Friday, February 20, 2009

late winter projects

Put some peas in the ground today. I decide to try growing them around some tomato cages, since I have them.

I started seeds yesterday for:
  • lettuce (3 loose-leafed varieties)
  • basil (large leafed Italian, red rubin, cinnamon)
  • cherry tomatoes (jenny, ladybug)
  • regular tomatoes (early girl, container choice, pineapple, glory)
  • peppers (karma, carmen, sweet pickle, sweet banana, golden summer, ancho 101)
  • eggplant (black beauty)
  • califlower (amazing)
  • cabbage (cairo)
  • some herbs including coneflower white swan, which I intend to plant in the trouble side of my front garden.
  • tomatillo (toma verde)

I feel like the califlower and the cabbage may be a little too late, but maybe not...

I also mulched the front beds. I called a local supplier of soil and was much impressed by what he told me about their soil/compost blend. My husband is going to build the rest of my beds this weekend, and then I intend to have soil and mulch delivered near the next weekend.

It's funny to think back on last year and how I planted everything so late and didn't water nearly enough, didn't mulch, had no idea what I was doing... I'm surprised I grew anything at all!