Today I finally flipped out a load of compost--I set up my last tomato box (not counting the ones I have to, um, build) and some plant is going to be VERY happy in that box.
I took some photos of my garlic, so later I'll post those.
Today I started lettuce...head lettuces and cutting mix. Bell peppers, cucmbers, and tomatoes. Three are cherries: sweet 100 (red) lemondrop (yellow) and sungold (orange) The sungold took over the earth last summer. I also started 2 large varieties...Rutgers and Jersey Giant. The latter is a good paste tomato and was picked because I plan on making my own sauce this year. I also use a lot of canned diced tomatoes, and I am am going to try and put some of my own up (probably frozen) I picked the two large varieties from Baker Creek as they were both developed here in Jersey...it seemed appropriate.
I also started some barley and cat grass for my kitty, and moved some of the overwintered plants to my bedroom, where it is easy to pop them outside when its nice out.
Now to stand back and wait...
Monday, March 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Spring?
The Plan Tomorrow is to start seeds:
Lettuces
Tomatoes (5 varieties!)
Peppers
Peas
I have good news in the overwintered portion of my garden....I can count 8 sets of garlic greens poking out of the two boxes. I am pretty sure I only planted 8, so if I get all of them that will be awesome.
I have been fighting aphids with my mints all winter. I think we're stalemated at the moment--I've been spritzing these little buggers with soap spray, but I can't say the results are great. What I did 2 weeks ago was really cut back my chocolate and pepper mints since these were the worse affected--they both had new growth in the pots, so I figured they would come back OK. As I did this, I found there was a second plant growing in the peppermint pot...and it looked an AWFUL lot like my late lamented Kentucky Colonel Mint (which makes a screaming awesome mojito) I picked a leaf and crumpled it...and its Kentucky Colonel Mint. Hooray. I was wondering if I'd need to order another one, but apparently not--this looks very healthy and will just want its own pot in the spring.
My strawberry plant has been chugging along aphid free all winter. This morning it has a FLOWER onit and it is trying to grow a berry. It seems to be spring in my sunroom at least.
Lettuces
Tomatoes (5 varieties!)
Peppers
Peas
I have good news in the overwintered portion of my garden....I can count 8 sets of garlic greens poking out of the two boxes. I am pretty sure I only planted 8, so if I get all of them that will be awesome.
I have been fighting aphids with my mints all winter. I think we're stalemated at the moment--I've been spritzing these little buggers with soap spray, but I can't say the results are great. What I did 2 weeks ago was really cut back my chocolate and pepper mints since these were the worse affected--they both had new growth in the pots, so I figured they would come back OK. As I did this, I found there was a second plant growing in the peppermint pot...and it looked an AWFUL lot like my late lamented Kentucky Colonel Mint (which makes a screaming awesome mojito) I picked a leaf and crumpled it...and its Kentucky Colonel Mint. Hooray. I was wondering if I'd need to order another one, but apparently not--this looks very healthy and will just want its own pot in the spring.
My strawberry plant has been chugging along aphid free all winter. This morning it has a FLOWER onit and it is trying to grow a berry. It seems to be spring in my sunroom at least.
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