Better 1/2 with Gammie and the Techno-tot have been working on their container garden and this is but a small pic of the vast array of herbs and such they have planted. They are on a kick with all kinds of tomato plants which is fine by me. Throw in the pepper plants and all the herbs and I am thinking at some point this summer, there will be much making of homemade salsa.
The woman can make some awesome salsa. Hopefully the garden will be plentiful and we will have a few more jars this year. As in, the salsa cache will last past Christmas. I doubt it though. Thats ok though, you can only grow so much in a container garden.
Which brings me to the container garden thing. See, we have limited room, and what room we have seems to have deck and concrete and very little grass. So, the next best thing is a container garden, which is cool. Someday we will buy a yard with a house and we can plant until the cows come home. Until then, containers work just fine.
Farmer Nerf in action. Transplanting a tomato plant she started with heirloom seeds. So far, she has had good success with most of the seeds she has planted. I do find it funny that we have plastic pails with stuff growing from them. Even more.. funny is buying dirt. But when you dont have the yard space you can convert to garden, you gotta get it from somewhere.
Farmer Techno-tot posing with the huge tomato plant and all the other containers he has been tending. He loves to water, almost too much really. All he needs is a straw hat and sprig of hay sticking out of his mouth and he would be a farmer. His great grand parents would be proud. Nice to know a 'city kid' still has roots in farming. I'll have to find a local farm that needs some help shoveling out the pens, its good for the soul.
When we do find that yard with a house, some time this summer I am hoping, we will have to plan for next spring and plant like crazy. I gotta feeling we will be digging up a back yard and transforming it into as big a garden as we can. It will be fun.
Oh and that local farm I was thinking about? Yeah, that would be a good place to acquire.. fertilizer. I'll just have to figure out a way to transport it home. Buckets would work.. hmmm..
I'll have to post updates as we go. Project Garden should be pretty neato this year.
Happy Wanderings
One can never go wrong with too much salsa. Ha ha, seriously, salsa rocks. I hope you get the chance to get a bigger garden. For now, keep on doing that container garden and having some fun!
Posted by: Jamie Keifer | 09/12/2011 at 11:03 AM