Sunday, May 11, 2008

Veggie Gardening 2008

The temperature still drops down into the 30's and 40's some nights here in New England but it's getting closer and closer to planting (in the ground) time.

I've already hit the local nurseries and picked up some of the veggies that we'll be planting and giving a try this summer. Of course these little fellers need special attention and TLC to make sure they don't fall victim to a Mother Nature surprise frost, so they're in at night and out in the morning.

They've been transplanted into individual pots to allow them to do some growing while in the TLC phase.

We have two kinds of tomatoes: Big Boy & Jet Star, two kinds of lettuce: red leaf and green leaf, zucchini and broccoli. We've also ordered from Gurney's - Yukon Gold potatoes, carrots and bush beans seeds. All we need to find now is kale. Now don't be fooled, we will NOT be eating the kale but rather we'll be growing it for the rabbits and guinea pigs, they love it!

Stay tuned to see how this turns out and if I earn my green thumb!

1 comment:

SmF732 said...

JoAnne found a nursery that still had kale, so she bought (2) 6-packs.

I planted (9) last night (6/2) in the rasied bed along with the broccoli and gave them a all a BIG drink.