May 12 Container Tomato Update

May 12th already, and tomatoes are settling in, albeit with a little sunscald (note to self:  harden off next year!!) ......

from left to right, the tomatoes:  Sunchocola, Dwarf Firebird Sweet, Fred's Tie Dye and Oud Holland
and in front, the peppers:  Cajun Belle, Zolotistyi, Macedonian Sweet and Donkey Ears

again, from left to right, the tomatoes:  Uluru Ochre, Bundaberg Rumball and Red Lithium

in front, the peppers:  Donkey Ears, Padron and Donkey Ears

and just in, Kentucky Wonder pole beans in the trellis container

May 11 Peppers

Peppers ready for plant out

May 8 Bed 64 and More

Last of the radishes from Bed 64 ........

and time to transplant my Astia Zucchini (on the right) sown indoors April 9 and Scallopini sown on same date

also added some sunflowers to Bed 64 - for the bees

Green bush beans added to Bed 10 - sown in between the Pac Choi rows; these beans were saved from an abandoned bed, lovely and healthy last year, but no idea what variety they are

May 7 R Garden

Not too much of interested in early May, but always nice to watch the progress, so here we have an overview, then a few closeups of potatoes, succulents and strawberries

May 6 Container Tomatoes

On to the container tomatoes ...  their last portrait before transplant

and soil prep ........ spring bulbs are removed and soil reused, amended with compost, Gaia Green 4-4-4 and alphalfa

and they're in, so it begins ...... from far end:  Sunchocola, Dwarf Firebird Sweet, Fred's Tie Dye, Oud Holland, Uluru Ochre, Bundaberg Rumball and Red Lithium;  also prepared smaller containers in front for the peppers that will go out in a bit

May 4 Beds 10/11 and 64

Time to plant out the tomatoes and here are my six Worry F3 plants from the Dwarf Tomato Project;  I usually harden off  my plants for a few days prior to plant out, but weather seems good, slightly overcast ....... time will tell; added a tablespoon or so of Gaia Green 4-4-4 in each planting hole ....

Bed 11 - these are dwarf plants, and I hope 13 sq. ft. will be sufficient spacing  

Bed 10 is really starting to take off, the Hong Vit almost ready to pick!! and I'm so happy with the Scallions, usually I have a hard time with these

my first harvest of the year, happy dance ....... from Bed 64; radishes were lovely clean and mild

End of April

still social distancing and enjoying longer and longer walks around our neighbourhood ....... the Dandelions have seed heads already!!

and I promise this will be my last cherry tree photo of the year, but just so lovely