Here's a few more...
Early Girl bud which should open within the next 2-3 days. =)
Saturday, May 30, 2009
If You Plant It, They Will Come...
It begins...
Here's a few more...
Early Girl bud which should open within the next 2-3 days. =)
Here's a few more...
Early Girl bud which should open within the next 2-3 days. =)
Friday, May 29, 2009
2009 Garden Pictures: May 27th
This is an exciting update, as the wait for blooms on my tomato plants (at least one of them) is over. Also, with the crazy heat & humidity lately, a lot of my various pepper plants have started bolting quite nicely! As always, please feel free to e-mail me with any questions, comments, etc.. If you'd like your Gardening blog linked on here, please also let me know. Thanks - Steve
Bananna Pepper (A little bit of growth on this one):
California Wonder Bell Pepper (Growing very nicely since being potted up to its final container):
Cheapie Target Red Sweet (Yolo Wonder) Pepper:
Cherry Tomatoes (First one is over 4 feet tall now with at least 3 bud clusters, if not more. Two of which have a few flowers open...see previous blog post & One of which I found a wee mater growing on this morning! =) I'll post my first wee mater pics sometime this weekend):
One of the handfull of bud clusters from the first plant above...
Dill Weed (May end up removing the 2nd plant in this pot as the first one is taking over & making it so the smaller plant isn't getting the light it needs):
Dwarf Lime Tree (Almost doubled in size since I received it a little over a week ago! Very healthy plant):
Early Girl Hybrid Tomatoes (I expect these to be the next of my tomato plants to flower...Probably by the end of this weekend...bud pics below):
Emily's Indian Princess Nasturtium's (This basket is all I have left of them...recently added an inch or so thick layer of Canadian Sphagnum Peat on the top):
Garlic Chives (Unfortunately at a stand still for the last 2 weeks or so. I have yet to figure out why. Hopefully, the knowledgable folks on GardenWeb will be able to help me with this one):
Jalapeno Early Organic Peppers (The first one, the "Hyponex Experiment" still goes very well after almost 3 weeks!):
MTPS Plants:
Baby Gold Goldenrod (Starting to flower a little bit):
Cactus:
Chocolate Mint (Growing a nice runner with 3 more of the stems/plants coming up from it! =) ):
Columbine (Not doing too much...just growing at a normal rate...no buds or flower stems yet):
Foam Leaf Plant (Still growing nicely, but apparently still quite young):
Hot Peppers (various unknown...budding nicely & should have open flowers soon!):
Lemon Balm (Still growing like mad):
Mint (Bolting nicely since being potted up):
Red Dragon Flower (Not doing much at all except still looks fine. Maybe I need to feed it?):
Russian Sage (Growing, but slowly):
Stonecrop:
Thyme:
Triple Crown Blackberry (Next on my list of things desperately needing to be potted up):
Wineberry Raspberries (First one needs to be potted up very soon):
End of MTPS Plants
Mucho Nacho Jalapeno (On the left...Growing very slowly...probably have to overwinter this one & wait for peppers next year.):
Nursery Bought Yellow Tomato (Growing quite fast!):
San Marzano Organic Tomatoes (Bud pic included...will probably start flowering in about 2 weeks):
Serrano Pepper:
Store Bought Everbearing Runner Strawberries (Hopefully start sending out runners soon):
Store Bought Texas Sweet Onions (Not doing much of anything...I'm guessing you need a lot of patience to grow these...lol):
Store Bought "World's Hottest Habanero" Pepper (Bolting nicely! Still haven't taken the time to see what actual variety of Habanero this is.):
Store Bought Yellow Bell Pepper (Getting big...mini buds that will hopefully open soon):
Sweet Basil (In the middle...Another late decision...lol...growing fast though):
Bananna Pepper (A little bit of growth on this one):
California Wonder Bell Pepper (Growing very nicely since being potted up to its final container):
Cheapie Target Red Sweet (Yolo Wonder) Pepper:
Cherry Tomatoes (First one is over 4 feet tall now with at least 3 bud clusters, if not more. Two of which have a few flowers open...see previous blog post & One of which I found a wee mater growing on this morning! =) I'll post my first wee mater pics sometime this weekend):
One of the handfull of bud clusters from the first plant above...
