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March is going to be an exciting month in the garden.
In the next two weeks I’ll be transplanting my tomato and pepper seedlings from their cozy window sill to the great outdoors. As long as our nights continue to stay above the 32 degree mark, I think they’ll be thrilled with the change of location. They’re getting large enough now that I’ve had to add (4) 4″ pots to my original two sill planters. This was mainly for the benefit of the tomatoes – the peppers have been slow-growing and are nowhere near crowding each other out for sunlight.
In the front yard my winter-weary lettuce, onions & edamame are thriving. After our morning at Johnson’s Backyard Garden, I came home and harvested the mature leaves off two of the lettuce plants (which yielded one ginormous bowl of salad that Tyler and I munched on for dinner last night). Here are a few pics of the garden and it’s offerings this weekend – stay tuned later in March for an update on the transplant process and to see what other veggies I’ve added to the menu! :)
Happy Edamame
The garden after harvesting.
The freshest salad you'll ever eat!
To see the garden’s full progression, check out these past posts:
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That salad is huge and I’m sure it was amazing! I can’t wait to see what else you get to grow and eat!
Comment by Elizabeth March 1, 2009 @ 10:02 pm[...] has set me back in the garden but in reality I’m right on track (if not a little ahead). At this time last year I had 2 types of lettuce, 2 types of onions, and edamame planted. I didn’t even have an [...]
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