Thought of the Day... “The garden is the poor man's apothecary.” -German Proverb
Last week in my Summer is just around the corner post I mentioned buying into a CSA (community supported agriculture) program.
As part of the program this year they have a Greenhouse Share add-on. What this means is that we could potted plants that they have nurtured in the greenhouse. Our choices were Tumbler Tomato, Spacemaster Cucumber, Herb Collection and Premium Flower baskets.
I decided since I have my own perennial herb garden and in-house basil starts (remember I talked about them in my Basil Almond Pesto post) that I didn’t need to buy their herb collection.
Well... I received my baskets... the flowers are sooooo pretty!
We have year-round Anna’s hummingbirds, they’re loving it already.
This is the Tumbler Tomato basket... as you can see it’s already flowering...
... and this is the Spacemaster Cucumber
The pots for the tomato and cucumber are different sizes. Here they are side-by-side so you can see the difference...
Last year was the first year I’d had a garden. I chose to do container garden. I planted 10 tomato plants and two cucumbers. I planted seven Sun Gold and three Sweet 100s.
The Sun Gold are orange and ooooohhhhh soooo good! They were sweeter than the Sweet 100s. I plan on planting Sun Gold and Sweet 100s again this year. As well as roma and a larger tomato and also baby bell peppers.
Last year the cucumbers didn’t do too well. I am going to plant another plant in the container in addition to this Spacemaster.
As I get things planted, I will continue to share.
3 comments:
I'm loving today's blog. It reminded me that summer is almost here :)
Oh those flowers are so pretty! The fiance and I wanted to do a garden this year but with our wedding at the end of summer, we decided we had to much on our plate, especially b/c we are buying a house too... whew... but next year, that'll be the year for our garden! :)
Planning a wedding and buying a house can be stressful, but also a lot of fun.
I like the idea of the containers for multiple reasons - I didn't have to "weed" the garden last year (maybe pulled one or two the whole season) and I can take it with me if we move. :)
Looking forward to reading your posts about the wedding and have seen the ones about the new house.
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