Dill Weed (May end up removing the 2nd plant in this pot as the first one is taking over & making it so the smaller plant isn't getting the light it needs):
Dwarf Lime Tree (Almost doubled in size since I received it a little over a week ago! Very healthy plant):
Early Girl Hybrid Tomatoes (I expect these to be the next of my tomato plants to flower...Probably by the end of this weekend...bud pics below):
Emily's Indian Princess Nasturtium's (This basket is all I have left of them...recently added an inch or so thick layer of Canadian Sphagnum Peat on the top):
Garlic Chives (Unfortunately at a stand still for the last 2 weeks or so. I have yet to figure out why. Hopefully, the knowledgable folks on GardenWeb will be able to help me with this one):
Jalapeno Early Organic Peppers (The first one, the "Hyponex Experiment" still goes very well after almost 3 weeks!):
MTPS Plants:
Baby Gold Goldenrod (Starting to flower a little bit):
Cactus:
Chocolate Mint (Growing a nice runner with 3 more of the stems/plants coming up from it! =) ):
Columbine (Not doing too much...just growing at a normal rate...no buds or flower stems yet):
Foam Leaf Plant (Still growing nicely, but apparently still quite young):
Hot Peppers (various unknown...budding nicely & should have open flowers soon!):
Lemon Balm (Still growing like mad):
Mint (Bolting nicely since being potted up):
Red Dragon Flower (Not doing much at all except still looks fine. Maybe I need to feed it?):
Russian Sage (Growing, but slowly):
Stonecrop:
Thyme:
Triple Crown Blackberry (Next on my list of things desperately needing to be potted up):
Wineberry Raspberries (First one needs to be potted up very soon):
End of MTPS Plants
Mucho Nacho Jalapeno (On the left...Growing very slowly...probably have to overwinter this one & wait for peppers next year.):
Nursery Bought Yellow Tomato (Growing quite fast!):
San Marzano Organic Tomatoes (Bud pic included...will probably start flowering in about 2 weeks):
Serrano Pepper:
Store Bought Everbearing Runner Strawberries (Hopefully start sending out runners soon):
Store Bought Texas Sweet Onions (Not doing much of anything...I'm guessing you need a lot of patience to grow these...lol):
Store Bought "World's Hottest Habanero" Pepper (Bolting nicely! Still haven't taken the time to see what actual variety of Habanero this is.):
Store Bought Yellow Bell Pepper (Getting big...mini buds that will hopefully open soon):
Sweet Basil (In the middle...Another late decision...lol...growing fast though):
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tomato Flowers!
These are my first tomato flowers of the season. They first opened on Friday May 22nd, but these pictures were not taken until Saturday the 3rd. Yay! =) Pics are a bit crazy this time. The first one is blurry cuz I had a hard time wedging my phone under the flower (and keeping it still) to take the picture. The second one is tiny because I somehow changed my picture resolution to the smallest possible (blonde moment...lol).
Thursday, May 21, 2009
2009 Garden Pictures: May 18th
My apartment porch container garden has expanded quite a bit since my last full garden update post on May 9th. This is mostly thanks to the MTPS (Middle Tennessee Plant Swap). It was loads of fun...awesome plants, great Southern cooking & great people to share it with! =) Below are some updated pictures of my garden. I have a ton of buds showing up & two flowers opened as of this morning, May 21st. I'm going to try and organize my update posts alphabetically by the plant name I use (local PC folder name) so that they'll stay in the same order from now on.
