I’m in MA zone 6b

I’ve been gardening for over 25 years and growing vegetables of all sorts (with emphasis on tomatoes). In 2022 I grew 28 varieties of tomatoes, 12 of hot peppers, 6 of sweet peppers, 4 of eggplant and several of lettuce, watermelon, cucumbers, zucchini, beans, peas, beets, celery, fennel, arugula and herbs of different types.

Marco’s 2023 Vegetable Garden Plan

I am planning a very small orchard around the end of my property line and I’m already growing or pre-ordered the following varieties for 2023:

• Oscar Mulberry (grown from cutting)
• Varaha Mulberry (grafted on M. Alba Tatarica)
• WineCrisp Apple on G.890 (from Cummings, grafted with Enterprise)
• Redhaven Peach (from Trees of Antiquity)
• Sugar Giant Peach (from Cummings)
• Hosui Asian Pear (from Trees of Antiquity, grafted with Harrow Sweet)
• French Plum (from Trees of Antiquity)
• Mikkusu/JT-02 Persimmon (from Perfect Circle Farm)

I currently grow the following varieties of figs and do not plan on adding more varieties at this time, unless truly exceptional:

• Black Celeste
• Black Manzanita
• Celeste
• Cessac
• Col de Dame Blanc
• Crozes
• De Tres Esplets
• Dr Gowaty
• Exquisito
• Figo Moro da Caneva
• Figoin (Bass)
• Florea
• Gino’s Black
• Improved Celeste
• Italian 258
• La Costa Jewel
• LSU Tiger
• Malta Black
• Mercedes Gem
• Negra d’Agde
• Red Lebanese BV
• Ronde de Bordeaux
• San Biagio
• Sao Miguel Roxo
• Smith
• Socorro Black
• UCR-271 Saleeb Caprifig
• Unk Green Greek
• Verdolino
• White Baca
• White Madeira #1
• Zaffiro