one of the most exciting things for me when we moved into our home was the ability to have a garden. I went all out this year and bought millions of plants - 8+ different kinds of peppers, 8 tomato plants...it was just ridiculous. I have, fortunately, learned a lot from the tragedy that is my garden right now and am looking forward to a better one next year.
One thing we need to fix is a critter keep-out system. Bunny destroyed my green beans and broccoli. Squirrels continue to eat any tomato that even looks reddish. Things are dying because they are planted too close together - its a mess. This is not to say that I am angry, because I am not. I know now how to make it better and more successful. I know that we will have some awesome compost to start our garden in the Spring. I know that tomato plants need egg shells (calcium) to be happy.
We are still picking plenty of cherry and grape tomatoes and an occasional hot pepper (why we planted so many is beyond me).
Things to plant next year
*green beans (bunnies stay away)
*2 cucumber plants (we have one right now but we could do 2)
* Green and Red peppers (2 of each - thats it)
*2 Jalepenos (bunny ate that one too) and 1 green chile
*2 Cherry Tomatoes, 2 grape Tomatoes, 2 Big Boy tomatoes
New things to try?
*Tomatillos
*beets?
*sigh* again, not upset just thoughtful. I would be upset if we didn't have a kick butt Farmers Market blocks away from us.
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