It has been way too long since I have posted anything, which is sad since I was hoping to use this blog as a reference point for the future.
Updates since I'm so far behind:
ROMAINE - amazing. So easy to maintain and produced an awesome amount of food for us. No issues other than a few plants dying (which is understandable since I planted as many as possible and they sort of squished each other out). The ones in the flower boxes were a bit smaller than the containers which makes sense since the boxes are much more narrow and not quite as deep. I went out of town for a few weeks and when I came back my plants had grown straight up!! I have never seen anything like that in my life (another thing I will get better at is taking pictures...) Obviously, it was completely overgrown so I picked the remaining 7ish plants down and got 3 1/2 gallon sized bags of lettuce. I gave a few bags away and am still eating some. It's starting to get pretty soggy but I'm impressed that it kept that long. Romaine will definitely be a staple in this house.
TOMATOES - doing GREAT! I planted five total - four share pots (2 and 2) and the fifth is all by it's lonesome. I'm impressed that the two sets together seem to be producing as much as the one my itself but they are in a bit larger pots. I have around 15 tomatoes...still green but some are the size of my fist. I believe I should be able to start eating them in the next week or so. (side note: I LOVE the smell of tomato plants. Whenever I touch them, I can't stop sniffing my fingers...similar to what I do after chopping garlic. I don't know what it is but I think they smell amazing)
CABBAGE/COLLARD GREENS - :( They did terrible for me! I came out one day and they had a few bug holes in the leaves and the next day they were covered in holes! I ended up just picking them all but yesterday at my neighborhood festival, I passed by the community garden and noticed all of their had holes in the leaves as well. I'm going to research this further and see if that's something that just happens and doesn't affect the plant but I was convinced I had cabbage worms and my crop was gone.
HERBS - doing pretty well. I remember my herbs being super impressive last year but I think that's because I planted them later - right around this time. I think that they are going to look even better when the weather gets a little warmer, although, it has been in the 90's this past week already. Great year for gardening.
SQUASH - beautiful. I think yellow squash leaves are so pretty. I have probably 20ish fruits growing. I think they will be ready to eat in 2-3 weeks and I can't WAIT.
PEPPERS - still growing! My yellow, cayenne, red and green are steadily growing but I don't see any fruits yet. I think I remember last year that my peppers produced after the tomatoes so they are right on schedule.
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I planted a little watermelon patch today that I think is so cute. I purchased 3 different varieties and one is a yellow watermelon that I think will be fun to eat. I also planted some wildflowers in a metal bucket that I got in a packets from Mark's sister's wedding recently. I'm really excited for them to come up because I have no idea what they will look like.
Yesterday, I planted some things where the romaine and cabbage had been picked. I planted some zucchini, tarragon and three basil varieties in the flower boxes and another basil variety, okra, orange, jalepeno and other peppers and mint in containers.
This year, so far, I have planted:
- 2 tomato varieties (no cherry, though! I regret that...next year!)
- okra
- lavender
- rosemary
- 2 thyme varieties
- oregano
- 5 basil varieties (sweet, thai, boxwood, globe, cinnamon)
- dill
- sage
- lemon balm
- mint
- 3 watermelon varieties
- 8 pepper plants (yellow, green, red, orange, jalepeno, cayenne and 3 other varieties I can't remember because I let Mark pick out the plants)
- parsley
- yellow squash
- zucchini squash
- pole beans
- tarragon
I already want to eat them all.
Updates since I'm so far behind:
ROMAINE - amazing. So easy to maintain and produced an awesome amount of food for us. No issues other than a few plants dying (which is understandable since I planted as many as possible and they sort of squished each other out). The ones in the flower boxes were a bit smaller than the containers which makes sense since the boxes are much more narrow and not quite as deep. I went out of town for a few weeks and when I came back my plants had grown straight up!! I have never seen anything like that in my life (another thing I will get better at is taking pictures...) Obviously, it was completely overgrown so I picked the remaining 7ish plants down and got 3 1/2 gallon sized bags of lettuce. I gave a few bags away and am still eating some. It's starting to get pretty soggy but I'm impressed that it kept that long. Romaine will definitely be a staple in this house.
TOMATOES - doing GREAT! I planted five total - four share pots (2 and 2) and the fifth is all by it's lonesome. I'm impressed that the two sets together seem to be producing as much as the one my itself but they are in a bit larger pots. I have around 15 tomatoes...still green but some are the size of my fist. I believe I should be able to start eating them in the next week or so. (side note: I LOVE the smell of tomato plants. Whenever I touch them, I can't stop sniffing my fingers...similar to what I do after chopping garlic. I don't know what it is but I think they smell amazing)
CABBAGE/COLLARD GREENS - :( They did terrible for me! I came out one day and they had a few bug holes in the leaves and the next day they were covered in holes! I ended up just picking them all but yesterday at my neighborhood festival, I passed by the community garden and noticed all of their had holes in the leaves as well. I'm going to research this further and see if that's something that just happens and doesn't affect the plant but I was convinced I had cabbage worms and my crop was gone.
HERBS - doing pretty well. I remember my herbs being super impressive last year but I think that's because I planted them later - right around this time. I think that they are going to look even better when the weather gets a little warmer, although, it has been in the 90's this past week already. Great year for gardening.
SQUASH - beautiful. I think yellow squash leaves are so pretty. I have probably 20ish fruits growing. I think they will be ready to eat in 2-3 weeks and I can't WAIT.
PEPPERS - still growing! My yellow, cayenne, red and green are steadily growing but I don't see any fruits yet. I think I remember last year that my peppers produced after the tomatoes so they are right on schedule.
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I planted a little watermelon patch today that I think is so cute. I purchased 3 different varieties and one is a yellow watermelon that I think will be fun to eat. I also planted some wildflowers in a metal bucket that I got in a packets from Mark's sister's wedding recently. I'm really excited for them to come up because I have no idea what they will look like.
Yesterday, I planted some things where the romaine and cabbage had been picked. I planted some zucchini, tarragon and three basil varieties in the flower boxes and another basil variety, okra, orange, jalepeno and other peppers and mint in containers.
This year, so far, I have planted:
- 2 tomato varieties (no cherry, though! I regret that...next year!)
- okra
- lavender
- rosemary
- 2 thyme varieties
- oregano
- 5 basil varieties (sweet, thai, boxwood, globe, cinnamon)
- dill
- sage
- lemon balm
- mint
- 3 watermelon varieties
- 8 pepper plants (yellow, green, red, orange, jalepeno, cayenne and 3 other varieties I can't remember because I let Mark pick out the plants)
- parsley
- yellow squash
- zucchini squash
- pole beans
- tarragon
I already want to eat them all.
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