Apr
9
My winter tomatoes were more of a success than I ever thought. I planted my spring tomatoes and now I have babies on the Early Girl and the Romas. I sure hope the sun doesn’t burn them to a crisp before I get the best of them, too. Saw my first artichoke baby as well. A good start to spring, soon to be summer. I went and saw a local organic farm last weekend, and plan to incorporate more of their practices in my small backyard endeavor. Mostly flowers among the vegetables to draw more bees and beneficials, also used as ground cover in the place of mulch. Anxious to see how that’s gonna work for me….sure looks prettier….
You had great tomatoes through the winter, I had none.
I’ve only planted lettuce, spinach, snap peas and I have my hold-over peppers of various kinds and my only artichoke has no presented for the first time. The artichoke plant is huge… in the future I will have to allow 6 feet or so between plants.
I’ve not ventured into non-edibles yet… There is so much to learn!
How are the hold-over peppers? I planted a couple new plants (not from seed) and they have small flower buds on them, but the plants are still so little. At least I know what to do with them this year. That was a brilliant learning experience thanks to you.