Pictures!

Now everything is planted! And the patio is an absolute mess. The carrots sprouted just a few days ago and are coming up in force now.

This is one view of the patio. The tomato cages are huge, but Zac told me they were the smaller size. I should have gone to see the bigger size. I have never heard of tomato trees. This picture doesn't even show everything. To the left of the tomatoes is the planter of carrots. The pieces of wood are what Zac is going to use to build three trellises.

Another view of the patio. The orange things in the blue plastic container are my discarded plant labels. I switched them out with the nice new white ones. Kirke is having a hard time finding a spot to look through the lattice.


Chamomile! No flowers yet.



Peas! These are doing very well. They are sending out climbing shoots (I'm sure there is a real name for them), so hopefully they'll have a trellis to climb soon.


Peppers! Still very small. What is amazing to me is how poorly they do on really hot days. They do not like it, they didn't like it last year either. Wimpy peppers. I have two planters of these, for six plants. Two mini yellow, two mini red, and two regular sized green/red.


A note to Grandma: I know you wanted to buy me the pots...but I'll tell you what, get me two topsy turvy hanging bags for Christmas and I'll grow cucumbers next year.

Dirt all over the patio

Back from California and things are growing nicely. The cilantro sprouted and the peas are almost two inches tall. Yesterday and today I did a lot more work on the garden. I planted one big planter full of carrots. They are a small variety and I opted for some overcrowding and planted three rows. It worked alright last year to eat the tiny ones I pulled out to thin the ranks and let the others grow bigger. I also transplanted a lot of the sprouts. The one chamomile plant I transplanted took to the new pot right away, I'd say it grew half an inch overnight. I don't have the final pots for the tomatoes yet, but I moved them into tiny pots that are at least larger than the little pods they had been trying to grow in.

I think I found a strawberry sprout, but it's too soon to say whether that is a strawberry or a weed.

There aren't too many things left to transplant. Just the bell peppers, chamomile, and stage 2 on the tomatoes. I still have the nasturtium seeds to plant and a few more violas. Later in the spring I'll sow the seeds for basil and more cilantro. Right now I have an abundance of basil in the house, so I have time to kill.

I'll take some pictures of my productive porch in the next couple days and post them.