It feels like Spring...

so today we decided since it looks like the weather will be good another week to go ahead and plant our tomato and pepper plants. Lord willing nothing will happen to them...

We planted:

• 5 Early Girl and 5 Better Boy vining tomatoes
• 6 jalapeno peppers, and 1 garden salsa pepper
• 6 bell peppers and 1 fajita bell pepper
• An Eggplant
• Thyme
• Oregano

I planted some more seeds:

• 1 box of Green onion
• 2 more boxes of Swiss Chard (after finding this recipe for Hot Swiss Chard Artichoke Dip)
• 1 box of beets
• 1 box of radishes (where I will be planting cucumber in a few weeks)
• 1 box of Chamomile
• 2 boxes of Nasturtiums
• 1 box of Dill
• 1 box of Cilantro
  

Our Square Food Garden

Here is the garden...in progress. It had the retaining wall and the dirt in it. The dogs enjoyed it until we fenced it off...Here you can see the pole in the middle...one of these days it will be sanded and painted, and hopefully have morning glories growing up it.
A side view...

Here is the first box we planted. I planted 9 broccoli plants and two boxes of onion sets (one red, and one white).
Here is what the boxes look like with the slats on it. The trellis is still to come...Hopefully that will be done today.

Planting seeds for the first time...

Two years ago when Johnny and I first did a garden (or I guess, the first time I ever did, he has had experience with it before), we planted only plants (other than squash seeds).

We of course planted tomatoes, jalapenos, bell peppers and squash...nothing out of the ordinary. Last year we moved during planting season, so we were unable to try again, so this year I spent a lot of time researching and finding out a way we could have a productive gardening. I came across the Square Foot Gardening method by Mel and have read through his book at least twice, waiting patiently (or not so patiently) for the garden to be ready for me to start planting.

I'll be glad next year when I can start when it is time to plant and not have to wait for it to be done!

I planted radishes and carrots (8 of each) in one box, Swiss Chard, Lettuce (I am trying it from seed, praying it works!), Spinach and Snap Peas.