cornichons, 5 vines, Containerseeds.com Cucumber, pickling, Cross Country, 51 days, semi-bush, dense planting-high yield Shumway Seeds Cucumber, slicing, Fanfare, 52 days, semi-bush extra dwarf (1/2 size of normal vines) Shumway Seeds Cucumber, Lemon, 70 days, 3 -4 semi-bush vines, Territorial Seeds, Nichols Cucumber, Little Leaf, 57 days, compact multibranching vine, leaves 50% smaller,medium size fruit, yield well under stress, JohnnyÂs Cucumber, Miniature White, 50-55 days, vines 3Â, Containerseeds.com Cucumber, Picklebush, 52 days, 2 vines, Burpee, high customer ratings Cucumber, Salad Bush hybrid, 57 days, AAS winner, 8" fruit, 24" vine/bush, Nichols Cucumber, Saladbush hybrid, 57 days, tiny plants, 2Â-3 vines, Burpee Cucumber, Spacemaster, 60 days, 3 diam bush, Containerseeds.com Eggplant, Bambino, 52 days, 12" plant, 1.5" diameter fruits, full flavor, Nichols Eggplant, Bride, 75 days, 7  8" fruit, compact plants, Territorial Seeds Eggplant, Caliope, 64 days, Containerseeds.com Eggplant, Dusky, 65-70 days, 3-5" fruits, extremely productive, compact plants, Nichols Eggplant, Fairy Tale, 50 days, 24" plant, AAS winner, Nichols, Park Seeds Eggplant, Hansel, 70 days, 2  10" fruits, compact for container culture, AAS winner,Territorial Seeds *Endive, Rhodos, 65 days, frise, tightly massed, compact plant, Territorial *Kale, Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch, OP 55 days, 15" plants 24" spread, Nichols, Victory Seeds Kale, Dwarf Siberian Improved, 65 days, 15" blue frilled leaves, Victory Seeds Kale, Red Chidori, 50 days, green outer, bright red center, frilly leaves, Xtra compact, Territorial Seeds Kale, dinosaur, Toscano, 30 days baby size, very dark blistered leaves, JohnnyÂs Select *Kohlrabi, Eder, extra early, 38 days, JohnnyÂs *Leeks Leek, Carantan, 100 days, Victory Seeds *Lettuce, Anuenue, 50 days, like a small iceberg, heat tolerant, JohnnyÂs Lettuce, butterhead, Australe, 49 days, mini or full size, bolts fast, JohnnyÂs Select Lettuce, Baby Oakleaf, 47 days, miniheads, JohnnyÂs Lettuce, butterhead/Romaine, Baby Star, 65 days, 5" tall, Nichols, very tasty Lettuce, Cherokee, 48 days, very dark red, slow to bolt, JohnnyÂs Lettuce, Crisphead, OP 70 days, compact, slow bolt, Nichols Lettuce, Romaine, Claremont, 46 days, 9" tall space 6", JohnnyÂs Select Lettuce, butterhead, Garden Babies, 53-73 days, 5-6" heads, container, slow to bolt, Renees Lettuce, oakleaf, Ferrari, 44 days, reddish, compact heads, JohnnyÂs Select Lettuce, Green Deer Tongue, 50 days, 7  8" pinwheel, Territorial Seeds Lettuce, Jamai, 45 days, dark red, compact, mild not bitter, JohhnyÂs Select Lettuce, Romaine, Little Gem Fruit, 70 days, 6-8" heads, semi-savoyed, Containerseeds, John Scheepers, Vesey Lettuce, Romaine, Little Gem, 50-70 days, Containerseeds.com, hardy. Lettuce, red Romaine, Little Leprechaun, 52 days, Containerseeds.com Lettuce, Matina, OP 53-73 days, small individual butterhead, Nichols Garden Seeds Lettuce, Nevada, 48 days, greenleaf, JohnnyÂs Select Lettuce, Oscarde, 45 days, lobed cherry red leaves, JohnnyÂs Lettuce, Romaine, Petit Rouge, 48 days, container culture, Territorial Seeds Lettuce, Romaine, Rubens Baby, 50-60 days, dwarf, harvest 6-8", red outer leaves, John Scheepers Lettuce, Tom Thumb, OP 65 days Heirloom, extra small 3-4" ball, Nichols, best tasting butterhead! Lettuce, Romaine, Sucrine, 60 days, very compact, Territorial Seeds Lettuce, butterhead, Sweet Red, 54 days, compact 7" heads, Burpee Lettuce, Romaine, Winter Density, 8" compact, Territorial Seeds Melon, casaba, Amy, 5 vines, Park Seeds Melon, cantaloupe, Honey Bun hybrid, 73 days, bush, 5" fruit, yield 3  4 fruits per vine, Burpee Melon, cantaloupe, Fastbreak, 69 days, 4-5 lbs, 6 per plant, Territorial Melon, cantaloupe, GurneyÂs Giant Hybrid Cantaloupe, 80 days, compact vines, 18 lbs. 4-5 fruits Melon, Minnesota Midget, 70 days, early, very compact vines, 1 lb fruit, 1948, slips and grows in