The seeds have arrived from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. They included a free gift, a packet of green zebra striped tomatoes. I don’t think we’ll plant them this year. Just don’t have space on our little porch for more. I have a couple days off so maybe tomorrow I’ll start the seeds.
Category Archives: Gardening
Very Veggie
Our porch gardening supplies are arriving. Just the other day the Whitney Farms Very Veggie organic fertilizer kit arrived. The tomato cages are on the way and the seeds should be arriving before long. Last year we started seeds on March 8th but I’m going to wait a little longer this year since it’s still […]
Seeds ordered
I’ve been working on the plan for the 2005 Porch Garden. This year we’re changing the layout and mix of plants. This morning I ordered seeds from the good folks over at Baker Creek. Our Earthboxes this year will have more tomatoes, salad greens, herbs and even some flowers. We’re switching to Whitney Farms organic […]
2005 Porch Garden
After last year’s porch garden we’re doing some things differently this year. To start off with we’re going to use a different arrangement: With this setup we have all five boxes along the front side of the porch so that they have more access to sunlight. We’ll go out the side of the porch instead […]
Thai Pink Egg tomatoes update
This morning I removed the Thai Pink Egg tomatoes. The plants had been infected by some sort of blight that had the stems and leaves withering up. I harvested the last of the ripe tomatoes or ones that looked like they would ripen. I haven’t weighed it yet, but probably another 4-6 pounds of tomatoes. […]
Bell pepper, frog spotted
We spotted another small frog among the fading remains of our Thai Pink Egg Tomato plant. Sadly the plants will be removed soon and with them the shelter the frogs have been used too. But the worms in the worm bin will be happy to get some more tomato plants! The bell peppers continue to […]
