Le Beau Jardin - Week 3
Three weeks after starting, the garden is done and in and nothing has died yet though the cinnamon and oriental basil are struggling. Nothing is really growing yet but I can tell things have rooted and are finding their new home with mondo compost suitable.
That being said, everything but the impatients are in. The deck is litered with pots and while it doesn't look like much now, give it a month and it'll be a jungle. I also moved some extra tomato plants into containers for the deck in my first attempt to do some container gardening. I threw in some basil and cilantro to the pots for a full-out italian mix. I have no idea how I'm going to stake those tomatoes but I've got about two weeks to figure it out.
Things are thriving. Green and moist and verdant and things I'd feared dead are pushing up and starting to live again. I noted in my gardening journal but it's worth repeating: nature is amazing. I'm having a ball.
Oooh, those photos are just screaming for follow-ups! Doesn't look like much? That's a whole lotta pots, darlin'. I LOVE that stage, actually. All that potential just coiled to spring forth. Keep posting. I look forward to playing along with the home game.
So, why not use regular tomato cages? They are what they are, and what they are needs no excuses!
Hey, don't blame me, you started it with the paraphrasing showtune lyrics, Mr. Ding Ding Ding.