tubs. Mustard, mizuna, Waido, 21 days baby, wider less serrated leaves, more flavor, JohnnyÂs Select Onion, bunching, Nabechan, 65 days, sweet complex flavor cooked, JohnnyÂs Select Onion, Pearl Drop, 68 days, mini white, JohnnyÂs Selected Onion, Purplette, 60 days, bunching or golfball size, JohnnyÂs Selected Onion, Snow Baby, *Parsley, Extra Curled Dwarf, compact 10-12" plant, Burpee Parsley, Forest Green, 75 days, 10-12" double/triple curled leaves, heat tolerant, JohnnyÂs, Nichols Parsley, Prezzemolo Gigante dÂItalia, 12" plants, flat dark green leaves, Pinetree Parsley, Sweet Curly, 10-12" plants, ReneeÂs *Peas, Little Marvel, OP Heirloom 1908, 62 days, 16"-18" tall, Containerseeds.com Peas, Premium, 51 days, 30" tall, 7-8 very sweet medium peas, extra early, JohnnyÂs Select Peas, snow & snap, Snow Sweet, 60 days, dual use, stringless, 24" vine no support, JohnnyÂs Peas, Tom Thumb, OP Heirloom 1800, 50-55 days, 8"-12" edible shoots, leaves, flowers Peas, Snap, Sugar Ann, 52 days, 25" tall, best xtra-early short vined pea, AAS winner Containerseeds.com, JohnnyÂs Select Peas, Snap, Sugar Sprint, 60 days, 2 tall, Containerseeds.com Peas, Snow, Dwarf Gray Sugar, OP Heirloom 1892, 55-60 days, 2Â-3Â, JohhnyÂs Select Peas, snow, Little Sweetie, 60 days, 16" vine, 2.5" pods, heat tolerant, Stokes Peas, tendril & peas, Gonzo, 58 days, huge yields of tendrils for stir fry, xlnt peas too, JohnnyÂs Select Pepper, Early Jalapeno, picante, 60 days green, 80 days red, JohnnyÂs Pepper, Ace, bell pepper, 50 days green, 70 days red, medium size, JohnnyÂs Pepper, Carmen, sweet pepper Italian bulls-horn, 60 days green 80 days red, JohnnyÂs Pepper, Cherry Bomb, picante, 62 days green, 87 days red, strong tall plant, JohnnyÂs Pepper, Red Knight, 77 days, fruity, sweet, compact open plants, JohnnyÂs Pepper, Sweet Chocolate, bell pepper, 58 days green, 78 days brown, cool night tolerant, heavy set, JohnnyÂs Pumpkin, Cheyenne Bush, 80-90 days, 5-8 lb. fruit, Containerseeds.com Pumpkin, Jack of All Trades, 90 days, 9-12 lbs, round, semi-bush vines, Nichols Pumpkin, Magic Lantern, 95 days, 16  24 lbs., compact vines, Territorial Seeds Pumpkin, Racer, 85 days, 12-16 lbs, green stem, 2-3 per plant, semi-bush vines, JohnnyÂs Pumpkin, Sorcerer, 90-100 days, 15-25 lbs., semi-vining, Nichols Pumpkin, Spirit, 5 semi-bush, 12" fruit, Containerseeds.com Squash Summer Lebanese White Bush Marrow, 50 days, compact plant for limited space, Baker Creek Salman, 40 days, compact plants, very good flavor, Nichols Zucchini, Spacemiser F1 Hybrid, 49 days, 18"-24" plant, Containerseeds.com Winter Buttercup: Autumn Cup, 95 days, 2.5 lbs., semi-bush Shumway Seeds Bon Bon 81 days, 4 lbs., semi-bush, AAS award Shumway Seeds Discus Bush Buttercup, 90 days, 3 lbs., bush 3 across, yield 4, Territorial Seed Orange Cutie 95 days, 1.7 lb, semi-bush, fantastic fruit count Shumway Seeds Butternut: Atlas 90 days, early, 4 lbs., short vine, Shumway Seeds Butterbush, 75 days, 4 vines, 1.5 lbs, yield 4  5 fruits per vine, Burpee Early Butternut Squash, 85 days, AAS winner, medium size fruit, compact plant, Territorial Seeds Misc.: Squash, acorn, Honey Bear, Squash, Bush Table King, acorn, 85 days, more compact than BTQ, 2 lbs. 5  8 yield, Victory Seeds, AAS award winner 1974 Squash, Bush Table Queen, acorn, 80 days, 3 across bush, prolific, 1948, Burpee Squash, Carnival, 95 days, semi-bush, 1.5 X larger than Sweet Dumpling, inferior flavor, JohnnyÂs Selected Seeds Squash, Cornell Bush Delicata, 100 days, 6", semi-bush, stores 4 months Squash, Early Acorn hybrid acorn, 75 days, yields 5 large fruits, Burpee Squash, Gold Nugget squash, 85 days, 1.5 lbs, yield 10, bush 3 - 4 across, Territorial Seed Squash, spaghetti, Hasta la Pasta, 73 days, compact vines, orange flesh, Burpee Squash, Mesa Queen, acorn squash, 70 days, 3 -4 lbs, semi-bush, great yield, 9 per plant, Territorial Seeds Squash, Orange Magic hybrid baby hubbard, 85 days, 2  3 