I need almost 30 tomato cages. Where would I go to get these without being looked at funny? I see them at all the garden supply stores and home improvements stores but not 30 in one place.
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We make them out of wire fencing- also is cheaper that way and usually sturdier.
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WE HAVE PEAS. Three peas. Did they pop up overnight? Neither of us noticed any yesterday. I grabbed HTbFās arm so hard I might have caused permanent circulatory damage.
Trellis - weāve got 3 rows, maybe 4 staggered plantings, with some spinach growing in the middle:
We added so many fucking tomatoes yesterday after another garden swap. The 5 around the edge of the bed, one in the background, and still more to find spots for.
We also picked up some pollinator flower seeds and a couple natives to transplant. Transplanted a couple painted lady runner beans, mostly because they will get pretty red and white flowers. Our own offerings to the garden swap gods:
Emergency trellis built for accidental pole beans:
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In my experience, peas go from flower to peapod practically overnight with almost no notice. I suddenly have 2 pods.
Peas are one of the things that I always want to plant more of, but donāt because I donāt want to put up a trellis or sacrifice my limited garden space to something I like, but donāt love and donāt eat tons of (unlike greens, tomatoes, peppers, and herbs).
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Oh my god, this is my life right now.
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The leafy greens I started when we started isolating are still not looking big enough to eat 
(I want a grumpy-pouty-lip emoticon but there doesnāt seem to be one)
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I almost never buy fresh peas/green beans, but I love them. Theyāre either too expensive, low-quality, or both. Same with bell peppers. Definitely need to find more space for spinach, though. We go through so much.
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Harvested head lettuce, kale, mint, and peas this morning and saw the first tomato flowers start to open!
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Iām a huge dumb dumb and switched what I thought my pepper and tomato seedlings were. This doesnāt have super negative impacts, other than Iāll have to repot my tomatoes from 5 gallon pots to 10 gallon at some point. But I thought the tomatoes were doing really well and it turns out that was the peppers: the tomatoes are kind of wimpy.
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I started digging up the verge today to create some small swales. Itās currently a sandpit and I want plants and mulch by the end of winter.
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Agreed, I bought a bag of sugar snap peas from Aldi once and they were terrible.
The u-pick strawberry farm that I go to every year (though this year I canāt as theyāre in Trump country, in a town that sued the mayor over our stay-home order) has peas too. Always meant to do that someday.
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I got a few leaves of chard and arugula out of the community garden bed last night. The chard is definitely happier in the ground. My arugula at home bolted after a day of nearly 90 degrees so Iām glad I planted more in the bed that is just starting to put out edible-sized leaves.
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Planted out four more tomatoes today. I have my first opened up pepper flower! The crowder peas are finally starting to do something, and the corn looks like itās going to be strong enough to support them if they want to climb. Still a little too early to tell if theyāre going to be bush or vine, but Iām beginning to suspect vine.
The little sprouts from the grocery store red bell pepper are starting to green up and look happy. Hopefully Iāll see a couple of seed leaves by end of day. The banana peppers I grew from seed arenāt big enough to go on the ground yet, but should be in another week. They and the tomato starts are living outside full-time now.
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Omg that baby pepper is adorable 
. Iām also growing peppers so Iām hoping to see little buds soon. Problem is, I have no idea if they will be serranos or sweet peppers. To be honest, donāt know what the hell Iām doing at all! 
Back in April I had seeds from both kinds of peppers and tossed āem into a pot with a pathetic amount of soil and zero expectations that they would even sprout. Now, here I am with this beautiful plant full of leaves and terrified Iām going to kill it!
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The last of my known tulip varieties have been potted up. All of my unknown tulip varieties have been potted up in their own individual little pots. That way if they flower I can tag that pot with what the flower type is, rather than indiscriminately lump them all together in a bag for next year as unknown.
My baby Russian garlic bulbets all got the tip snip and potted up into one pot altogether in the hopes they might actually sprout. Theory is by cutting the hard yellow tip off the end, water will get into the bulblet and help germinate the inner.
The place where I planted out the berry orchard were gifted all of my remaining daffodil and jonquil bulbs. They were all planted out on the Sunday just gone in their big round bed for irises. I also planted out the Achilleas (Yarrow) and Verbenas that were there in pots between the orchard plants to encourage pollinating insects. If I get the chance other things like Alyssum will also be planted out there, but that will involve raising starts from seed as thereās no point dropping $ on punnets for such a big job. Will be another month or so, but Iāll be back out there to deal with the fruit trees that need planting up during winter dormancy.
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Toddler garden update for the first week of winter:
Cucamelons are kicking on. I learned that ātolerates poor soilā actually means āfertilize liberally if you want any fruitā and ātolerates droughtā actually means āwater liberally if you want any fruitā. We got off to a poor start but the toddler has been enjoying little garden snacks most days now. She has peas and carrots and an eggplant in there, mostly feeding the possums, and some salvias. The chilli plant is still very productive, itās just a shame she wonāt eat spicy food.
Driveway tomato update:
Itās getting colder overnight here so Iām not sure how we will go production wise, but day time temperatures are lovely and warm. Iām continually reassured that winter is the appropriate time to grow tomatoes here but we get overnight temperatures a bit lower than the city wide average so Iām not 100% sure. The capsicum (bell pepper) seems to be holding its fruit despite the cooler nights so 
. We added the sweat pea trellis but probably got the seedlings in too late to hope for much in the way of flowers and we have some cosmos seedlings to transplant on the weekend from seeds @GJT sent us.
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Little tomatoes on our vines
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Big rain has knocked over my largest tomato plant, but Iāll prop it back up when the storm passes. Seeing the beginnings of flowers pin the first planting. all my tomatoes this year are determinate bush style Romas. Iām shouting for enough production to last the winter. Wonāt get there for all our needs, but every little bit helps.
Edit: Man, typos, why?
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