It's that time of year again, so I got up early this morning to meet my friends Charlee and Rosann at the Wasatch Community Gardens plant sale. This is getting to be an annual event for us. They always have a large variety of heirloom tomatoes and other vegetables, with a bit of farmer's market and street fair all thrown in. We were lucky we arrived early, as it was a madhouse as compared to last year.
Having a little less space than I did at my last apartment, I figured I had better go easy and not get too many plants. But I came away with some that I think I will enjoy, and will hopefully grow well on my balcony. I got two types of cherry tomatoes - one called Snow White, that will produce yellow and white tomatoes, and one called Black Cherry. I also got a few bell peppers - a variety of yellow, red, and one called chocolate (we'll see about that one). And I picked out a nice cucumber plant, so we'll see how it does. Finally I grabbed a container of basil plants, and I'm envisioning (hopefully) endless pesto this summer.
After leaving the plant sale, I made a quick trip to WalMart to get some soil, then came home. Since it was such a beautiful day, and since Mother's Day is tomorrow, and we're not supposed to be getting more snow anytime soon, I decided it was safe to get started on my planting. I hauled the soil and last year's pots up from the garage, and hydrated my block of coconut husks (note to self - buy a MUCH smaller block next time), mixed the coconut with the soil in the pots, put in my plants and watered them. I also transplanted my geranium into a larger pot. A couple of hours later, my garden was in, and I was exhausted.
I still have the chives and one of the strawberry plants from last year (sadly the other strawberry plant seems to have died). The chives are flowering - lovely purple flowers, and I already have a couple of little green strawberry nubs. Hopefully I'll be harvesting some strawberries by next weekend.
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