***Updated 9/22/11
Here is our list of potential ingredients for the Home Grown Food Challenge. I use the term ‘potential’, because we don’t know exactly when first frost will hit. Typically that happens in mid October for our climate zone.
Tomatoes:
- Sweetie Cherry
- San Marzano
- Medford
- Yellow Brandywine
- Thai Pink Egg
- Hong Yuen
- Banjan Roomii
- Huang Se Chieh ‘Gold’
- Early Ssubakus Aliana
Peppers:
- King of the North
- Early Jalapeno
- Maya Red Habenero
- Ancho Poblano
Greens & Brassicas:
- Astro Arugula
- Fordhook Giant Chard
- Dwarf Jewel Nasturtium
- Lacinato Dinosaur Kale
- Palla Rossa Radicchio
- De Cicco Broccoli
- Thompson Broccoli
Beans & Peas:
- Gold Rush Wax Bean – dried
- Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean – dried
- Light Red Kidney Bean – dried
- Black Turtle Dry Bean – dried
Pumpkins & Squash:
- New England Pie Pumpkin
- Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
- Sweet REBA Acorn Squash
- Table Queen Acorn Squash
- Honey Nut Mini-Butternut Squash
- Waltham Butternut
- Spaghetti Squash
Misc. Veggies:
- Luscious F1 Hybrid Corn – dried
- Sugar Pearl F1 Hybrid Corn – dried
- Touchstone Gold Beet
- Guardsmark Chioggia Beet
- Golden Globe Turnip
- Florence Fennel
- Black Beauty Eggplant
- All Red & All Blue Potato
- Cortland F1 Hybrid Onion
- Calibra F1 Onion
- Red Wing F1 Hybrid Onion
- Hard neck garlic
- Bandit Leek
- Jerusalem Artichoke (tuber)
Herbs & Spices:
- Basil
- Italian Parsley
- German Chamomile
- Common Sage
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Coriander
- Mint
Other:
- Farm Fresh Eggs
- Black Walnuts
- Hickory nuts
Preserved Items:
- Raspberry Jam
- Strawberry Jam
- Frozen Strawberries
- Sauerkraut
- Tomato Sauce
- Tomato Catsup
- Zuchinni relish
- Pickles
- Homebrew – various varieties
- Pear Cider
- Tomato Juice

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