lbs., semi-bush, GurneyÂs Squash, Pink Banana squash, 90 days, 12  16 lbs., compact bushes, Burpee Squash, Table Ace, acorn, 70 days, large semi-bush, high yield, GurneyÂs Strawberry, Tarpan (xAlpine), 85 days, 1.5"cerise flowers, tasty sm-med red fruit, runners, JohnnyÂs Select Tomatillo, Toma Verde, 60 days, Tomato, Ace Hybrid, more compact than most vines Tomato, Alaska/Aljaska, det., medium size bushy plant, cool tolerant Tomato, Amber Colored, det. 2" fruit Tomato, Andes, det. red long pepper shaped, 5"x2" meaty few seeds Tomato, Applause, 66 days, det. early, compact vine, 8-12 oz red, good flavor, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Azoychka, Tomato, Banana Legs, det., 4" long meaty Tomato, Belii Naliv, det. short indet. 42" plant, 2" round red fruit Tomato, Black Sea Man, good for mid-size containers, early, 12-16 oz. fruit Tomato, Box Car Willie Tomato, Burbank Slicing, det. 1915 Luther Burbank, drought tolerant, high amino acids, med. round red fruit Tomato, Bush, 62 days, det., 18" tall plant, med-lg size red tomatoes, drought tolerant, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Bush Beef Steak, 62 days, determinate, compact, prolific, 8 oz red fruit in clusters, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Bush Big Boy Hybrid, 71 days, determinate, Burpee Tomato, Bush Celebrity Tomato, Bush Champion Tomato, Bush Early Girl hybrid, (D) 65 days, 18" tall self supporting plant, large fruit 4" across, Burpee Tomato, Bush Goliath, 62 days, determinate, 3.5 tall, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Citron Compact, Tomato, Cream Sausage, det. paste tomato Tomato, CzechÂs Bush, determinate, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Dwarf Champion, 80 days, tree-type, compact rugose-leaf plants, 3-8 oz. mild, meaty, slicing tom, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Dwarf Champion #15, Dwarf Champion Improved, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Dwarf Stone(Livingstone), det. 1902, Victory Seeds Tomato, Early Annie, det. short heirloom, 3" meaty fruit good for canning, fruit sets all at once. Tomato, Early Wonder, det. Tomato, Elfin, grape tomatoes on smaller plants, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Ethiopia Roy Humbort, det. Tomato, Extreme Bush, det. 50 days, 12-20" tall bush, 3 oz. round red fruit, Victory Seeds Tomato, Fargo, det. Like yellow pear Tomato, Forme de Coeur, det. Mid-season, Tomato, Garden Pearl, cascades UK Tomato, Gold Nugget, yellow cherry, 56 days, compact plants, cold tolerant, JohnnyÂs Tomato, Golden Dwarf Champion, 90 days, rugose, tree-type, very productive, 3-5 oz, lemon yellow fruit, 1898, TGS Tomato, Glacier, 58 days, 30" tall, Containerseeds.com, Victory Seeds Tomato, Grushovka, det., 2.5 tall plants, pink egg shaped 3" fruit, good for canning, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Health Kick, 74 days, det plants 4 tall, 4-6 oz. fruit, plum shape, 50% more lycopene, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Husky Red, 68 days, mid-season, dwarf indet. 4 tall plants, 5-7 oz. red fruit, good flavor, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Indian Stripe, 85 days, indet., compact plant, very good flavor i.e.Cherokee Purple very productive, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Jubilee, 80 days, indet. short stiff stems, orange 8 oz. fruit not acidic, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Kaki Coing, det. orange paste Tomato, Kewalo, det. Hawaiian, 6-8 oz. round red Tomato, Kimberly, 1-2 oz. fruit, compact potato leaf plants Tomato, Lime Green Salad, det. small plants, 3-5 oz. fruits, tangy flavor Tomato, Lisa King, 75-80 days, det. short vines, 8-10 oz. red, old-fashioned flavor, crack, BER resistant, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Long Keeper, det. prolific 6 oz. fruits keeps 4 months @ 65 deg. 1979, or hang whole plant upside down to store fruit. Tomato, Long Season