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Friday, May 2, 2014

Trellises & Hot Peppers

Yesterday and today were pretty warm days between 65 and 75F. I planted hot peppers in the garden and put up two trellises. One for the honey and brandywine tomatoes and the other for my cucumbers. I took pictures of the various veggies growing in my garden.
Link to newest plant:
Barkers New Mexican Chile (Bonnie Plants/Lowes)

Here is the newest member of my collection. A New Mexican hot chile. Bonnie Plants promises a spicy pepper.

Trellises at center of photo with my new Barnes and Noble bag.

Tomato trellis (left) & Cucumber trellis (right). The tomatoe trellis uses some untreated stakes from Lowe's vertically and the two horizontal pieces are 1" thick hollow bamboo. The one on right is assembled with branches that have fallen off the trees from our rental home and some untreated short stakes from Lowe's.

This is the Jalapeno plant Danielle gave to me. He is tied to the tomato trellis with Jute rope for the moment.

We think it's a strawberry plant. I chopped it's flowers off today so it can focus on growing roots and hopefully fruit later in the year.

Spinach

Baby Butterhead Lettuce
Baby Butterhead Lettuce

We think it's Salad Bowl Lettuce


Broccoli Raab

Collard Greens (they are tiny; the picture is deceiving)

Kohlrabi is growing pretty well.

Mostly Radishes with some Carrots sprinkled here and there


I fed my plants fish emulsion (Espoma) yesterday.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Bay Leaf, Lemon Verbena & French Thyme

I planted French Thyme in the garden and a Sweet Bay plant and Lemon Verbena in containers outside today.

French Thyme (Behnke's)
Lemon Verbena (Behnke's)
Sweet Bay (Behnke's)

Sweet Bay (left), French Thyme (center), & Lemon Verbena (right)

French Thyme is planted in the garden between the Kholrabi and Zucchini. The plan is for the Thyme to take over the Kholrabi spot when I harvest it in two months.

Here are some of the potting soils I've used for seedlings and for new container plants.



Saturday, April 26, 2014

Pictures at sunset right before sprinkling of rain

Baby Butterhead Lettuce from seed

Random lettuce that popped up (We think it's Salad Bowl Lettuce).
Cilantro seedlings that survived the small flood (I guess they are too close together)


Radishes (large leaves) & Carrots (teeny tiny leaves at right)

Broccoli Raab (left) Butterhead Lettuce (center) & random lettuce from previous tenant (left)

Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi up close

Onions (back) Oregano (left) & Rosemary (right)

Strawberry (I think) plant from previous tenant

Calendula seedling transplanted