Seedling update 3-30-2008

Seedling update 3-30-2008

Cabbage, pumpkin, broccoli.


Roma and Rutgers tomatoes

Aftermath

I am not sure if it is because it is close to my birthday, the wrath of the evil bushes or just the sledge hammer pissed off at my leg but this is the fist (and hopefully last) garden injuries of the year.

Lesson #1 do not use a sledge hammer with dirty gloves




Lesson # 2 leave no skin exposed when dispatching evil poisonous bushes.

After

After modifications. This adds almost 59 square feet to last years garden for a grand total of 215 square feet (that's a lot of weeding!). New retaining walls were put up behind the beds. New landscape ties replace the flimsy plastic boarder. The poisonous bushes were removed (with the help of the Ford truck) ;-)!

Compost

After hours of digging scraping and shoveling we were able to limp Kevin's trailer to the house. It was over loaded with about 3 yards of compost complements of Whitehall township. Now all we have to do is shovel it off and till it in.

Sprouting seeds

4 days in and there are sprouting seeds already!


Cabbage Seeds


Broccoli


Roma tomatoes

Before

This is the garden before an modifications for this year

Green house

The green house has gotten an update this year. Two more grow lights have been added and soon to have a third for a total of five.

Top shelf


2nd Shelf

3d shelf

bottom shelf

2008 start of the garden

I is time again to start seeds inside. We are staring more seeds this year with the plan of increasing the size of the garden. That is the plan but we will see.


seeds for planing inside


New seed starter


More started seeds



Basset hard at work

2007 Garden End

Well that ends the 2007 garden. The frost has come and the first light snow has fallen. All of the dead plants have been removed in preparation of next year. Over all a good year. Defiantly had too many tomatoes. Next year we will grow less and be predominately heirloom and Roma. The peppers came on strong too late in the year and were snuffed out prematurely by the cold. The tomatillos were and experience (one that will not be repeated) they taste awful and took over the garden. Now it is on to next year.



Garden cleaned out



(except for the last few carrots)



Garlic planted for next year.



Containers cleaned out

Green tomatoes

The frost is suppose to come tonight so all of the green tomatoes Had to come off. The tomatoes are finaly done;-) !

Note to self- grow less tomatoes next year.

Peppers

Purple peppers taking off ... finally



Yellow peppers taking off ... finally



Probably the last good pepper harvest of the year.

Note to self - start peppers earlier next year.