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Sarah's Garden is Back!

After a short hiatus I am back with some exciting news:  I now own a house with a big sunny back yard so my garden will be expanding!  Of course I'm excited about the house but I'm also excited about the gardens (yes, plural, front and back) and a potential greenhouse (!!)  But let's not get ahead of ourselves.  I may be living in a sublet while I work on my house but my plants are still growing, albeit in two different locations, soon to be three.  I know...I have a lot of plants.  Garden #1 is a very deep raised bed-type area that I've planted plants in and set plants in containers on.  It's pretty harsh, condition-wise:  it's very sunny and hot and windy and there's no shelter from hard rain.  I planted a bunch of tomatoes in the bed because I knew those conditions would dry out pots quickly.  Here they are beginning to bloom! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"]photo.JPG once again I neglected to label all my tomatoes: these are either rutgers or jersey giants[/caption] Notice the unused tomato cage in the back?  I have so much room here that I just let the plants spread out.  I'll just have to watch once the tomatoes get ripe so that they don't rot on the ground.  Or get eaten by wildlife. I also brought some mint with me and that is in a large pot in the sunny garden: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375"]photo.JPG neglected mint about to flower[/caption] And next to that some basil that is a little dry but still okay, I think: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375"]photo.JPG soon to be pesto[/caption] This garden is so big (and I share it with my neighbor so this is just half) that I got a bunch of flower seed very cheap - 12 envelopes for a dollar - and just mixed it all together and sprinkled it around.  I actually did have a little bit of a plan:  the tallest, poppies and phlox, against the wall, then marigolds, zinnias, nasturtiums and various other "cutting flowers" in the middle and forget-me-nots and sweet alyssum around the border.  They're just seedlings now but hopefully I'll have something to show you soon. At Garden #2, which is mostly shade, I have the rest of the tomatoes (in the sunniest spots), peppers, eggplant, figs, ferns, moss, begonias, crown of thorns, bay, chives, thyme, lavender and other things that I can't remember right now.  Despite the shade, these guys are all doing pretty well.  Here are some Dr. Walters ripening: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375"]Dr. Walter sweeties[/caption] I plan on moving these tomatoes and the peppers and eggplant at least to Garden #3 which is my new house.  It's sunny and south-facing and - wonder of wonders - there's a HOSE.  My days of filling up watering can after watering can in sinks and bathtubs are numbered, thank goodness.