Gardening season is fast approaching. Though I generally hate hot weather, I'm only happy the sun is out because of my plants. I can finally let them out after being cooped up for so long at my windowsill – not that any of them were complaining. So here it comes, an update on what I've been up to as of late.
There seems to be exciting developments on the home front, while going on a walk with one of my friends, I stumbled upon a happy discovery. As it turns out, there's a community garden in my neighborhood just ten minutes away from where I live! So of course I rushed at the opportunity to grab a little piece of land I could call my own for a short period of time. Given my luck with acquiring a garden plot, I didn't expect to get anything, but after attending a meeting and signing a couple of forms, it seems as though I have a garden plot for this growing season. This makes me so unbelievably happy. I now have two gardens to tend to, and a chance to test my mettle with growing things in the ground rather than in a container. I am preparing myself for thievery and ruination from our little squirrel friends, maybe some humans too. What can I say, I sometimes have lack of faith. As of now I hope that nothing all too tragic happens to my garden. I just have to figure out what to plant, and I'll be set!
So, what am I growing? That's one of those things I've been meaning to update on here. I have a nice list somewhere, but since I lost that, we'll just have to make do with some text and maybe some pictures. Photo spam will be coming. For now, I'm going to tackle the master list of what I'm growing. I plan to sow some other things too, such as beans, a couple of herbs, and other things. I digress, here's the list so far!
DIZZYLEMONADE'S WONDROUS PLANT EXTRAVAGANZA 2011
Pepper Category
- Chinese 5 Colour Pepper
- Sweet Chocolate Pepper
- California Wonder Orange Bell Pepper
- Habanero Pepper
- Rooster Spur Pepper
- Purple Pepper
- Yellow Hot Wax Pepper
Tomato Category
- Green Zebra Tomato
- Golden Nugget Cherry Tomato
- Red Currant Cherry Tomato
- Cherokee Purple Tomato
- Zapotec Pleated Tomato
- Wild Cherry Tomato
- Black Krim Tomato
- Thai Pink Egg Tomato
- Black Cherry Tomato
- Champagne Cherry Tomato
- White Currant Cherry Tomato
- Yellow Pear Tomato
- Amana Orange Tomato
- Paste Tomatoes
Roots/Bulbs
- Bunching Onions
- Bull's Blood Beets
- Cylindra Beets
Fruit
- Strawberry
- Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry
Herbs
- Genovese Basil
- Cinnamon Basil
- Spearmint
- Mint
- Chocolate Mint
- Sage
- Parsley
- Thyme
- Greek Oregano
- Chamomile
- Stevia (Just sown)
- Rosemary
- Lemon Balm
- Red Shiso
- Dill
Ornamental
- Wild PEI Lupin
- Sedum Rubrotinctum (I think)
- Echeveria
- Crassula Perforata
- Mimosa Pudica
- Fuzzy Lamb's Ear
- Blue Hydrangea
- Bougainvillea
- Polkadot Plant
Whew! That was a lot... now to take a breather, a photo post will come soon. Maybe a picture a day of each plant I'm growing to make it less spammy? I need to blog some more, and maybe sow some more seeds.. WEEEE!
