last weekend (april 23), i transferred my tomato seedlings into the garden. i had been putting them out during the day and bringing them inside in the evening for a couple weeks to harden them off. the truth is though that they had run out of space under the lamps, so i didn't have much choice but to start putting them outside. i gave a number of the plants to friends and neighbors and kept 10 for myself. when i plant my tomatoes, i plant them deep enough to cover the first couple branches of leaves. the tomatoes will put out roots anywhere along the stem that is touching dirt, and this helps to make them sturdier. i also put a shovel full of compost/ manure into the hole to give some them some good organic matter to feed off.
about half an hour after getting the tomatoes planted, a fierce thunderstorm rolled through. i watched the plants from my kitchen anxiously as the rain beat upon their leaves. they all seemed to have survived the thrashing, and i thought to myself, "oh well, welcome to the real world now."
i'm still waiting a bit more on getting the peppers and eggplants into the ground. they could go out now, but they really like the temperatures to stay consistently warm. i'll be getting them into the ground sometime this week, now that we're into may (unbelievably).
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| It's amazing how tall the tomato seedlings have gotten. |
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| These are the tomatoes I selected for myself |
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| A tiny pepper is starting to form. |
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| Ok, so not all the plants are perfect. This one is bound for the compost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Spinach is emerging |
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| Tiny Kohlrabi |
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| It's time to harvest some lettuce. |
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