15
Apr
2009
dnovotny

The Seedlings have sprouted

So, I have started a garden in the back yard. And by starting a garden, I mean I have dug up a plot, reconstituted soil, and fertilized it, and I have started seeds. I haven't actually planted any seeds/seedlings into the bed in the back yard, but I am working in that direction. I have been working on some seeds though, and they are making good progress. I keep being delighted when I go look at them and they are larger and healthier looking. I hope they continue to grow and don't die right away on me. Though I have been advised by enough sources that my initial attempts at gardening will be wrought with failure, and perseverance is what is necessary to make it a sustainable effort.

Seed Bed 1

Seed Bed 1

Seed Bed 1

Seed Bed 1

Seed Bed 2

Seed Bed 2

Later I will prepare a map to point out what is what, but here is a list of what is growing in those seed cups:

Bed 1:
Broccoli
Snow Peas
Onions (Tokyo)
Endive
Eggplant
Cucumbers (Japanese Long)
Cucumbers (Thai Special)
Bush Beans
Amaranth
Long Beans
Tomato (Amana Orange)
Beets (Bulls Blood)
Brussel Sprouts
Tomato (Aunt Ruby's German Green)
Tomato (Arkansas Traveler)

Bed 2:
Spinach
Summer Squash (Crookneck?)
Tomato (Cherokee Purple)
Watermelon (Black Diamond Yellow Bellied?)
Banana Melon
Garden Pea (Tall Telephone)
Serrano Pepper (Hot)
Swiss Chard
Golden Marconi Sweet Pepper
Okra (Burgundy)
Lettuce (Asian Red)
Radish (Japanese Minowase)
Boule D'or Melon

Some varieties maybe named wrong, or spelled wrong, etc. I am going off of some hand-scribbled notes, and didn't spell everything out.