Garden dreaming

It has been ages since I posted here but I am starting to think about gardening for twenty-ten even amidst the cold and snow.

Just this morning I decided that I was going to start some perrenial herbs pretty soon in order to get a better jump than last year. Specifically rosemary, sage, thyme and maybe a couple more depending on what I have around.

I am going to try not to buy any seeds this year; I have a ton of seeds around so I will try to make do with those. I am sure that the temptation will be overwhelming but I will try to stand firm.

Speaking of temptation, around New Year's eve I saw someone post on GardenWeb that they were starting tomato seeds (someone in zone 5 type of climate) and I was sorely tempted. I am going to hold out until at least 2/15!

Peas

I was just looking back at the post before last; in those pictures the peas are about 18" high. They are twice as high now, I'll get a picture later and put it up.

8 is enough

Planted the last tomatoes in the garden tonight. Now there are eight tomatoes.

Sweet 100
Lemon Boy
Viva Italia
San Marzano
Brandywine Red
Red Zebra
Zhongshu #4
Bloody Butcher

I also put in two peppers tonight (one bell and one Jap). I just have another Jap and a bunch of herbs and I will be about done with the garden.

First pea blossom today.

Blossoms

The big plants have blossoms!







Tomato volunteers (spontaneously sprouted from seed)



Peas



Chive flowers

Paydirt

On May 21st we planted out our first 4 tomatoes!

Here are the candidates



The plants in big pots are 59 days old in this picture; the little plant (San Marzano) is 44 days.

A hole 'to China'



Filled with good stuff




Nice roots (sweet 100)



Lemon Boy on left, sweet 100 on right



Roma on left, San Marzano on right




You can see that the sun was set by the time we got them all squared away. It felt really good to see them in the ground.

More Plants in big pots + all tomato names

Took the training wheels off of 8 more plants tonight. Now there are 22 plants in large pots.

Someone asked about which plants we have; here is the whole list of what we have growing:

Better Boy
Bloody Butcher
Brandywine
Container Choice
Early Girly
Lemon Boy
Red Zebra
Roma (Viva Italia)
San Marzano
Sweet 100
Tiny Tim
Zhongshu #4

Going to let the babies sleep outside tonight

There are now 14 plants in large pots that have been spending their days outside and their nights in the garage.

Tonight is supposed to be mild so they are going spend the first night ever in the elements!