And so it begins...

[ksmith]

Bell pepper and tomato seeds went into the starter tray this morning.



Four kinds of tomatoes: Aunt Ginny's Purple, Mountain Fresh, Siberian, and Tommy Toe. The Siberian is supposed to do well in cooler weather, so I may put that in the ground a week or two earlier than the others. It's supposed to fruit a little more quickly as well, so maybe I'll have first tomatoes in July instead of August. The other varieties are various levels of early or late blight resistant. I'll put a layer of mulch over the plants after I transplant them to prevent the spores splashing up during watering, and hope for the best.

Three kinds of bell peppers also went into the tray: red, purple, and chocolate. Not sure if I will have the room to plant any other varieties. Next month I will start the lettuce and broccoli raab in the ground. The basil garden, I will start in deck pots.

Everything is drying out and greening up, and they're talking about a snowstorm midweek, dammit. I am so over winter. I hope they're wrong.

Comments

[kiviuq.livejournal.com]

Growing your own veggies is such a good idea.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It's my fourth year. I still have puree and marinara from last year's tomato crop, as well as crushed tomatoes. Need to use them before the next wave.

I'm not sure I save any money. But I love going outside and picking a couple of tomatoes and some basil leaves and making a salad, or going out on the deck to snip herbs. And the stuff does taste better.

[harnessphoto.livejournal.com]

Bryce just planted starter trays in the basement with a light on a timer and everything.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I have a grow lamp, which I've used in the past, and I can set it up if I have to. But I'm going to see if the one decent window in my house lets in enough light to boost these seeds.