A few notes: My Dwarf Lime Tree finally arrived & looks very healthy. Though, I will still never order from Spring Hill Nurseries again. There are some plants missing on here, most of which were traded for other ones at the MTPS. There are a few plants I did not take to the MTPS which I do not have a picture of on this update. I forgot to take a picture of my Yellow Tomatoes, Nasturtiums (2 out of 3 given away at MTPS) & Elephant Garlic (just sitting in the pot not growing waiting for the Fall sibce it was already pulled out of the ground once this year). I don't have one posted of my Mucho Nacho Jalapeno germination progress, as the birds have interfered in it! grrrrrr!!!. As always, please e-mail me if you have any questions, or post a comment on here. Peace - Steve
Bannana Pepper (given to me by my father-in-law a little over a week ago...still a wee seedling):
California Wonder Bell Peppers (only one shown, even though I have at least one more):
Cheapie Store Bought Red Sweet Peppers (Yolo Wonder, I believe is the true name):
Cherry Tomatoes (aka "Monster Cherry Tomatoes," my first plant to flower):
Dill Weed:
Dwarf Lime Tree (FINALLY arrived this past Monday, the 18th, and in great condition too! Yay!):
Early Girl Hybrid Tomatoes (buds appeared over a week ago):
Garlic Chives:
Jalapeno Early Organic Peppers (One of which is the plant used in my "Hyponex Experiment"):
MTPS Plants:
***A lot of these have already been potted up (not shown below) or are awaiting funds to be potted up.***
Baby Gold Goldenrod:
Cactus:
Chocolate Mint:
Foam Flower:
Hot Pepper Flat (various types, all currently unknown):
Lemon Balm:
Mint:
Native Columbine:
Red Dragon Flower (one of my new favorites!):
Russian Sage (ornamental):
Stonecrop:
Thyme:
Triple Crown Blackberries (part of my berry garden this year...mmmmm):
Wineberry Raspberries (another part of my berry garden...also mmmmm...lol):
End of MTPS Plants
San Marzano Organic Tomatoes (buds appeared about a week ago...a bit early for this variety. I'm excited about this!):
Serrano Peppers:
Store Bought Runner Strawberries:
Store Bought Texas Sweet Onions (only one pot left of these, as I used the other for my newly arrived Elephant Garlic. =) I gave the onions I took out of it to my father-in-law):
Store Bought "World's Hottest Habanero's":
Store Bought Yellow Bell Peppers:
A few notes: My Dwarf Lime Tree finally arrived & looks very healthy. Though, I will still never order from Spring Hill Nurseries again. There are some plants missing on here, most of which were traded for other ones at the MTPS. There are a few plants I did not take to the MTPS which I do not have a picture of on this update. I forgot to take a picture of my Yellow Tomatoes, Nasturtiums (2 out of 3 given away at MTPS) & Elephant Garlic (just sitting in the pot not growing waiting for the Fall sibce it was already pulled out of the ground once this year). I don't have one posted of my Mucho Nacho Jalapeno germination progress, as the birds have interfered in it! grrrrrr!!!. As always, please e-mail me if you have any questions, or post a comment on here. Peace - Steve
Bannana Pepper (given to me by my father-in-law a little over a week ago...still a wee seedling):
California Wonder Bell Peppers (only one shown, even though I have at least one more):
Cheapie Store Bought Red Sweet Peppers (Yolo Wonder, I believe is the true name):
Cherry Tomatoes (aka "Monster Cherry Tomatoes," my first plant to flower):
Dill Weed:
Dwarf Lime Tree (FINALLY arrived this past Monday, the 18th, and in great condition too! Yay!):
Early Girl Hybrid Tomatoes (buds appeared over a week ago):
Garlic Chives:
Jalapeno Early Organic Peppers (One of which is the plant used in my "Hyponex Experiment"):
***A lot of these have already been potted up (not shown below) or are awaiting funds to be potted up.***
Baby Gold Goldenrod:
Cactus:
Chocolate Mint:
Foam Flower:
Hot Pepper Flat (various types, all currently unknown):
Lemon Balm:
Mint:
Native Columbine:
Red Dragon Flower (one of my new favorites!):
Russian Sage (ornamental):
Stonecrop:
Thyme:
Triple Crown Blackberries (part of my berry garden this year...mmmmm):
Wineberry Raspberries (another part of my berry garden...also mmmmm...lol):
San Marzano Organic Tomatoes (buds appeared about a week ago...a bit early for this variety. I'm excited about this!):
Serrano Peppers:
Store Bought Runner Strawberries:
Store Bought Texas Sweet Onions (only one pot left of these, as I used the other for my newly arrived Elephant Garlic. =) I gave the onions I took out of it to my father-in-law):
Store Bought "World's Hottest Habanero's":
Store Bought Yellow Bell Peppers:
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