7-12-08

Things are coming along nicely; all the plants seem to like the fencing. Tomatoes and Cucs are starting to grow ! The little guy doesn’t need a fence….

Fruit!

7-1-08

Last year, (see previous 07' posts), things got really out of hand, and the plants almost took over. This year I decided to reign in the plants by using some fencing and tying them down.






Burbless Cucumbers
There are 4 plants here.

Roma Tomatoes
There are 2 plants here.

And this was supposed to be a Cherry Tomato plant, but someone put it in the wrong section and I did not look at the plant marker, which shows it as "Patio Tomatoes" which are hybrids designed to grow in pots, and don't produce many branches. Oh well, live and learn, always check the care and feeding tag to be sure of plant type.

5-5-08

So it's May 5th and it's time to start my Garden! I decided for this year I would try Tomatoes, and Cucumbers. I got the Tomato seedlings from Lowe's and the Cucumbers from Suzy's boss (Bob A.). I believe he got them from a Garden Fair, which sets up downtown Chicago. A big thanks to him, cause these plants seem like they're going to be heavy producers!

To give the plants a good start i replaced most of the dirt from the planting holes with "Miracle Grow Garden Soil" which I lined the holes with as well as packing the plants to the soil line.I figured this would be a good start. I also decided to use "Miracle-Gro LiquaFeed" to water and feed at the same time.

(Sorry due to illness I did not get pics of the baby plants).