New Gardener

I am not sure the exact type of flower this is.  Identifying plants is not my specialty.  I mostly dig the holes where instructed. I took a few photos while I had the camera.

A few weeks ago I started a separate garden for the garlic and onion plants:

Today the garlic and onion are both showing through the layer of mulch.

Garlic Plants

Onion Plants

The next row up from the Peas and Beans are two rows of Lettuce.  One row is pictured below.  I think it is the bibb variety.

Next to the green beans there is a half row of peas that are sprouting.

There was little change in the garden this weekend when I did some weeding and watering.  It appears today that the plants and grass have taken off.  Here are the green beans sprouting.

Today I watered and weeded the garden. The lettuce seeds are starting to sprout. It appears there will be quite a few to thin out. About three of the tomato plants did not transplant well and have died off. I will replace them this weekend. I am still looking for sources of five gallon buckets for the remaining tomato plants and peppers.

Only a few of the broccoli plants have continued to grow. These will be planted in a week. I direct seeded a row of broccoli seeds. Four more tomato plants have been transplanted. I still have hot peppers to transplant into containers. I am debating starting herbs in containers. I have plenty of seed left.

Today I dug up the dead grass next to a flower bed. Five cloves of garlic, about 40 plants and 40 yellow onions were planted. I checked the main garden. No seeds sprouted yet. Three tomato plants appear to be lost in the heavy rain. All the remaining seedlings in the garage were transfered to 4 inch pots. I will give them a week or two since at night has been 38 degrees.

Many of the plants selected this year were a failure.  Many lessons were learned when starting plants from seed.  The herbs were a complete failure.  The ones that started fell over and rotted.  Here are the finalists that made it into the garden.

Herbs (All Seedlings Failed)

Oregano

Basil

Rosemary

Dill

Sage

Cilantro

Parsley

Vegetables

Tomato (Roma)   (14 plants left to transplant)

Tomato (Better Boy)  (Planted)

Broccoli  (5 plants left to transplant)

Bibb Lettuce (one 10 foot row planted)

Romaine Lettuce (one 10 foot row planted)

Snow Peas (one 5 foot row planted)

Bush Beans (one 5 foot row planted)

Spinach (one 10 foot row planted)

Garlic (one small bundle to be planted since they are sprouting)

Yellow Onions (one bag to be planted,  problem finding space)

Peppers

Serrano (4 to be planted in buckets)

Jalapeno (7 to be planted in buckets)

Cayenne (3 to be planted in buckets)

California Wonder, Green Bell Pepper (seedlings failed)

Here is the final count of seedlings that survived:

• Broccoli (5)
• Tomato, roma and better boy (20)
• Cayenne Pepper (3)
• Serrano Pepper (4)
• Jalapeno Pepper (7)