First Garden Plot 29 Plantings

Today I planted Cilantro, Radishes, Carrots, Parsley, Spinach, Swiss Chard, Collard Greens, Scallions, Lettuce and Broccoli Raab.

I took advantage of some relief from the rain to improve the garden bed fence with stakes and stainless steel screws. Hoping that with the rain the next couple days my seeds will get off to a good start.

Hot Peppers & Tomatoe Seedlings (First True Leaves)

I planted Hot Peppers finally: Tiburon Poblanos, Jalafuego Jalapenos & Highlander Anaheims

First true leaves are showing up on the tomatoes. This Brandywine has two.

Roma Tomato with a true leaf showing.

Chamomile still looking the same.

Hot Peppers, Broccoli Raab & Lettuce

New additions to my seed collection (Thanks to my sis for the hot pepper hook up):

Garden Babies Butterhead
Broccoli Raab
Highlander Anaheim Pepper
Tiburon Poblano Pepper
Jalafuego Jalapeno

Herbs, Onions and Flowers

Today I planted parsley, sage, dill, chamomile, thai basil, leeks, scallions, and marigolds using yogurt, ricotta cheese and solo cups and egg cartons. I don't think these will work as well as the plastic egg cartons but we shall see.

 

Fertilizer

Yesterday I fed my seedlings some Gro-Tone Espoma Fish Protein "For Organic Gardening". We'll see how they react to it. I also purchased some Organic Neptune's fish fertilizer liquid. They both say organic but the Neptune one lists OMRI.

My eggplants (lower half) and peppers (upper half) are coming up now; they took two days longer than the tomatoes.

Seeds for the Garden (Links below)

Edible Flowers:

• Calendula, Flashback Mix (Organic)
• Nasturtium, Dwarf Cherry Rose
• Edible Marigold, Lemon Gem 

To make some tea (Chamomile is not for pregnant/lactating women):

• German Chamomile

Herbs:

• Cilantro, Calypso
• Sage, Common
• Parsley, Titan
• Basil, Siam Queen
• Dill, Fernleaf 

Veggies:

• Sweet Potato, Porto Rico Bush
• Radishes, Pink Beauty 
• Carrots, Kaleidoscope Mix 
• Bell Pepper, Carnival Mix 
• Cucumber, Burpless Beauty 
• Zucchini, Black Beauty   (Good for small spaces)
• Collards, Georgia 
• Swiss Chard, Neon Lights Mix 
• Eggplant, Shooting Stars
• Scallions, Big Bunch
• Leeks, American Flag
• Spinach, Bloomsdale Longstanding
• Roma Tomato, Burpee 
• Brandywine Tomato (Martha Stewart Ferry-Morse Organic)

Takoma Park Community Garden

 Today my roma tomatoes (determinate) and brandywine tomatoes (indeterminate) decided to poke out of their seed. I used plastic egg cartons to grow them from seed with Mosser Lee moss seed soil.

The seeds in the right egg carton still haven't come up; they are eggplant and bell peppers.

Brandywine tomatoe seedling

Here's a picture of my planned garden layout. It will definitely change because I want to grow some tristar strawberries. I have a 9 foot by 20 foot plot that butts up next to my neighbor. Initially it had two long rows about 4 feet wide and 20 feet long with a small 1 foot wide walkway down the center. There was no walkway separating me from my neighbor. I changed it to allow for me to access all my veggies if  and when I get pregnant. =) I decided to make them 3 feet wide because 1.5 feet is what I can reach easily. The walkways I added to maximize the planting space and give me enough room to garden. I decided to put the one walkway on the right to give some room between my neighbor and I.