Adventures of a Sufficient Self Suburbanite wanna-be.

[WendyJ]

Peppers, onions, Brussels sprouts.

 

[WendyJ]

I had beets and carrots, the day I pulled the last of the beets I was given a tray of onion starters, so when life gives you free onions, you plant 'em!

 

[WendyJ]

And, the missing picture. (Hard to post on such a small device).

 

[Denim Deb]

Very interesting. How much food have you gotten from all your containers?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Hi WendyJ and welcome from Texas. Love your garden and you're living proof that where there's a will, there's a way!

 

[WendyJ]

Thanks! So far I have only pulled about a dozen beets, and a few handfuls of carrots, but I am hoping the tomatoes keep looking nice (and that they ripen all together when I have time to can them). Spring was really late this year, because we get so much rain we need to wait quite a while to plant. I know, most people want more rain, but when you get 4 inches in 90 minutes it isn't good. This was basically a trial year, and I have certainly learned things to change, but I am still happy for the most part with how things are growing.

 

[WendyJ]

Lessons from tomato plants....
Blossom end rot? Plants were allowed to dry out too much?



"Health Kick" plants produce lots of nice tomatoes but seem to be indeterminate, and will need lots of stakes as they grow about6-7 feet tall!

 

[Denim Deb]

I'm not sure how tall my tomatoes are now, but they're over my head. The trellis I made seems to be doing a good job. I was looking at a friend's tomatoes. They used cages, and the cages are all falling over.

 

[WendyJ]

I am used to determinate tomatoes that aren't vine like (perhaps with our shorter growing season they do better here?), but these ones would have been 7' if I hadn't cut them back. Will need to come up with a better support system with the containers for next year, might try attaching the side pieces to the container.

 

[WendyJ]

One of my Brussels sprouts is looking okay, the other one has some disease, I need to find a list of problems that includes pictures.