Peach Tomato, Manitoba, det. 66 days, 6.5 oz., cold tolerant, slicer, red, heavy yields, Territorial Tomato, Marglobe Tomato, Micro-Tom, 85 days, 5-8"tall, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Moskovich, det., 60 days, cold tolerant, rich taste 4-6 oz, red, JohnnyÂs Tomato, New Big Dwarf, 60 days, det., heirloom, 1915, 2 tall plants, 8-12 oz red fruit (can get to 1 lb.), Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, New Yorker, det. Tomato, Orange King, 85 days, semi-det., 1943, beautiful compact plant, 4-11 oz. fruit, mild but tangy. TGS Tomato, Orange Tree, 90 days, tree-type, compact plants, med size flattened orange globes, TGS Tomato, Oregon Spring, 58 days, compact plants, early, cold tolerant, nearly seedless med-lg red fruit, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Patio F1 Hybrid, 70 days, determinate, 24" tall, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Pik-Red VF Hybrid, 71 days, det., dwarf vines, container, 6-7 oz red fruit nearly solid interior, very productive TGS Tomato, Polar Baby, 60 days, very small plants, 2" red salad tomatoes, cold tolerant, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Polar Beauty, 63 days, det., short busy plants, sm-med oblate red tomatoes w/ full tomato flavor, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Polar Star, 65 days, det. compact plants, 3-4 oz. red fruit, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Polbig, 60 days, compact plants, red 6-8 oz. meaty fruit, high yield, uniform ripening time, JohnnyÂs Tomato, Polish Dwarf, 60 days, 24-30" plant (tree type), very productive 1-4 oz. red fruit Tomato, Principe Borghese, det. Tomato, Red Robin, 12", real tom flavor, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Red Rocket, 60 days, det., compact, bushy plant, 8-10 oz. red, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Roma Tomato, Roughwood Golden Plum, det. Tomato, Russian Red, det. (tree type), 75 days, 5 tall plant, small red fruit, great flavor, New Zealand 1943, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Rutgers, 75 days, det., delicious old-time flavor, 1920, 6-8 oz. red fruit, TGS Tomato, San Marzano, det. Tomato, Siberian, 57 days, indeterminate, very small plants, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Siletz, Tomato, Silvery Fir Tree, 58 days, 24", Containerseeds.com Tomato, Small Fry, red cherry tomato, compact vines, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, SophieÂs Choice, det. Tomato, Speckled Siberian, det. Tomato, Sprite, 60 days, short/small plants for small garden, red grape fruit Tomato, Sub Arctic Maxi, 62 days, dwarf vines, for cold climates, 2.5 oz red fruit good flavor, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Sugar Baby, 54 days, det., small productive plants, 1-2 oz. red fruit, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Sunbeam VFFA Hybrid, 70 days, det. compact plants, 10-12 oz red fruit, xlnt flavor/quality, productive, TGS Tomato, Sweet Baby Girl Tomato, Sweet Israeli Tomato, Tabletalk, 75 days, indet., compact bush plant, 1941, 4-16 oz. red fruit, crack resistant, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Tiny Tim, 60 days, 10"-18" tall, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Tomande VFFNT Hybrid, 68 days indet., compact plants, ribbed 6-7 oz. sweet red fruit, heavy yield, TGS Tomato, Tondino di Manduria, det. Tomato, Totem, dwarf, 70 days, small red tomatoes, Tomato Growers Supply Tomato, Tumbler, 50 days, cascading, cherry tom, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Viktorina, det. Tomato, Yellow River, det. Tomato, Window Box Roma, determinate, 12"-15" tall, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Yellow Canary Hybrid, 12" tall, Red Robin sibling, trails, Containerseeds.com Tomato, Zhefin Short, det. Watermelon, Bush Sugar Baby, 80 days, 3.5 vines yields 2 12 lbs. melons, Heirloom, Burpee Watermelon, Yellow Doll, 65 days, 5 -8 lbs. fruit, very productive, semi-compact vines, Nichols Garden Seeds

