sometimes the plants just like to look pretty
sometimes the plants just like to look pretty
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Helped my dad do some planting over the weekend. The first 2 rows (from the left) are a mix of early, low acid and beefsteak tomatoes. The next 2 rows are bell peppers closer to the camera, then hungarian wax peppers and hot banana peppers at the end. After that is a row of sown snow peas, then a row of radishes + beets. Last 2 rows has some pickling cucumber, then marigolds, dill, then green onions. I'm not too confident that the cucumbers will take off, I forgot to start those seeds a few weeks ago. I'll buy some seedlings to replace those if they don't start sprouting in the next 10 days or so.
The marigolds and dill are next to the burrning bushes to hopefully attract some lady bug and praying mantis frens to help keep the garden clear. They're by the bushes to hopefully give those nice bugs a little shelter from the birds.
Helped my dad do some planting over the weekend. The first 2 rows (from the left) are a mix of early, low acid and beefsteak tomatoes. The next 2 rows are bell peppers closer to the camera, then hungarian wax peppers and hot banana peppers at the end. After that is a row of sown snow peas, then a row of radishes + beets. Last 2 rows has some pickling cucumber, then marigolds, dill, then green onions. I'm not too confident that the cucumbers will take off, I forgot to start those seeds a few weeks ago. I'll buy some seedlings to replace those if they don't start sprouting in the next 10 days or so.
The marigolds and dill are next to the burrning bushes to hopefully attract some lady bug and praying mantis frens to help keep the garden clear. They're by the bushes to hopefully give those nice bugs a little shelter from the birds.
also, we dug up the sod on the inside of the fence. I didn't expect my dad to buy so many god damned tomato plants so I had to plant them on the edges of what we had planned to fit them all. the garden started at 24'x20' but ended up a little under 26'x22'.
also, we dug up the sod on the inside of the fence. I didn't expect my dad to buy so many god damned tomato plants so I had to plant them on the edges of what we had planned to fit them all. the garden started at 24'x20' but ended up a little under 26'x22'.
I'm hoping for a big season. I did quarts and quarts of tomatoes and sauce last year, but it went so quickly that we ran out before Christmas.
I'm hoping for a big season. I did quarts and quarts of tomatoes and sauce last year, but it went so quickly that we ran out before Christmas.
homemade tomato sauce is soooooooo good. It isn't easy , but man, it is good
homemade tomato sauce is soooooooo good. It isn't easy , but man, it is good
We all thought so. I think I put up 40 quarts last year. Everyone working here has lunch in the house everyday, so what I made wasn't close to being enough for 16 adults for the year. Not even if it was only for lunches ;-) Between lunches and 3-4 lasagnas and some calzones I made for dinners, the sauce only lasted into November. We used up the last whole tomatoes in January before we went back to Honolulu.
We all thought so. I think I put up 40 quarts last year. Everyone working here has lunch in the house everyday, so what I made wasn't close to being enough for 16 adults for the year. Not even if it was only for lunches ;-) Between lunches and 3-4 lasagnas and some calzones I made for dinners, the sauce only lasted into November. We used up the last whole tomatoes in January before we went back to Honolulu.
I was so disappointed with this season. I got tomatos but not the expected volume.
My Carolina reaper was so healthy but only gave me 5 peppers despite flowering like crazy.