I received a magazine in the mail earlier this month from Lowe’s that saved $10 on a $50 purchase. Since we had a large “mole hill” in the yard where the geo was put in, I knew we needed grass seed, so to spend the additional $$ to save the $10 I bought some plants for the garden. I got a few pepper plants, an acorn squash plant and some cilantro & basil. Its going to rain tomorrow so I decided I should plant some seeds and some of the plants I got today. So I planted 2 of the bell peppers that I got today. I also planted some sun flowers that Paul bought, that will make a nice wall of flowers behind the pool. I also planted 2 rows of snap peas in the edge of the garden. Now I just need to plant some of the tomatoes we started from seed, and then the squash and other peppers I haven’t planted yet. More updates to come..
So I mentioned that last weekend, I planted some seeds. These were all seeds that we had left over from last year, and so I wasn’t really sure if all the seeds would take off, so I probably plated more then I needed to but its better to have more then less. So this past week, I have been keeping an eye on the seeds and there are tons of plants coming up. the carrots and tomatoes are going crazy. But I really just threw a handful in instead planting individual seeds, so it didn’t surprise me, but I guess it does surprise me how many seeds I must have put in, and how a lot of them are coming up too. So I took the tomatoes and carrots that were growing like crazy, and separated them into smaller pots. I also took the peas and beans and put them also into new pots, so we will have a lot of plants, hopefully they will produce a lot of veggies.
So last week we canned 7 cans of tomato sauce. It took 22 pounds of tomatoes to make the seven pints. After that long process, the tomatoes are still growing, so we have more and more out there. With the next set of tomatoes, I think we are going to make some more tomato sauce, and I think we will also make some salsa. Here are the pictures I took of our last 2 harvests.
The picture on the left is actually a box full on tomatoes that I picked on Tuesday and the picture on the right is our harvest from Thursday. We’ll see how many tomatoes we get tomorrow, since it seems that we pick tomatoes every other day.
In case you can’t see it we are still harvesting green peppers, some eggplants and even an occasional zucchini, and maybe this week we’ll get some of that lettuce I planted about a month ago.
