Ok, as promised, here is a picture of my big Brandy Wine Tomatoes. This was the only picture worthy of going on a blog, so up it went! I can't wait for my other 2 slicing tomato plants to produce fruit!

my garden

well, i finally got produce! i have one cucumber! Plus tomatoes, I have Cherry & Jelly bean tomatoes. Now I have 3 slicer tomatoes on the way, I haven't gotten a picture of them yet, but I will when they're a little bigger. I also have about 12 Serrano Peppers (at least I think that's what they are!)

Well, most of my garden died off, other then a bell pepper plant, which was the Purple one I bought from the store, a handful of other misc pepper plants I grew from seed, about 6 either jelly bean or cherry tomato plants, that only gave me 3 jelly beans, & 3 slicer sized tomato plants. I haven't gotten any slicer's yet, but maybe soon since they're flowering nicely! Oh, I also have a cucumber plant that has 4 cucumbers on them! My very first year growing, & I'll have to take a pic of them this week and post it. This fall, I'm going to buy some loamy soil & make a frameless raised bed for my tomatoes next year, and mounds for everything else. I'm still trying to figure out a good bunny resistance for my green beans, I want to grow the green kind & some that are purple, & turn green when cooked. The rabbits ate all 4 of them.....I was so disappointed, I almost bought a bebe gun, lol. Well, here's to research on that! I'm also going to try and find a recycled trelace so I can have a spot in the yard for shady plants, but that'll be later on. Next growing season I'll be taking things slowly, since I'm planting from seed, some I think I'll buy, but we'll see! 

Well, I've got alot of tomatoes growing that will be transplanted within the next week, I've got 4 of all but eggplants still for my vertical bed, & still 2 jalapeño starters. It rained really bad the other day, so I have to wait on the ground to dry to finish the bed, unfortunately, but at the same time, it gives my plants extra time to grow taller & healthier. My sunflowers are doing great, they're getting taller & taller. My mom bought me a rosemary plant that likes full sun, so I put her right with the sunflowers, & she's doing great! I think my purple cone flowers are finally growing, so I'll be able to put them into the ground like I planned, with the sunflowers soon as it dries up enough. I did get 2 heads of romaine lettuce in the planter that I thought died when it hit the floor, but they're healthy, & I actually found a partly shady spot they like. I think I'm going to move them to the other porch, though, where its even more shady so I might be able to get more lettuce. I am surprised though, that the rabbit has left them alone. I didn't get to my raised beds this year, due to finances, but, I will be putting up my tomato tepee's as soon as they're tall enough, I'll have at least 2-4 of them. As soon as everything is up & planted, I'll try and get pictures taken & posted on here, too. No new updates other then the cold weather is finally gone, & plants are thriving this year!

Ok, I know I haven't posted since March, but April was a flop with all the plants I tried growing. My cats got to them, the heat, the cold, too wet, you name it! Well, now we're nearing the end of frost season, so I'm feeling safer & safer. I've got Okra, Jubliee tomatoes, jelly bean, cherry, & brandy wine slicing tomatoes growing, they're all between 1/2"-2" tall now. I've got about 8-10 sunflowers, called Autum Beauty, in their bed, with part of the bedframe up. I'm getting some mulch from a friend to help reduce grass growth around them, so they don't get choked out. The same friend gave me alot of Iris plants that are going around my shed (once my grass gets cut)! I just planted all the plants for my vertial garden, so we'll see sprouting in a few weeks. I did get the chicken wire for it, so now it needs to dry up a little so we can mow, to get my stakes in the ground for the garden :) I can't wait! I do have to find a new home, however, because I forgot my landlord is doing work at that side of the house this summer (don't want to block his work space). This summer is looking very fruitful in many ways!! :) Will post more later on!

My new babies!

My okra are now about 4" tall, my lavender is nearly 3" tall, my cilantro got too cold & didn't make it, but my chards are growing nicely, too! They're about the same size as my lavender. I figured out the math on how to plan my sunflowers & purple coneflowers so they'll sprout & bloom around the same 2 weeks as each other. Its working out great, but now all I need is my ground to dry up & get nice weather so I can plant into the ground!!

Restarting my garden

Well, I had to replant everything. I think my mini-green houses got too cold in the window, so I replanted things & they're almost all sprouted. I think only 2 things haven't. So far, I planted okra, iceberg lettuce, 2 types of hot peppers, Swiss chard, and lavender. This coming week, I plan on planting some sunflowers, coneflowers, eggplant, pole green beans, squash & cucumbers for my vertical garden, and I'll be planting alot of tomato plants in pots, and 3 in the ground. So far everything is going according to plan, again. I found 2 2X2's around the shed and I'm going to use them (I have to buy it, but I'm going to use chicken wire to hold up my plants). I'm sure it'll work out. I'm still planing on the tepee's for my tomatoes I'm staking in the ground. So I'll be busy this summer, plus, I may help my sister with a couple raised beds for herself, but we'll see! Happy planting!