New plants for this year!

In the past, I've kept a garden journal in a binder. It seems that keeping a garden journal online will maybe work a little better.

I have a few separate posts to make to get up to speed on what my yard is like. This first post is the new plants I just got into the ground yesterday!


First - peppers! These peppers are called "California Wonder". I got it at Andersons. These are green-red peppers. I tried peppers once before when we were in our South Prospect Street apartment. They were awful. They would rot before the pepper was even big enough. That, however, was in a container garden, so I'm hoping that the pepper will be able to root a bit better in the ground. If it doesn't work this year, though, I don't think I'll do them again.



I think it would be amazing to actually have home-grown watermelon. The samples in the grocery yesterday made me (and Joel) really want some. So, I'm hoping this works out. This kind is called "Crimson Sweet". It apparently has only a few small seeds in it, and it produces 10-12 lb. fruit. How cool would that be!



This is coleus. I didn't plant this yesterday, Neil and I got them in a week or so ago. It's a ground cover that our friend Todd gave to us, as he ended up propagating way too many for his yard. It's in the back in a shady area.


Yum! Chives! I love having fresh herbs to cut in the garden! This one is simply called "chives".


More even than chives, I love basil! I have a bit of work to do on these, though. It looks like something living in the ground likes basil just as much as I do. I'll have to figure out what to do about that... Plus, there's some pruning I need to do on these.



These are Roma tomatoes. I never had any really good tomatoes larger than cherry size, so I figure Roma's kind of a "next step". Also, I've never grown an heirloom variety, so this will be fun! The info stick thingy says it is a "bush-type plant". I'm not sure exactly how big it will get, so I caged them. There are already a few flowers on these this morning!


These are three beautiful blossoms on one of my two Supersweet 100's. We had ridiculous success with these two years ago in containers. Everyday for over two months, there were at least 5-10 new tomatoes! We'd eat them right out on the porch, and they were delicious. So, I'm hoping they go even more crazy in the ground. (These are small, cherry-like sized.)

And that's it for the new stuff. Next, existing fruit, all stuff I planted here last year and ignored in favor of my 4 month old. (The awesome thing about the now 16-month-old is that he loves being outside and gardening with me!)