A Fall Follow-Up of the above. The east side and 'front' of my house. It's funny how we start off with one idea for an area and as time goes by, we realize that idea won't really work so we have to shift gears. Without going into too much detail, that's what has happened here. I had an idea that used quite a few hard-line bed definitions and I was going to have my herb garden here. But the summer sun, even though it was only morning sun, quickly let me know the folly of this idea. Now I'm working on building it up to be a 'natural flower garden'. When done, this should be the closest thing I have to a formal bed, without actually being formal. My daughter's Butterfly Bed is really starting to come along in terms of flower varieties. Unfortunately, it still hasn't been too popular with the butterflies. Bees and wasps like it, but not the butterflies. There must be something about this location that really turns them off. Still, while they don't seem to hang out here, the Monarchs keep laying their eggs on the milkweed and the caterpillars keep eating it down. Another angle on her Butterfly garden. From this angle you can see the unused puddling saucer (which needs cleaning) and the hypertufa face from "Nova aka Susan". In the front of this picture is a 'Yellow Salvia' from Karalynn's party. I still can't find any further information on this plant though. The north side, not much has changed... at all. It's hard to get inspired about a side of the house you don't get to see too often except when pulling up. The north steps. Rotting in place. I think I'm going to have to replace them in the spring. If I had this area properly mulched, you would be able to see the four thin sprigs of Fakahatchee grass that I have placed here. Since Fakahatchee is supposed to do well in either Sun or Shade, I figured it would be a perfect choice for an area that gets full sun in the summer and full shade in the winter. Time will tell. The Northwest bed. Really not much has changed here, just a season's worth of growth and the addition of some pentas plants and one Gold Mound Duranta. Everything else was there in the spring, but was MUCH smaller. I can't wait to see how this looks next fall, assuming that large stand of Blue Firespike survives the winter in this bed. The mandarin, which was showing heavy signs of Citrus Greening now seems perfectly healthy. All I've really done is kept it watered and given it monthly applications of micro-nutrients. Another shot of the Northwest bed, just getting a better look at the Pentas and Duranta. A shot of the "Watering Pool" as I like to call it. It's not really big enough to be a pond and a little too big to be simple birdbath, so it's a pool. In the original post, I had said I had the idea of turning this into a sandy, beachy area. Well, the summer rains changed my mind on this. Half the sand I had surrounding this pool ended up in the pool itself. The other half got pounded down into the soil. Another lesson learned: While running the condensation pipe from my AC did indeed keep this pool filled throughout the summer, it actually kept it constantly overflowing, which the lantana did not appreciate one bit. When I finally removed the pipe and this area started to dry up a little, the Pawpaw I had planted here quickly died off. Apparently being constantly watered like that caused the Pawpaw to not send out its roots and so it was not able to adjust when the water stopped. My seating area in the Northwest corner. Last spring this was a lot of grass and two chairs. Now it's a lot of grass, two chairs and a rather full looking Beautyberry shrub. This Beautyberry was started from seed last Fall/Winter, sprouted in Spring and is now this clump. Since neither it nor any of the others flowered at all, I figured they would need another year before they flower and fruit, but this one actually started