Dana's Garden

So I think I’ve learned from all of this that I really suck at starting plants from seed.  Herbs that I’m going to keep inside seem to do well – however, transplanting to the ground is a whole different story.

I guess maybe I didn’t let the seedlings get big enough first, but I had left them outside for a couple weeks to harden, transferred them to bigger pots – but they just weren’t getting any bigger – what gives?  I’d really appreciate some feedback from people who might have tried this before!

I tried to transplant my peppers and eggplants to the garden, but…they just didn’t make it.  They were just really small and flimsy I guess, and didn’t want to root into the ground.  So alas, I made a trip to the City Market this Saturday and bought 4 red/yellow bell pepper plants, a jalapeno plant, and 2 eggplant-plants and transplanted them.  (Kurt says I cheated because I didn’t grow them from seed.  I appreciate his new enthusiasm for gardening, but come on! )  I also picked up another Navajo thornless blackberry plant – loving those!  They’re still pretty small, but they’re doing great in the ground and are flowering little white flowers. Pretty.

As I made the trip over Saturday morning to transplant, I also noticed peas coming up!  Sunflower is getting bigger too.  Getting concerned about water supply – I typically take over about 8 gallons of water, which used to be much more than what you needed in one day, so I could kind of stock up on water, per se.  However, now that we have so much planted, it takes almost 8 gallons for just one watering!  Yikes.  We really need to come up with a rain-catching system soon.  My little ghetto project from several weeks back never panned out.

Anyway, I’m out of commission this week since I’m on another business trip.  Kurt will be running the show in my absence.  Gotta love him!

Good night folks,

Dana