Friday, April 22
We are a week away form sending tomato plants home. The weather has been driving me crazy. Yesterday, I got caught in a blizzard when I went into Walmart and came out to a brief moment of sunshine. Talk about the need for dressing in layers! The toaatoes are growing like weeds, no pun intended. The peppers on the other hand seem to be languishing, some worse than others. Mother nature seems to be working against me. Peppers need a lot of warmth and they need more sun. Sigh. I've post some more pics for your to see what they look like now. Happy Easter
Monday, April 11
To the left are some pics of the tomatoes as they look today. They are coming along quite nicely. it's interesting how some varieties are going gang busters and others are taking mincing little steps. We had a huge wind storm today. We actually prayed over the greenhouses for their protection. So far so good and it looks like the wind is dying down. This weeked I spent a lot of time on my knees, weeding, digging and more weeding! I think we not only have "mud" season but "wind" season these days.
Thursday, April 7
I was privileged to watch the Galloping Gourmet last night at our TIEGS meeting. Actually, he isn't called that anymore due to legal restrictions but that is what I will always know him by. I watched him when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Graham Kerr was a delight to watch. He was very down to earth, took the time to greet everyone he could and his speech was inspirational. He put forth the idea of "becoming neighbors" with others. The analogy he gave was of St. Augustine grass. It grows outward into a mat, instead of growing up. As it spreads, it grows into it's "neighbors," forming an intertwined community. When we share with others, be it across the street or around the world, we come into their lives and make a meaningful impact. Whether it is vegetables, time, money, a helping hand, it works the same. Then we are no longer strangers and can work in partnership with each other.
NOTE On April 16th, Plant A Row is giving a free workshop on seed starting, planning your garden and how to build an alternative greenhouse. It is a two hour session and will be held at the Second Harvest building on 1234 E. Front St. at 10 am. If interested, please call 252-6275. They also have free veggie seeds.
Tueday, April 5
We checked the plants and found some we needed to replace. some where around 50. The winds are kicking up and pains me to see them whipping the greenhouses around. Today I was poking around in my garden beds and found some primroses that I had planted last year. To my surprise one of the drumstick primoses was up and blooming in all it's lilac colored glory!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Finally, the plants have all been transplanted, yeah! It took me four, 10 hour days to get them done. I had some very sweet ladies, Coralie, Lois, Donita, Carol, and Tami help me on Wednesday and Thursday. One of the guys form our church, David helped Steve with filling pots and carrying tomtoes. A special thanks to all of these people.
Today, I will be checking to make sure all of the plants are viable. I noticed a few that weren't long for this world so I will be putting in some replacements. I don't actually lose a lot to transplant shock. But it happens.
The peppers are looking great. I was tickled to see the the Fish pepper was showing signs of variegation on it's first true leaves. Should be a showy plant although I won't be eating it. I'm a sissy and don't like hot things.
