Goji Berries - Wolfberry 

I would have thought that these would not grow in my garden, and I never expected them to survive my zone 2B winter, but they did.  Talking to my Mom in MB, she has successfully fruited goji berries, but mentioned that the bush lasted only a couple years.  Succession planting for long term in colder zones? 

Image is from Wikipedia, submitted by Paul Gross & Richard Zhang, Thank you.

Cucurbita maxima - Japanese pumpkin

Kabocha squash is a dark green roundish squash.  The flesh inside is a bright golden orange.  Very tasty and makes a wonderful soup.  The skin is edible, although if you make soup don't use the skin as it will change the colour of the soup.  Learned that the hard way.

The image is from Wikipedia, thank you.

I think parsnips are an underrated veggie.  Classed as a biennial, they are tough, and survive easily to year 2 in my zone 2b.  They produce generous amounts of seed in year 2.  It's quite easy to get a bed of these going so you're never without.  

Parsnips fries are delicious!

Medium heat and sweet.  I love these pickled.  

Capsicum annuum

Your run of the mill standard bell pepper.  Seed comes from organic, locally grown peppers.

Capsicum annuum

Moderate heat to this wonderful little pepper.  Great flavor and wonderful health benefits.

Medium heat.  Great producer.  

Capsicum annuum 

Long sweet peppers.  Yes, I know it's a fruit but I'm sticking it under veggies. :)  Use bottom heat to get these going quickly.  

Approx 90-110 days to maturity

Did you know that there are over 50,000 cultivars of bell peppers!

Approx. 60-90 days to maturity.

These are super easy to grow.  In my area I start the seed about 6 weeks prior to my planting date which is about May 20th.

Very prolific 

A mix of seeds from my garden.  I've accumulated rhubarb plants from many different sources, all from old gardens.  I have no idea what the names are, but they are all delicious.  All hardy, all prolific. 

Rhubarb is really easy to start from seed. 

Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, also called Vegetable Spaghetti

Shaped more like a football, yellow skinned and yellow fleshed.   Once cooked, the flesh resembles spaghetti.  I prefer it with a bit of butter, salt & pepper.  I do know many who put spaghetti sauce on it and enjoy in place of grain made spaghetti.