I’ve been taking an online permaculture gardening class, with Matt Powers, and focusing on adding perennial vegetables, shrubs and trees to the property. Here’s a list of plants I’m thinking about adding this season, subject to change of course. Later on I’ll highlight some of these.  I grow a lot of annuals but hoping many o f them will either self seed or I can save seeds for the next year.  (p) = Perennial. (ss) – self seeds

Shrubs (p)

• Aronia, Viking – produces an edible berry
• Goji Berry – I planted one last year but want a few more
• Lots of elderberry from cuttings of 2 large ones I have now.

Herbs for cooking/medicine/tea

• (p) Chamomile – Zloty Lan – I planted 2 chamomile plants last year but want a whole plot so got seeds to add this year.
• Self Heal – seeds
• (ss?) Cilantro – slo bolt
• (p)Hyssop – Blue. also deters flea bettles.
• (p)Catnip. For humans & cats : )
• (ss)Dill – Vierling.
• Stevia. For sweetening our food & for selling.
• Basil – thai sweet
• Basil – for pesto
• Calendula – Resina. will also attract butterflies/bees
• (p)Comfrey – for chop & drop, chicken feed, fertilizer & medicine
• (p)Echinacea
• Rosemary – I’ve never been able to get this to overwinter but have a new plan this year!
• (ss)Nasturtiums  (ground cover, food, insects)
• (p)Stinging nettles (for chickens & humans)

Flowers to sell for cutting or to attract birds/butterflies/bees/insects

• (p)Hollyhock (note- short lived p.)
• Morning glory
• Zinnia
• Snapdragon – apple blossom
• Sunflowers –  mexican

Trees

• Apple – 3 varieties
• Plum – 2 varieties
• Mulberry – for chickens
• Paw Paw

Annuals (seeds will be saved for  next year)

• Tokyo Blue Squash
• Big Top Bitter Melon
• Pumpkin (-Rouge Vif D’Etampes) for eating, selling & chicken fodder
• Melon – Golden Jenny
• Japanese white egg  eggplant (for eating & selling)
• Japanese long purple eggplant
• Fairy tale eggplant (for market)
• Patio baby eggplant (for market)
• Carrot – Parisienne. Round carrots for eating & selling.
• Carrot – Cosmic purple. eating & selling.
• Pak Choy – extra dwarf. eating and possibly selling.
• Watermelon – Thai Rom Dao
• Cucumber  – Japanese long
• Cucumber – Sikkim. Large red cucumber can be eaten raw or cooked.
• Parsnip – Half long Guernsey. Cooking, selling, storage.
• Melon – apple.
• Wax melon – Canton Giant.
• Winter melon – Valencia
• Sunflowers – Mammoth. For chicken feed.
• Cow peas – for chop & drop, chicken feed.
• Tomatoes of course – several varieties
• Salad mix
• Stir fry mix
• Peas – snap & shelling
• Black beans
• Sweet potatoes
• Pattypan squash
• acorn squash (from seeds I saved)
• Butternut squash (from seeds I saved)
• Peanuts
• Daikon Raddish

Other Perennials 

• Sorrel
• Walking onions
• Good king henry
• Grapes (have one, adding another)
• Strawberries
• Potato Onion
• Lovage

This list subject to change and will surely get longer……