Fri - May 28, 2004

Planting Tomato and Pepper Plants


Tonight we planted all of the tomatoes and pepper plants into the full sun garden lot next to our house.... The tomato plants were really starting to outgrow their small pots and they were starting to get lanky from lack of sun light.

...For the tomatoes we took some old 4 inch flooring boards, cut a tip at the end of each board, and pounded them about a foot into the ground 8 feet apart.... As the plants grow, we will continue this procedure up the stakes at 6 to 12 inch intervals until the plants stop growing, we run out of stake, or the season ends.

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Thu - May 27, 2004

Annual Flower Beds


I really want to do gazanias again this year in the sunny portion of that bed so plan to go back to the market this weekend (one of the farmers thought they would be able to bring me a flat of them if they were ready).... Last year we got so many compliments on the bed out front- lot's of people walk our street and they always enjoy the flowers.

...I am not sure if we will start pansies from seed next year or not, the ones at the market look so great and are always further along than ours that it's almost easier to support the greenhouse growers for those rather than take up space under our lights.

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