Just before leaving home, I planted the vegetable garden. My back may never forgive me.
Now that the weather has finally turned the corner (high 70’s all day today), those seedlings will actually get enough heat and sunlight to grow. I planted three different varieties of peppers,
eight different kinds of tomatoes (three of which are cherry tomatoes) and two different squashes.
The big clump above is a mash-up of beet greens and chard that wintered over and self-seeded.
Four sweet basil plants from Trader Joe’s, which always has them this time of year. Bright marigolds, companion planted near the tomatoes to keep insects at bay. Two different varieties of lettuce.
And finally, three different kinds of cucumbers. After all these years of trial and error, I realized that once we have picked the green beans a few times, everybody gets sick of them and the rest get huge and woody – and remain uneaten, so it made no sense to plant them again.
Can’t wait to start picking – though the harvest is at least 8 weeks away.
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