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Garden Progress

My garden has been planted for about a month now, and it has been making some nice progress. I actually got my first tomato from it a couple nights ago. Last time I wrote about it, I wasn’t entirely sure what all would be planted. I decided to plant a few different varieties of tomatoes, jalapenos, cayenne peppers, hot Hungarian wax peppers, orange bell peppers, Romaine lettuce, habanero peppers, super chiles, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant, and sweet basil.

The tomato plants have grown a great deal over the past week and some of the fruit is starting to become more prominent. A few of the tomatoes have actually turned color already.

Almost all of the pepper plants have started fruiting as well. The cayenne and wax peppers are probably farthest along, and the super chiles seem to be really healthy.

The Romaine lettuce is a back and forth affair. One day it looks wilted and on death’s bed, the next it has nearly doubled in size. There is one plant in particular that has just taken off, and is head and shoulders above the rest.

I have used the sweet basil a number of times already and it keeps coming back with new leaves ready for use. I have made a tomato basil mix a few times thus far, but am looking forward to being able to use my own tomatoes in the mix.

I continue to add things to my compost bin. I am amazed at how well things are broken down in there. I heard a lot of noise from my friends about my worm finding, but the worms are helping out a lot. Every time I mix the compost, I see more and more worms doing their thing in there. I like knowing that my own kitchen waste is helping my new garden stay healthy.

Here are a few pictures from Saturday afternoon of the garden, and of my first tomato from Friday.