Welcome to the sixth edition of the garden party! We've had so many wonderful gardens to tour during the past six weeks, and I've gotten a lot of great ideas as well as some serious inspiration.
I want to draw your attention to the new Tuesday Garden Party button I've added to the bar below my header. When you click on the button it will take you to a page where you can choose to see either the current garden party or view the past parties. I think this will make it easier to find after I've posted other things and the party moves off the main page. I thought, too, that people might like to view the gardens during the weekend when there's more time (maybe...), and now with just a couple of clicks the past parties can easily be found.
We had a Saturday with no rain (it was only sunny for a few hours in the morning), so I spent all day in the garden. We made this contraption which I'm calling the "pepper house" for all the sweet peppers.
The previous owners had left the pvc pipe which is really too thick for this application, but I didn't want to buy any when we had some to use. Brian figured out a way for wire to hold the pipe in the shape and they fit right in the bed.
I covered the pipe with "Grow Therm" plastic that I bought from Territorial Seed last year (and never used...). It has holes all over it to allow air to flow through, but still keep it a few degrees warmer. My goal is to get the peppers to ripen (remember, green peppers are unripe and bitter, colored peppers are ripe and sweet) in our often cool summers, and I hope to give them an environment that mimics warmer growing areas.
Only time will tell. They don't look too healthy right now, after almost becoming root bound waiting in their pots for the weather to warm up a bit.
The tomatoes are the better news after the report from a couple weeks ago. They are thriving in their cozy row-cover environment. These are the determinate paste tomatoes. All the tomatoes on the left are the ones I started from seed and not only did they survive, they've thrived. They are much bigger and healthier looking than the three I purchased a couple weeks ago to replace the others that died on the right (the wind blows every afternoon on the right side, which probably contributed to their death).
I find I usually have healthier looking young plants when I start from seed than purchased ones. Do you think that's another reason to grow your tomatoes from seed?
It's your turn now to show us your gardens!
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