The moment I have been dreaming about since February finally arrived today. There are officially plants in my garden!
Let's go on a tour of what I did today:
Peppers
This large specimen is the beautifully overwintered sweet pickle pepper plant that I grew on my balcony last summer. I kept it in a south-facing window over the winter and occasionally watered it (and by occasionally I actually mean rarely, oops). It did SO WELL and should be putting out peppers very early this year. I also overwintered my jalapeno plant, which is a little more distressed looking... but I'm hoping he perks up now that he's in the ground. He's at the far end of the pepper row. In between the two I planted a variety of other kinds of peppers... 16 plants total! Note that I am using old tent poles as stakes. They're the perfect size and won't rust! I'll add them to the rest of the peppers too as they get taller and need more support.
Peppers planted and mulched |
Cucamelons growing on a volleyball net |
My mom gave me 4 of her old "Topsy Turvy" hanging tomato planters, so I thought I'd give them a try with the yellow Tumbling Toms I grew this year. Getting the plants in the planter was a bit of a challenge, as was holding the plant at the proper stem height while trying to fill the planter with potting mix, but again I managed. Once I watered these they weighed about 1000 lbs each. So don't worry, they're not going anywhere! I hung one planter on each corner of the gazebo.
Topsy Turvy Tumbling Toms |
Tomato bed in action. What a nice looking garden! |
I am also sad to report that the morning glories I was so happy about in my last post didn't survive the cool temperatures we had the past few nights. I meant to go cover them up Friday afternoon (it went down to zero degrees or so Friday night... brrrr!) but I forgot. Today they were all shriveled up. RIP morning glories. I'll have to pop a few more seeds in the ground asap to replace them.
No sign of the lettuce, beans, or peas I planted last week either - again, I blame the cold temperatures. I'm hoping with the warmer weather coming back now things should start sprouting.
Anyways, that's it for today. Here's one final look at the cucamelons and tomatoes, and my relaxing garden chair!