Just out of curiosity (and because I ought to be outside weeding, but it's hot and icky), I decided to make a list of things that are growing here, either planted or discovered by us. In no particular order at all:
Vegetables
Potatoes (several kinds)
Peas
Corn
Okra
Beans (several kinds; mostly greasy cut-shorts, but some bush beans too)
Spinach
Lettuce (leaf & head,several varieties)
Radishes
Beets
Carrots (not doing well; we may give these up)
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Peppers (sweet and hot)—some in the garden, but most in empty cat litter containers on the warm side of the house
Celery
Cutting celery in pots (I dry the leaves for winter use in soups and whatnot)
Celeriac
Garlic
Onions
Asparagus
Rhubarb
Tomatoes (again, in the garden and in pots)
Cucumbers (most in the garden, but I have a couple of buckets with bush cucumbers in them)
Mustard greens
Chard
Japanese greens (several kinds)
Summer Squash
Zucchini
Winter Squash (various kinds)
Melons
Jerusalem artichokes
Ramps
Cardoons
Flowers/flowering shrubs/ornamentals
Flowering almond
Spirea
Pyracantha (firethorn)
Lilac
Gladiolus
Crocosmia
False indigo
Zinnias
Marigolds
Heirloom roses (a polyantha, two apothecary roses, a rosa mundi, and an 18th-century double white)
Mexican marigolds
Hostas
Mexican sunflowers
Sunflowers
Dyer’s chamomile
Cowslips
Daylilies
Peonies
Tree peonies
Spiderwort
Thrift
Candytuft
Phlox
Shasta daisies
Sneezeweed
Tiger lilies
Leopard lilies
Oriental lilies
Coreopsis (tickseed)
Four o’clock
Morning glory
Columbine
French mulberry (beautyberry)
Foxglove (the large tame variety and the smaller wild ones)
Iris
Bleeding heart
Lilies of the valley
Violets
Brown-eyed susan
Moss roses
Petunias
Lantana
Dogwood
Redbud
Dames rocket
Cleome
Shooting star
Lungwort
Galax
Hepatica
Wood betony
Geranium
Scented geraniums
Spider plant
Ferns (various)
Azaleas
Rhododendrons
Pansies
Violas
Asparagus ferns (inside)
Moonvine
Nasturtiums
Butterfly bush
Hyacinths
Mayapples
Daffodils
Bloodroot
Trilliums
Virginia bluebells
Dianthus (several sorts)
Lunaria (money plant)
Nicotinia (flowering tobacco)
Begonias
Annual daisies
Persian carpet (something new; it’s an annual, it’s purple, and I just liked it)
Lithodora
Turk’s cap lilies
Species tulips
Lupins
Something blue and spiky that I’ve forgotten the name of, but I planted it last year
Russian sage
Crocus
Daffodils
Tulips
Astilbe
Clematis
Geums
Grape hyacinths
Siberian iris
Louisiana iris
Autumn cyclamen
Spotted dead nettle
Sedum (the tall one that has red flowers in the fall)
Hen and chicks
Verbascum (purple-throated mullein)
Something that is obviously from a bulb, but I have no idea . . . it’s small, pretty and blue.
Another thing that has claret-colored leaves and tiny pink flowers on a stalk, that I planted but cannot for the life of me remember the name of.
Something else that looks like a peony but isn’t, and that no one remembers planting.
Herbs
Boneset
Catnip
Borage
Catmint
Soapwort
Marsh mallow
Thistle (the huge one the goldfinches love)
Fuller’s teasel
Milk thistle
Sage
Aloe
Oregano
Anise hyssop
Pineapple sage
Parsley
Lavender
Lemongrass
Queen Anne’s lace
Chicory
Rosemary
Costmary
Dandelion
Beebalm
Valerian
Comfrey
Lemon verbena
Chinese orchids
Garlic mustard
Evening primrose
Fleabane
Santolina
Woad
Rue
Pennyroyal
Motherwort
Hops
Butterfly weed (pleurisy root)
Elecampane
Goldenrod
Basil (several sorts: Genovese, Thai, lime, and some oddments; i.e., what came up out of ancient package of assorted basils. I usually grow a couple of African blue basils, but I didn't see any this year.)
Tulsi (holy basil)
St. John’s wort (the wild medicinal and the tame bush)
Southernwood
Wormwood
Other artemisias (silver king and silver queen)
Apple mint
Mugwort
Yarrow
Red clover
Clary sage
Pokeweed
Horehound
Purple basil
Peppermint
Julep mint
Beebalm
Orange mint
Ginger mint
Chives
Garlic chives
Thyme
Lemon thyme
Nettles
Sweet woodruff
Skullcap
Tansy
Echinacea
Lemon balm
Plantain
Dock
Sorrel
Burdock
Feverfew
Lamb’s ear
Mullein
Lady’s mantle
Our lady’s bedstraw
Lobelia
Horseradish
Fruit/nuts
Apple
Crabapple
Apricot
Bush cherries
Persimmon
Peach
Chestnut
Fig
Hickory
Black walnut
Cherry
Grapes
Strawberries
Blueberries (not bearing yet; I think they need more sun)
Black raspberries
Blackberries
Wineberries
A couple of tiny huckleberry bushes, with actual berries on them!
Plus the chickens/turkeys/guineas, and the goats, and William . . .