I didn’t write much this year about my little container
garden because this year has been pretty disappointing. We had a VERY wet spring (which is pretty
unusual) and that (according to all of the other gardeners I have talked to)
contributed to a pretty awful tomato crop.
I grew a dozen cherry tomato plants from seed and just recently (as in
within the past two weeks) have been able to harvest any of the tomatoes. Not many tomatoes grew at all (maybe a dozen)
and three or so plants didn’t even produce any tomatoes. I don’t know why, but the plants did bloom
(eventually), and many of those blooms just withered away. I can even see some teeny-tiny tomatoes if I
inspect the blooms; they just didn’t grow.
I did successfully grow tomato plants from seeds, though, so that was
exciting!
In addition to the tomatoes, at the suggestion of an
experienced container gardener, I have also been growing basil this year. Once my tomato plants got a few inches high,
I threw basil seeds in the same pots as the tomato plants. The basil has been doing really well, and we
have been enjoying basil in tomato-based dishes this year. I need to find a recipe for making pesto from
scratch so that I can use a bunch at once, because there is quite a lot
(hooray!).
In early September, I also decided to try some cold-weather
crops, so I planted some scallion and spinach seeds. The scallions have sprouted nicely; the
spinach hasn’t sprouted as well, but I will keep watering both anyway. It will be interesting to see what grows to
maturity!
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