I’m always learning new things with gardening. We recently moved into a house and I elatedly learned I would have a garden plot. The planting began as soon as we had the house interior in working order.
- tomatoes: heirloom and beefsteak
- peppers: bell, tabasco, and jalapeno
- greens: lettuce and spinach
- flowers and decorative: morning glories, wild, lavender, hydrangea, mystery flowers I bought but have no clue what they are, and coleus
What has worked: tomatoes, jalapeno and tabasco peppers in the garden plot; lettuce; morning glories, hydrangea and wild flowers; coleus
What has not worked: bell peppers in garden plot; peppers in pots; spinach; wildflowers, lavender, coleus, and random ones
What I’ve learned:
- plants work better in the ground, like nature intended
- bell peppers don’t like me
- morning glories take forever, and sometimes should be called afternoon glories
- the dog has no regard for my plants and rakes over them daily with his leash/cable
- there’s a garden fiend eating half my best tomatoes- so much for vine-ripened tomatoes… I’m now saving them while green and window-ripening them
- gnomes are a delight
- water while there is still daylight…nighttime watering gets a bit
wetpointless when you end up watering your grass more than your vegetables
I’ll post more recent pictures as soon as I get them uploaded…