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Garden Update
May. 15th, 2007 07:29 amSaturday while at the Westlake Ace to pick up a saw I looked through the plants they had for sale and discovered they had both lemon basil and lemon mint. I was especially happy about the lemon mint; I had tried that last year and found it to be a wonderful ice tea herb. My pot of it (gardening tip: DO NOT plant any mint in the ground unless you have a plot surrounded on all sides by 3 feet of conrete, or are ok with having your entire yard taken over by it) hadn't survived the winter and the store I bought it from last year didn't seem to have it this year, so I had given up hope on the matter. But now I just need to decide how big of a pot I want to give to it: the one I used last year is now holding violas, so that's out.
Sunday night I turned over the ground in my garden out back (a strip of land about 2' by 7') and added a few more feet to it. I got all 4 of my tomatoes (Early Girl, Juliet, Black Cherry and Nebraska Wedding) planted, as well as both bell peppers. I dithered awhile on my eggplant and decided that I wanted that as a pot plant. It is still somewhat small, and by the time it gets big enough to plant out I can put it in the big bucket the Purple Dragon carrots are in now.
Monday morning I saw there was a 70% chance of rain Monday night, so I came home form work, grabbed my bag of seeds and headed out to the garden. In the west I could just see the tall, puffy white towers that announce thunderstorms in Nebraska. I planted Masi bush beans, a purple pole bean from Italy, Painted Lady runner beans, amaranth, salad mix, parsley, and dandelions. By the time I finished the sky had gone gray and I was quite certain that I could rely on the incoming storm to water in my seeds for me.
Now comes the long wait. I'll have some minor harvesting from my container gardens in the next few weeks, but I won't get anything big from my garden for about six weeks. The various greens will be ready first, and then if I'm lucky I'll have Early Girl tomatoes in July. In the meantime, the strip of land in front of my porch needs love.
Sunday night I turned over the ground in my garden out back (a strip of land about 2' by 7') and added a few more feet to it. I got all 4 of my tomatoes (Early Girl, Juliet, Black Cherry and Nebraska Wedding) planted, as well as both bell peppers. I dithered awhile on my eggplant and decided that I wanted that as a pot plant. It is still somewhat small, and by the time it gets big enough to plant out I can put it in the big bucket the Purple Dragon carrots are in now.
Monday morning I saw there was a 70% chance of rain Monday night, so I came home form work, grabbed my bag of seeds and headed out to the garden. In the west I could just see the tall, puffy white towers that announce thunderstorms in Nebraska. I planted Masi bush beans, a purple pole bean from Italy, Painted Lady runner beans, amaranth, salad mix, parsley, and dandelions. By the time I finished the sky had gone gray and I was quite certain that I could rely on the incoming storm to water in my seeds for me.
Now comes the long wait. I'll have some minor harvesting from my container gardens in the next few weeks, but I won't get anything big from my garden for about six weeks. The various greens will be ready first, and then if I'm lucky I'll have Early Girl tomatoes in July. In the meantime, the strip of land in front of my porch needs love.
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