Two New Garden Ideas

Okay neither of these are fancy, but hopefully they are functional.

This first effort is inside my hoophouse.   This was just a weedy corner, with a tarp or two piled up, six bags of cow manure and a family of garter snakes.  Eviction notices were served and this is day one.

Eight pepper plants and four tomato plants, set in new topsoil.

Eight more tomatoes.

This is a definite experiment for this year.  I know it is late in the year to be putting in new plants, but I'm hoping to extend my gardening season a month or two, with some care.  If not I'm just out the cost of four, four-packs of veggie plants at half price.

And next year, well................................

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We love blackberries.  As a child we used to go and pick wild ones, and get thoroughly scratched up in the process of getting the little black jewels.  I was in a garden center the other day and they had four thornless blackberry plants on half price - three concepts that tickled my fancy.  So I bought them.  But now I had the dilemma of where to put them. 

I know they need their own separate area - they get big and all-consuming.  I know they like dry feet - that can be a problem on our low property.  I know they need winter protection.  So the south side of my little greenhouse, seemed to be the logical spot.  The greenhouse will hopefully provide a little shelter from the all-out north winds, and hopefully the passive heat generated inside the greenhouse will modify the soil temperature slightly, outside.  Time will tell, but I can already taste those juicy fruits.

Please ignore weeds growing inside the greenhouse - the gardener should have done some weeding before the photo session.

And that is all I have to say for today.

Musings and meanderings from the Musical Gardener.