flowering at the beginning of November is now starting to form its berries. It's a race against time to see if it can finish ripening off the berries before the real cold hits. You can't see them in this shot, but there are two Florida Privets behind the chairs that are coming along nicely as well as a Pineland Lantana. I probably should get another picture of that bed to showcase those plants. The Southwest bed. It has grown in size a bit since last spring. Since the spring, I have designated this as my 'Shrub Bed'. While not everything in this bed is technically a shrub, I'm not planting anything here that will exceed 10-12 ft tall. Well... I DID have a native Persimmon tree sapling here, but a squirrel took care of that for me. Now that I have all the 'foundation' plants done for this bed, I think next spring/summer will be spent filling in the blank spots with more flowery plants... if I can force myself to do 'flowery'. The Vine Trellis Wall. Another lesson learned. I built this with good intentions and a good bit of ignorance. As I have watched those vines getting thicker and thicker over the summer, I have come to the realization that it won't be long before they rip all that pvc latticework right off the side of the shed. The grape vine died over the summer, but in it's place I have put in two Dutchman's Pipevines. Another project for next spring is to build a more utilitarian, sturdier trellis that sits about 18-24" from the wall of the shed instead of right on it. I also need to do some research on how far back I can cut those passionvines and have them survive, but I will wait until after Winter has done its thing. Below the trellis is a stand of Tropical Salvia (great for hummingbirds and Gulf Frits) and a nice ball of Pineland Lantana that doesn't seem to be a HUGE butterfly draw, but all the butterflies do nectar on it from time to time. A Northwest-facing view of the Shrub bed. In the middle of that tan patch is a small Sparkleberry sapling. Over the past couple of weeks the leaves have slowly gone brown and fallen off. I'm hoping this is just the plant going dormant for the winter and not signs that I will be replacing it next spring. The Blue Firespike really dominate this bed thus far, especially from this angle. I'm told they should start sending up their flower spikes in December or January, if a hard frost doesn't set them back. Added this extra shot of Shrub bed. Here you can get a better look at the Firebush and two blueberry shrubs. The Firebush... well... I will never have a garden without a Firebush. After seeing the constant level of activity around this thing over spring, summer and fall, I can't imagine being without one. Butterflies and hummingbirds just can't get enough of this thing. Especially the Zebra Longwings, they almost exclusively nectar on this bush. On either side of the Firebush are my blueberries. Emerald on the left and Jewel on the right. The Jewel is looking better than the Emerald by a fair sight, but I haven't fertilized them at all, simply letting them get established this year, and I think only recently I have managed to get the PH right. The Emerald's leaves were getting worse and worse with that 'burned ashy' look which I understand to be a result of the PH being too high. As of August, this has not gotten any worse and seems to have stabilized, but the bush also hasn't put out any new growth. I know BR is THE GURU when it comes to these plants, but I'm trying to avoid using chemical fertilizers as much as I can. If I end up having to break down and use Miracid or some other fertilizer, I will, but for now I'm just using pine bark, pine needles, left over coffee grounds and pickle juice with applications of compost. The South bed. This bed is in a state of transition. I have been moving plants out of this bed into other areas where I feel they will be happy (or happier) and getting the area ready for being turned into a Tropical