Week 5: The Heat Came

This week marked the beginning of some good spring weather with degrees reaching the high 80s. (Part of me thinks that the High 80s is typical summer weather, not spring weather. But, since I never really paid attention to the weather before -- outside of "it's hot" or "it's cold" -- the High 80s could be good spring weather). In any event, the plants grew like crazy this week.

The main happenings of the week was marked by the flowering of several plants and the arrival of the Earthbox. I resisted the temptation to purchase three additional Earthboxes. Somehow, I sense dear ol' Suze Orman would disapprove of me spending all my money on "dirt in a box"..... even if I called it an investment.

I don't think I'll be purchasing any other plants for the reminder of the spring season... that is, unless I get obsessed about something else. I'm already thinking about what to grow next year.... and it will definitely involve cantaloupe and watermelon.

The Container Garden as of April 27, 2008.

The totals are:

Tomatoes

• Bush Early Girl Tomato
• Better Bush Tomato
• Bush Goliath Tomato
• Super Sweet 100 Tomato

Squash

• Zucchini Squash (2 plants)
• Crookneck Squash
• Straightneck Squash

Eggplant

• Ichiban Eggplant
• Cloud Nine White Eggplant

Peppers, Sweet

• Lilac Bell Pepper
• Sweet Banana Peppers (5 plants)
• Chocolate Bell Pepper
• Sweet Green Bell Pepper
• Yummy Petite Orange Sweet Pepper (2 plants)

Cucumbers

• Bush Champion Cucumber (3 plants)
• Spacemaster Cucumber (4 plants)
• Picklebush Cucumber (2 plants)
• Lemon Cucumber (1 plant)

Beans

• Bush Blue Lake Snap Beans (numerous plants)
• Bush Contender Snap Beans (numerous plants)

Spices (I still don't know if I want to actually cook with them, but it's nice to know that they are back there).

• Oregano
• Lemon Balm
• Sage
• Rosemary (Dying ever so slowly)
• Tarragon
• Sweet Majoram
• Lavender
• Sweet Basil
• Cinnamon Basil