My plants were in a state. They really needed to be potted up over a week ago, but with the impending move, they simply needed to wait until we were a little more settled. We are settled, mostly. Still a few boxes to unpack, and we have lots of things we want to do to [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 30th, 2010 | Comments Off
I have determined that growing tomatoes indoors, in the off-season, is entirely do-able. Over this past weekend, I discovered that one of my cherry tomatoes was actually beginning to change colors. A second one followed suit shortly enough, and now I have a pair of cherries marching on towards perfect ripeness. These plants will be [...]
Filed under: Tomatoes on April 21st, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Editor’s Note: I hope all my readers will welcome my brother to the blogosphere! He is going to blog the Minnesota half of the Garden Notes, and this will be a great way for both of us to work together to learn the art of vegetable raising. So without further ado, here is my little [...]
Filed under: Minnesota Gardening on April 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As you can see from the photo below, the peppers are doing wonderfully! I’m really impressed with the germination of the peppers this year. I think it’s worth noting that many of the seeds I started this year are from older seed. Here’s a tally, including the age of the seed. Hot Peppers: Black Hungarian: [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 13th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today was the day! I had about an hour all to myself this afternoon and I decided that time would best be utilized to start some more seeds. My peppers are doing quite well, and it’s about time for the tomatoes to be on their way too. All told, I have planted 42 tomato seeds, [...]
Filed under: Tomatoes on April 6th, 2010 | Comments Off