A Few Seeds I'm Sowing

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds you plant."
Robert Louis Stevenson

From purple beans to candy-striped beets to carrots of all colors, I've selected a number of unusual vegetables for my garden this season. Many are heirlooms known for their exquisite taste and striking appearance. Here are just a few seeds I'm sowing:
Cool Season Vegetables

• 'Lovely Lettuce Mesclun Blend' Salad Greens
• 'Forellenschuss' Lettuce, Lactuca sativa
• 'Chioggia' Beets, Beta vulgarus
• 'Rainbow Blend' Carrots, Daucus carota var. sativa
• 'Green Arrow' Peas, Pisum sativum

Warm Season Vegetables

• 'Ideal Market' Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris
• 'Purple Podded Pole' Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris
• 'Dragon's Tongue' Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris
• 'Rosa Bianca' Eggplant, Solanum melongenia
• 'Musquee de Provence' Winter Squash, Cucurbita moschata