This blog is if anything more for me than anyone else. It’s become sort of like journaling where I can write however much I want about anything I want. So with that said, it has been extremely gratifying so watch something I prepared the ground for, planted, and watered, grow! Here’s a video I took of my garden the other day and I wanted to post it since it’s easier to see what I have growing, and more fun I think than pictures, to look back on. I was last there on Friday and after having done all that weeding the prior week, everything looked good and there were hardly any new ones that had sprung up. I ended up transplanting the basil plant I had growing next to the tomatoes, next to another I had planted. I also thought I had room for three more tomatoes, so I transplanted three of the largest random ones that had come up, next to the three others I planted.
https://youtu.be/qxIJst0IgCU
My Gypsy peppers are doing awesome and all four plants have gone to fruit with beautiful yellow/green peppers about 4 inches long. I read online that, like bell peppers, they’ll turn orange then red when they’re fully ripe, so although I was tempted to pick them, I’m gonna leave them a little longer.
Lettuce is looking so good! I love salad wraps and lots of lettuce on my sandwiches, so seeing it do so well, is awesome. I can’t wait to eat it. I planted four or five more in fact where I dug up that unknown invader plant. Carrots also seem to be doing quite well. At least most of the stocks are pretty tall now. I had read that they dry quickly and must be watered frequently so initially, I wondered if they’d grow in such a dry climate, however they seem to be happy. Overall, I’m very pleased that things are finally starting to grow, look good, and put out fruit. I think I’ll definitely want to do this again next year.
Joshua Wilson 