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Garden Update

May 23, 2011 By Sara

Rain, rain, go away….just until I can plant my garden and Kevin can get the rest of the soybeans in the ground!  
It has been raining every couple of days here so my garden has been a big mud hole.  There was a two day window of dryness last week, but I was gone for work.  So I’m hoping that it dries out in the next day or two so I can get my plants and seeds that I have bought in the ground.  
I really have no idea what I’m doing this year since this is my first time planting a garden.  This is what I have bought so far:
  • 2 packets of carrot seeds
  • 2 packets of green bean seeds
  • 2 packets of zucchini seeds
  • 2 packets of yellow squash seeds
  • 4 cherry tomato plants (the first two I bought don’t look the greatest, so I bought two more.  I’m sure that I’ll have cherry tomatoes coming out of my ears this summer….)
  • 8 roma tomato plants
  • 4 Big Boy tomato plants
  • 4 tomatillo plants (I love green salsa!)
  • 4 red pepper plants
  • 4 yellow pepper plants
  • 4 green pepper plants
  • 8 jalapeno plants
  • 4 Thai Hot pepper plants (going to dry these peppers
  • Sweet corn (this will mainly be used as a wind break)
So that’s my garden so far.  Any comments and suggestions are welcomed!  

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  1. Teresa says

    May 24, 2011 at 1:31 am

    Looks like you have a great selection for a “salsa garden.” I’ve been struggling with rabbits, so I just put chicken wire around my peppers. But I love in town and don’t have dogs or cats to chase the rabbits away. Make sure to get HD involved — gardening is a great hobby for kids.

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  2. SDFarmWife says

    May 24, 2011 at 1:47 am

    What I learned my first year…Be careful how many zucchini and cucumber plants you actually let grow. I seriously had cucumbers and zucchini like crazy! My mother in law always says gardening is trial and error. Good luck!

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  3. Sara's House HD says

    May 26, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    Teresa-
    Yes, salsa and spaghetti sauce is what I’m shooting for with my garden! I really like to can and love having that type of stuff on hand. As for the rabbits, good luck. I have two dogs, but I’m not really sure if they care about rabbits too much. So I may have to put up chicken wire too!

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  4. Sara's House HD says

    May 26, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    SDFarmWire-
    Thanks for the advice! It’s definitely going to be trial and error for me! 🙂

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