Garden Update

I just read my last update and it was quite terrible. I guess that's what I get for writing a post and not finishing in the same day or even week. 


Here's an update on my garden:
-The peppers I started from seed in February/March were planted in the ground and then shriveled up and wilted from the heat.
-My mom so graciously bought me some pepper plants to replace the ones that died. (I've decided to never plant from seed again on peppers)
   -I have a chocolate pepper plant, California wonder peppers, and orange pepper plant, and some yellow pepper plants
   -There are quite a few blossom, one pepper an inch or 2 long, and a few tiny tiny peppers
-I had to replant my green bean row because none of the beans came up, but now they are thriving
-I replanted my carrot row, we'll see if they come up too
-The tomatoes are doing fantastic! They must really like the type of soil we have!!! They are starting to get blossoms and maybe some tiny tiny tomatoes
-The sweet corn I planted is barely coming up, so that may be a flop this year too
-zucchini and summer squash are popping up!
-Some of the onions are thriving, others have died, but that's fine.

 Tomatoes and peppers

Everything else!

Garden Disaster!!

It happen!!!! The first of my garden disasters!! Remember those pepper plants I love so dearly? DEAD, every single one of them!!! I think I've given up on starting pepper plants from seed!!
Last week I purchased quite a few pepper plants to feed our pepper need. So far they are faring very well!

As for the rest of my garden, we finally got it tilled and mostly planted. A few things have come up, and others I've had to replant due to the hot hot hot weather we had a few weeks back.

I am a negligent blogger who left her camera at her parent's house, so no pictures of the garden right now.

I may have spoken too soon

Here it is, the third week in March, and I've had our furnace off for 2 weeks if not longer. The lowest day time temperature this month was 36 degrees. Today the temperature is in the low 80s. These are record highs here in the midwest for this time of the year. This is not be complaining, just me in awe of the wonderful weather we've been getting. However, if I know Indiana, we could still be in for some surprises in a few weeks.


With the warm weather, the tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and all those other spring flowers have bloomed. It's been an adventure seeing what kind of flowers we have around our house. Our beautiful big magnolia tree in the backyard is in full bloom. It's a nice shady place for our hammock.

 I bet you've been wondering about my garden. Well, we cleared the branches from my garden area, but have no tilled it yet. I started my tomato plants (Beefsteak, roma, and cherry), and a different type of pepper plant as well. ...and about those other pepper plants.... We are down to 5-6 total plants, the cats got sneaky and ate a few of them. However, since the weather had been so nice they are outside.


And with that I will leave you. I promise, I am working on projects, I just haven't finished any yet.

Come on spring

As the weather starts to get a little more mild (and the 65 degree day we had last week), I'm starting to plan out my garden for the summer. Husband and I have started making a list of the things we'd like to grow and how we want the garden to look. I've been pinning lots of ideas from pinterest and reading some books from the library. Ideally I'd like to only use produce from our garden this summer, and I hope that I can make that work


Since we've only been living in our house since August, there was no time for planting a garden. We only had time to trim bushes and trees, and clear out the overgrown flower beds. There is a large pile of branches lying where my garden will be that will have to be cleared before it can be tilled. I'm waiting for warm weather because I dislike wearing coats and being cold.


I can't wait for warmer weather where I can finally work in the yard and tend to my garden. No pictures today, sorry. I didn't think you wanted to see my sad garden patch.

I Spy Peppers

Husband and I both love sweet bell peppers, but they can be costly if you always buy them from the store. Last year I thought I would try my hand at growing my own in the family garden. I started the seeds in early April just like the package said to. I watched and waited for the first sprouts to appear and carefully watered and cared for each of the plants until I could plant them outside. My siblings made fun of me because I would take daily trips to the garden (in the backyard) just to check on my 10 precious pepper plants and the other things I had planted. I made announcements and got excited when the first few flowers began to appear, and became upset and disappointed when the flowers died and the tiny pepper buds dropped to the ground. 


Finally, after much waiting the first pepper actually stayed on the plant and started to grow. Little did I know, but it would be until October until I would get any harvest from my plants. To my surprise my 10 pepper plants produced 4 peppers!!!!!!! All that work for 4 measly peppers that were used up in one meal.
This year I got smart. I checked out some books from the library to educate myself, and already have my game plan down. I started my first "batch" of peppers in December, but my cats thought they were a tasty treat and ate them when they were just little sprouts. At the beginning of the month I planted the next round of seeds, being smart this time and covered the pot with plastic to keep the heat and moisture in, along with keeping the kitties out.


As my seeds sprouted I removed the plastic wrap cover and replaced it with a mesh cover to discourage those curious cats. I am proud to announce that I have 5 plants that have sprouted and at least 3 more that are emerging.

Meet my pepper plants. The straws hold up the mesh so that the plants have room to grow.