Sunday, March 21, 2010

Projects in Progress: Vegetable Garden Part 2

We visited the Seattle Tilth edible plant sale yesterday and we got so excited by all the amazing greeny goodness that we bought a few too many plants...

Today we  had to put another bed in the ground as an emergency measure so the rest of our veggies could be planted.

We arrived at the sale near the end, and as we we were looking things over a Seattle Tilth representative got on the megaphone and announced that all of the plants were half price!!!  It was a bit of a mad dash but we maded it out alive. :)

So what did we get...


Kale
Rainbow Chard
Spicy Green and Gourmet Salad Mixes
Arugula
Raddichio
Deep Purple Broccoli
Dwarf Sweet Peas
Sprint Sweet Peas
Alpine and Honeyoye Strawberries
Various types of Sage
A Cranberry Bush
Softneck Garlic
Parsley
Marionberry Canebush
English and Lemon Thyme

If I haven't already convinced you to come over for dinner sometime this summer here are a few pictures.



All of the types of lettuces, arugula, thyme, parsley, strawberries, the dwarf peas and some basil seeds went into the original bed.  This bed has some of the best sun in the yard but unforunate placement next to the lineup of garbage, recycling, and yardwaste bins.  The plan is to hide the bins eventually with fencing but for now a trellis covered in peas will have to do.

Sprint peas with their makeshift trellis until a more solid system can be constructed. 


Rainbow chard seedlings.  I can already see the color of their stalks:
yellow, red, and orange.  I cannot wait to see them in full force!

 Alpine strawberries.  According to the tag that came with these, they do well potted and produce amazing large berries late into the fall.  Looking forward to warm off-the-vine strawberries in June, July, August...

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