My assortment of seedlings growing steadily by the window. This was the second week of May, and hopefully I will have things further along by that time this year.
First transplant, this one's a tomato started from seed. The collar is cut from scrap tagboard and stuck about an inch deep in the ground to protect against cutworms. It worked great - all my tomato plants were huge!
The beets that were beautiful and lush and... were eaten by the deer. Didn't pull a single one out in time.
Onions planted from sets, prior to thinning. I think these were yellow ones.
These were among the first flowers that popped out of my growing veggies. Clockwise from upper left: cantaloupe, tomato, potato, and tomatillo!
My first real vegetable, a yellow summer squash. Held onto it a couple days until it had some friends, sauteed it with its neighboring zucchini, and it was delicious!
One of my tomatillo plants in all its glory. Started it from seed because it seemed like a unique plant and was touted as "hardy." No kidding. I had no idea what to do with this thing, but I must have done something right, because fruit started dropping off left and right in August. To call it "prolific" would be a massive understatement.
Cherry tomatoes that filled our salads for all of August and most of September. If we hadn't taken a vacation for the last two weeks of July we probably would have enjoyed them then, too!
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