We vowed not to get behind early this year.  If there is anything worse than getting behind - it is getting behind so early in the year.  Last year we started late, and like in most cases – time is something you cannot make up for.  You can always fertilize more (organically of course!), or maybe keep some lights on them a lil longer – but when it is all said and done, it will all come back to you haunt you.

We did “OK” with peppers last year, late tomatoes… eggplant… okra was perfect.  But anything early in the season – a BIG FAT FAIL.

No early peppers, no early tomatoes… hell our tomatoes seemed to be mediocre for 80% of the growing season last year and if it wasn’t for the mild temps for most of Fall – we would have been near to SHUT OUT on tomatoes. 

But this year we weren’t going to let it happen.  We started the end of Jan.  Built us a brand new grow shelf – and now we are reaping the benefits of the time we invested so early.  Hopefully we will have LOTS of plants this year to share with friends and family (we hoped to do that last year and it was a flop).

All that to say this…

We spent our Valentine’s Day getting our first batch of tomatoes potted up for the first time this early growing season. 

How ya like that internets? CHECK ‘EM OUT!

How are you seedlings doing?  Have you potted up for the first time yet? 

Lots of people are wondering…

When Do We Pot Up Tomatoes For The First Time?

Let’s help ‘em out.  Got any tips on potting up… do share.

Tags: Container Gardening, Crappy Weather, Gardening, Gardening Tips, Growing Tomatoes, Organic Fertilizer, Organic Gardening, Recession Gardening, Seeds & Seedlings, Winter Gardening by James
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Last year I picked up an AeroGarden for Shala.  Since doing so – we have grown tons of lettuce, basil, parsley, dill and cilantro.  It really has been a neat lil’ toy – but most importantly it has allowed for things during these cold months that we wouldn’t normally be able to grow.

This morning we picked Cilantro & Basil (regular & purple).  And we still have a bunch left to pick.

Wondering if anyone else has one of these guys?  I know they are pricey – but at the same time… so is regular gardening (when you are a true addict).  We like ours, and are amazed at how fast & effecient things grow in it.  So in other words…

Are you an AeroGardener?  And if so – do you think yours is as cool as we think ours is?

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Anybody else already get started?  We have something like 9 billion tomato varieties this year, 50 million different peppers… and then a whole bunch of other stuff we probably  shouldn’t be growing – since we could hardly care for the ones we had last year.  But that is gardening right?  Taking on too much, and griping about it the whole time… right?

What do you have going on in  your garden… err basement… or… greenhouse?

Tags: Container Gardening, Crappy Weather, DIY, Flowers, Gardening, Gardening Tips, Growing Peppers, Growing Tomatoes, Living Green, Organic Gardening, Recession Gardening, Seeds & Seedlings, Sprouts by James
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