bed. I had to move my tomato plants to the wall here as their old location, while being fine for Spring tomatoes, did not work so well for Autumn. The change in the sun's angle and the amount of shade resulted in some very leggy plants. After moving them to this spot, they have recovered some and started putting out fruit. I think I am going to have find a better spot for them next year, perhaps out along the fence line. And the Tropical Corner. This is where I used to have my tomato plants, but as I said, they didn't like this spot for Autumn growth. And so, starting with four banana pups, this bed is going to be the anchor for my Tropical Garden. I have some Persian Shield cuttings in sunken pots that I will be able to move next year if it gets too sunny for them. And there are also two Wild Coffee plants that will likely be planted here. There is also a Porterweed, but I'm keeping a close eye on it for invasive potential. But these will have to wait until spring to be planted along with Bird of Paradise, Heliconias, Gingers and Crotons. As stated in another post, under all that pine bark is a 3" layer of grass clippings (and weed seeds). I have a layer of newspaper between the grass and the pine bark to smother out/inhibit the weed seeds and this area should compost down nicely by spring. Until then I'm not about to dig into it and release those weeds! New additions: These first two are a new bed that I built for the very SW corner of the yard. Currently I have three plantings of Fackahatchee Grass, a Simpson Stopper, native Plumbago (Longtail Skippers love this one), Beautyberry and a Gold Mound Duranta. There's also a bit of Tropical Salvia thrown in to provide some nectar for the butterflies. There are also some plantings of perrenial Blanketflower and Coreopsis that I'm hoping have had enough time to establish to survive the winter and be ready to bloom in spring. As you might be able to see, this bed is currently topped with grass clippings. Over the course of the winter, I will be topping this entire bed with sand and compost and then watering it down into the mulch. Around March I will then paper and mulch the bed once more before spreading Wildflower seeds. My hope is that next year this bed will be covered almost non-stop with pollinator attracting flowers. This is the section along my lanai that I have been having a heck of a time trying to figure out what I want to do with. I finally broke down and figured I would move my herb garden here. It's decent spot where the herbs should get enough sun in the mornings and evenings to be happy, but should be out of the baking, high-noon sun of summer. It could probably stand a bit more soil amendments though. There is also some Blue Firespike here that will help with the transition into the Tropical Bed. So far, aside from the Blue Firespike, I have Lemon Balm, Pineapple Sage, Sweet Basil, Parsley, Rosemary and Thyme. Last but not least, this is the corner of the yard that I really wanted to do something with, but really didn't want to have to deal with it. So I went xeric here. While most of my beds will hopefully get down to very little care once established, this bed should be absolutely no care. I believe everything here is fairly drought resistant and yet won't rot during our summer downpours. So far it's just African Iris, Muhly Grass, Portulaca and bulbine (yellow and orange varieties). 