Veganic garden as of 6/20/2008
I meant to make this a “page” and not a “post”, so I could link to it. Oh well. Humor me, and take a look at my latest garden pictures. I truly have no life. (Even worse, when it rains, and I don’t have to water anything. I just watch it grow.)
Here are some pictures I took today. First I wanted to try to capture the curly loops on the tops of my garlic plants, because I thought they were cool. (If you click on the pictures, a larger version will pop up, which will show more than these do.)
Then I wanted to try to capture my baby cayenne peppers, because I never had luck with peppers yet. And I think this will be a good year….
Then I tried to capture my largest baby broccoli….
I also have some baby bush beans, but I’ve raised them before, so they aren’t a novelty.
Here’s a picture of my 13 potted tomato plants in front of the Earth Box, the Square Foot Garden, and the potato patch….
This morning, I noticed that the tomato plants in the front two pots had been victims of a vegan varmint who had dug them out. I repotted them. They’re doing fine. Of all the plants to disturb, there were no seeds in those pots. (I have soy, carrots, basil and parsley in the long flower boxes. I might have understood foraging there instead.)
So, I had counted 27 tomato plants the last time. I have 4 Better Boys and 2 grape tomato plants that I bought in the flat of veggies. 3 more planted themselves from last year. So I won’t know if they’re Better Boys or Romas, until they “hatch”. The rest were planted from seed. They’ll catch up. And if they’re late bloomers, it will probably be a good thing if they don’t all have to be picked at the same time. The 4 in the low flower box are Beefsteak, and the rest are Better Boys. (The tomatoes in the pot are the “overflow” that I didn’t have room for in the garden. But they’re in a sunnier spot, so should do well.) Next year, I probably won’t plant so many. But I was hoping to give some seedlings away. I guess I’ll just give the tomatoes away, unless I learn how to can them, or freeze them. It would be worthwhile to learn how to can, and to make my own spaghetti sauce to last all year, since organic sauce costs from $3.50 and up for a jar, depending on what’s on sale.