When we first planted the garden we put in six little pepper plants. Over the past few weeks we've watched five of them grow strong while the sixth plant struggled. Last night we decided it was time to pull that plant out. It had wilted to the point where we figured there was no recovering.
On a brighter note the rest of the garden is doing really well.
If you asked the weeds I'm sure they'd tell you we are good gardeners. They seem to be flourishing!
Last week I purchased some tomato and vegetable plant food. I mixed a teaspoon of the food with a gallon of water and gave all the plants a good soak. When I checked in on the garden last night you could already see the difference!
But it was time to get weeding. We're finally at the point where it's pretty obvious what is a weed and what is a seedling. We have quite a few carrots popping up, six bean plants, rows of spinach and one zucchini plant. I think I accidentally dug up our onion sprouts when I was weeding.
This morning I picked some of the greens for a salad and I was amazed by their flavour! The lettuce actually has taste (which various with the variety of plant) and the arugula is downright spicy. The spinach is delicious!
We also found some flowers sprouting on the tomato, pepper, and pumpkin plants! Hopefully we'll see some new growth soon.
I have posted some slideshows on the right of this page and have a flikr site set up as well: http://tinyurl.com/lzvvto
Enjoy the photos! And don't forget to send me your own stories and photos. Is there a gardener you think we should know about? Send me a comment or e-mail at jennifer@atv.ca
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