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Morning all! Hope everyone had a terrific weekend! We're just waiting for 1 more box and this swap will be wrapped up. I know I am the worst at this, but, if everyone could remember to go the rate and review board and leave a review for your swapper that would be awesome! Sue, I'm digging your bingo winner today :) Hopefully will be going out later...the latest tomorrow. Just want it to be dry enough. We've had rain everyday!! OH MY'ERS: Shirley (brittneysgran) AND Alana (poisondartfrog) SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~Shirley SENT~~Alana REC'D~~~Alana SENT~~~Shirley REC'D~~~COMPLETE frankielynn AND Sue (sueguanzon) SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~~frannkielynn SENT~~~Sue REC'D~~~Sue SENT~~~Sue SENT~~~ Kathie (sinbadsmom) AND Jayeanne (pinkiris) SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~~ Jayeanne (pinkiris) SENT~~~Kathie (sinbadsmom) REC'D~~~Kathie (sinbadsmom) SENT~~~Jayeanne (pinkiris) REC'D~~ COMPLETE Sheri (panhandle_seed_swap) AND Cinnie0 SWAP WITH EACH OTHER~~~Sheri SENT :)~~~~Cinnie0 REC'D~~~Cinnie0 SENT~~~Sheri REC'D~~COMPLETE Suzanne(hibiscusfan) SENDS TO Colcol ~~SENT~~REC'D~~COMPLETE Colcol SENDS TO Vina (flowergirl34)~~SENT~~REC'D~~~COMPLETE Vina(flowergirl34) SENDS TO Suzanne (hibiscusfan)~~~SENT~~REC'D~~~COMPLETE Have a great Monday! vina Iris: Carnival Song

Well, now just how horrible do I feel, replying now over 2 years since the thread's last posting? Or for the fact that so little has been accomplished in yet another 2 years' time? I've read back over the ensuing posts a number of times over the past year however, and really appreciate the positive comments and words of encouragement. Although I've been AWOL for too long, rest assured that all of you at GW come up each and every time someone comes over to my house and asks about the kitchen. Few people believe me when I say I couldn't have done it without you! Also, additional apologies to jwm211, gam51, cran, marybeth1, cookin45, and anyone else who was unable to see the pictures for a period of time. I run a webserver out of my house, so whenever lightning strikes (literally) or TimeWarner has an outage, the pics go down. Thankfully TWC is actually pretty good about uptime. Now for the update. Since my pics from the first part of this thread, the following have been done: - installed faucet for sink (Delta Victorian, SS finish) - oiled the soapstone (duh!) :-) - installed weathered-iron cabinet knobs/pulls on all cabinets - replaced old wood ceiling fan with overhead light - bought a (very) small kitchen table so I could sit/eat! - installed handle on dishwasher - installed garbage disposal Here's a picture I took standing from the back area of the kitchen (it's shaped like an "L") looking at the main portion, from late April. It's pretty similar to how it is now, and gives a good feel for what it looks like "lived-in" on a day-to-day basis. Soapstone had just been oiled too, considering how dark a charcoal it is. :-) As you can see, it's still not quite finished -- namely, it *still* needs the tile backsplash (deee, yep still planning on the Sylacauga Alabama marble tile you have, assuming it's still available), undercabinet lighting, and a pendant light over the sink. Plus a new set of outlet/switch covers. Once those are done, the kitchen will pretty much be complete as far as I'm concerned. Meanwhile, a two-year update on the soapstone: is it possible to love soapstone even more now than i did in 2008? Time has done nothing to diminish my passion for those soapstone counters -- maybe that's an odd word to use, but I couldn't think of a more-accurate alternative. It does require periodic oiling -- for anyone thinking they can oil soapstone twice a month for the first 6 mos and then it's basically done, that's not been my experience. It doesn't fade to as light a chalkboard-grey as it was when I first got it, but it lightens enough that I'm compelled to oil it every, say, 2-3 months now. It certainly doesn't have to be done, but... I love oiling the soapstone and look forward to it. Nothing beats that just-oiled near-black charcoal colour with the veining 'popping' :-) I apologise once again for the excessively-long AWOL, really appreciate the kind words. If anyone would like any specific info on any of the parts, or would like to see more pics or closeups of anything, by all means just ask and I'll put them up! Cheers to you, Supra92