My Way This Year

Last year we did things the way that the Grow Box folks wanted their boxes planted. This year we did it my way. We planted seeds and have some of the thickest stems on our tomatoes, Japanese eggplants, and peppers.

Our eggplant looks like purple hands with long purple fingers, and I have never seen so many in such a small place. We have two boxes of eggplant and I am sure it will be more than enough.

We have four boxes of spices and we have quite an array.  We have several types of basil, tarragon, dill, thyme, sage, oregano and bee balm. We have had  some basil that volunteered itself in one of the boxes and two tomato plants that did too.

One thing that will never be left out again is Root Blast. I discovered this stuff about ten years ago and it is incredible. The thick stems of our peppers, tomatoes and eggplants are because of Root Blast. We have beautiful red okra and we really like what we planted this year. Such beauty in nature.

I have a client that swears by the stuff and grew a rose the size of a dinner plate. I pointed out to him this year that the roses are sweetest on the plants with the biggest thorns.

Even though I was late planting every thing, I found the joy of growing things from seed was very satisfying. I bought some planters from Parks Seeds called biodomes. What a sensational way to grow. The sponges create such a perfect medium and leave nothing behind to hinder planting next year. I will use some of the larger domes so that the transplants will be bigger, but you can not beat these things.

My eggplant transplants were so small and now they are so big. I know I want to try grafting tomatoes next summer because I remember why I used hybrids. They can fight disease better.