New additions to heal our grieving hearts

Almost forgot – since the loss of the zucchini freed up some space, we decided to see if there was anything decent left out there for purchase.  Lowe’s came through (thanks Bing for the tip) – we picked up a bell pepper plant, a cucumber plant, and some more basil.  The pepper plant is in the zucchini spot (with room for friends if we find some) and I put the cuke and basil in containers.

Speaking of basil, I’ve got a post brewing to gripe about the lifecycle of my herb garden this year.

Planted tomatoes, zucchini, and herbs … built badass trellis

We got the majority of the organic garden transplants yesterday from Bear Creek Farms and got everything planted today.

Container herbs:

• Parsley – Italian flat leaf – 3 seedlings, big pot
• Cilantro – 2 seedlings, big pot
• Basil – Italian – 2 seedlings, medium pot
• Rosemary – 2 seedlings, medium pot
• Thyme – standard – 1 (really large) plant, long rectangular pot

Container plants:

• Pepper – Jalapeno – 4 seedlings, 2 large pots
• Tomato – Black Cherry (heirloom) – really large pot

For a potting mix, we used a blend of Fertilome potting mix and Summer Field Farms “Professional Potting Soil” (mix of pine bark and compost). The Fertilome is pretty light and the SFF mix is somewhat heavy, so we used more of the former than the latter.

Raised bed (east) plants:

• Tomato – Prue (heirloom, paste)
• Tomato – Green Zebra (heirloom, medium size)
• Tomato – German Johnson (heirloom, beefsteak size)
• Zucchini – Spineless Beauty – 4 seedlings

We planted the tomatoes about 24 inches apart from each other, in a square, and the zucchinis about 8 inches from each other, with the intention of keeping the healthiest of the plants and giving away the rest of them.

We watered the plants in (not the herbs) with Nature’s Creation Liquid Plant Food per the instructions and mulched all the plants (not the herbs) with shredded hardwood mulch.

On the hardware front, we installed our cattle panel trellis for the tomatoes – 8 vertical feet of growing room for those babies. We’ll never be able to reach the top but they’ll have a good time growing.

Pictures of the aftermath: