June 14th...and here is what I know:
* Jack added stone to the side of the deck and it is great! This was a mud pathway before so not only does it look ten times better but it keeps mud out of our house! Double win!
* Baby Boyloves rocks.
* Growing lettuce from seed was easy, it was my first year, will have to do it some more.
* I planted 3 tomato varieties...the super sweet 100's grow fast and big...next year I will need to remember they can't share pot space. The 4th of July look unhealthy, but according to the internet they are supposed to look that way. Who knew? Of the original 15 plants, ALL are still living. Woot!
* I planted 8 varieties of peppers...the best one seems to be a yellow bell so far, although all are growing somewhat. Of the 26 I planted in the ground, 18 are still with us. My dogs are pepper plant murderers. I keep throwing obstacles in their way, which is why that bed now has a pretty fence and cartons around the plants and stakes in the middle. I am determined to beat them and produce peppers. Developing story, stay tuned...
* I am pretty pleased with my upside down hanging plants so far. They are all growing upward toward the sun so they have stems with U-turns, which my kids found funny. Jalepenos and banana peppers seem to be flourishing best this way so far.
* Our pickling cucumbers are doing fantastic, although we have lost 2 out of 12 plants to wild animals. (Not our dogs, probably bunnies on stilts). This is our 3rd year growing these in the planter boxes Jack made - love them!
* Jack also made this herb garden for me three years ago - it was out first big project together and it still makes me happy. I usually do a mix of herbs and flowers and it seems to work well. The only thing I have ever put in it that didn't work was strawberries, not sure why. It makes me feel like I am on the Food Channel every time I go out and cut fresh herbs for recipes. So fun!
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