Friday, April 23, 2010

Overwhelmed

As you all know, I have not posted in a long while.  It certainly isn't because I have not been gardening, rather, it is because I just have so many plants, I don't know where to start with them all.   My dad had this genius idea that he would use three planks of redwood fencing to create a long planter that was lovely and inexpensive.  It was very successful, I have three long redwood boxes that are about 5 feet long.  They are all up on the fencing outside my kitchen door.  They are jammed with plants.  One is full of strawberries (and a black widow spider) that are all just ripening.  They are just gorgeous.  Another is full of herbs: cilantro, thyme, parsley, marjoram, chives, scallions, sage, and basil seedlings.  Another is a medley of snap peas, edamame, lettuce, spinach, and radishes.  Then there are my planters full of Cherokee tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, which I have grown from seed.  The tomatillos, the bell peppers, the Fresno chilies, the holy mole chilies, the Hungarian wax pepper, the Armenian cucumber, the mini zucchini squash, and did I mention I have snap peas growing out of every container!  Then there are the trees: dwarf nectarine, dwarf kumquat, dwarf fig, and dwarf pomegranate. I also am still bringing up several tomato plants and peppers and herbs that I will soon plant at my friend's house.  It has been pretty nuts. I don't know how I keep track of them all!
So, that is why I've been so slow on the blogging.  Though, I think I am ready to jump back on the horse.  Perhaps my next post will be about the Hungarian Wax Pepper, or maybe not.

1 comments:

  1. WTF dude?! How is it possible that you have this many plants? I don't even want to picture what those 2 porches look like. Please photograph this chaos immediately.

    al

    PS How do you know the spider is a black widow? I wouldn't be able to sleep at night with that shit creepin outside my window!

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