At last! Looks like we are in for a great weekend for gardening! Reviewing my garden pictures from last year I noticed that we were preparing the raised beds on May 13th so we are a week ahead or more if you take into consideration that we have plants in the greenhouse that are ready to set out. The cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and spinach won't need to be covered as they have been outside to harden off and they don't mind getting frosted should we have more frost, which is very likely! The planter, in the picture, worked out nicely for the peppers last year and this year the patio tomatoes will be planted in it. The only drawback was that the cover for the soil was destroyed by the squirrels to make their nests! It had the planting instructions on it too! Oh well, I bet we can figure something out.
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| May 13, 2012 - Beds are ready to plant! |
I tried out a "Topsy Turvy" planter for a couple of tomato plants last year and was not really happy with the results. It took lots of looking after to make sure it had enough water and I'm not that dedicated... so the results weren't great. I may try again this year, we shall see. A friend tried this type of planter as well and wasn't happy with it either.
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| August 22, 2012 - Pepper are ready to pick! |
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| The hanging, green bag is the Topsy Turvy |
