Based upon my complaints yesterday, mother nature listened and we received 1/3 inch of rain yesterday.
Square Garden Plot, April 2009
This picture was taken this morning and shows one of the square foot gardening plots moist after a good days rain (and the Cubs still got their game in — two wins!).
As I described yesterday, I’m trying square foot gardening this year. Many of the plots do not have the squares marked with rope, but this one does. The bottom right square is currently planted with 16 radishes about a week ago. We should see them sprouting soon with the radishes ready to eat in early May.
Friday will be another day of planting – swiss chard among other early spring plants.
The tomato plants started inside are looking great.
Tomato Plants Inside, April 2009
The tomato plants were started a while back and can go in the ground after the last frost — which is around April 25 for Cook County. I will probably start letting them outside to acclimate starting this Friday (I’m a nice guy — it’s going to be almost 70).
The plants are about 6 inches tall. I hope they’ll reach 8 inches before they go in the ground.
I still have many more posts on tomatoes – varieties, growing tips, etc. I probably spend more time with the tomatoes than any other plant in the garden.
Finally, and not to be forgotten, also growing with the tomatoes are peppers. The peppers are looking good. They need much more light under the grow lamp from day one to get strong. They are about 3 inches tall right now and I will probably baby them a bit longer than the tomato plants. Below are six sweet pepper plants in the APS seed starters.
Pepper Plants Inside, April 2009
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