Pardon the Dust

As I try a bit with a new theme around here.  I’ll get it worked out.

The Plants Have Arrived, Part II

The plants from Seed Savers plus the others I bought in the new garden box.

The Plants Have Arrived

So the plants arrived on Thursday, and while they were slightly smaller than I was expecting, they were all very healthy. We’ve got 12 tomato plants and 6 pepper plants (a mix of hot and sweet). Yesterday we bought some additional plants, including marigolds, basil, and a few more tomato plants.

They’ve been planted. Once it cools down I’ll go take a few pictures of them in the ground.

My Plants are Being Shipped

Last year I had some problems with my tomato plants. Well, it was really one big problem, they died. As I watched the pattern, I noticed a few things:  1) they were all the same variety, 2) they were all purchased from the same vendor at the local farmer’s market. While two other varieties produced, the bulk of my plants turned yellow and just died.

This year, I’m hedging my bets. My father-in-law gave me a gift certificate to Seed Savers for Christmas. While I don’t have the time, energy, or space to grow from seed, Seed Savers does sell transplants of key varieties. Today I received notification that the plants had been shipped and should be here by the end of the week. My plan is to add more dirt to each of the boxes, fertilize them, and potentially plant depending on the upcoming weather predictions. I’ll post more pictures once they arrive.

BTW, thanks to Shannon for the picture from one of our previous gardens.

Welcome

So I’ve still got some housekeeping to do around here (as I do in the garden), but I’ll get there.  Overall, my blogging is best when I’m focused on a topic so I thought if I were to write about gardening, I might as well start a gardening blog. 

I chose the photoblog theme because I also figured that the best way to write about a garden is to show as much as possible. So for the first post, here I am in the garden, preparing it for the upcoming season. I’ve built a third box (shown on the right) and mulched between the boxes to make it all a more cohesive unit.  My wife posted some nice in-process pictures on her cooking blog, found here.

So I’ll clean the blog up in the next week or so, continue to add pictures in process, and direct you to anything I find interesting. Stay tuned.