Garden Update

As we are moving into spring, I have noticed a major growth in many of the plants in my garden.  The plants that I have seen significant growth in are my onions and garlic. They grow a few centimeters every day which is incredibly encouraging.

German Queen Tomato

Red Beefsteak Tomato

The tomatoes and peppers seem to be taking a little longer to grow, though I have noticed a few buds on them.  I was a little worried because the weather has been so erratic lately, we had a couple of cold snaps with tempuratures below 45 degrees F, and as we all know tomatoes hate the cold!  It seems though, that the tomatoes and peppers have made it through okay, the Red Beefsteak tomato has a little brown on its leaves which is worrisom, but I added a little fertilizer and compost and loosened the soil slightly, so hopefully it pulls through!

Red Bell 

Garlic

My herbs seem to be doing really well with the basil as the exception.  Basil likes warmer weather and those cold snaps have taken their toll on the plant. I have decided to try and propagate the basil in order to try and save it so I will have a basil plant later in the season. I will explore the steps I took for propogation in my next post.
I haven't seen any growth with the carrot seeds I planted a few weeks ago, but carrot seeds are slow to germinate so it is possible they will sprout any week now.

My lettuce is doing great, though some of the leaves are looking a bit holey, I suspect snails are to blame so I am going to have to figure out a snail deterrent.  I don't want to use chemicals for a few reasons, which I will explore in a later post, so I will need to find an organic way to handle those darn critters.
All in all, my garden has seen better days but these problems are all part of the learning process!