I planted the potato bin this evening with the seed potatoes I chitted way back when. I am glade they are in finally after being delayed so long due to the bed refilling. I have decided to hedge my losses and only fill the bin 4 boards high this year. If potatoes form up to the fourth board then next year I will fill in all the way up with soil.You may also notice that new garden spigot at the side. It is a freeze proof one and I am currently installing it. All I have to do now is hook it up on the inside. Can't wait to get that done!
Here are the red fingerlings I have growing in a large container, about 24" I believe. They have sprouted nicely and in about a week I will be adding more soil. In addition to the bin & potted potatoes I am also going to try 3 compost bags planted with a seed potato in each. I have the bags but I am now waiting for the seed to sprout. I will show them as soon as I plant them.
Here are most of the 16 tomatoes I am growing this year. They have really gone crazy and are about two feet high. They are a little spindly because I have them spaced to closely though. Thankfully I can plant them out in the soil now so that should happen any day now. I will be burying at least half of their height below the soil.
I couldn't forget about Mister Early Tomato and of course its fruit is focused dead center. The fruit is bigger then a gold ball now and he had 3 blooms out when I took this photo. I have my fingers & toes crossed that it will ripen by the first week of June.
Here are the peppers, sorry about my crappy photos this evening, it was getting dark when I took them. The large ones in the back are Big Chili II & Jimmy Nardello's. In the front row we have Ancho's towards the end of the poly tunnel, Sport Peppers in the center square pot and the Purple Peppers on the end from Annie's Kitchen Garden. The purple peppers were a little slow to germinate but are coming along nicely now.
The last Solanum for this evening are the Eggplants, these ones are Rosa Bianca. They have a bit of yellowing but should do great once they are planted out and it warms up some more. I hope the eggplants do better this year, last years crop didn't even grow in the cool wet season we had.
To end this Solanum post I will share a photo of the 3 topsy turvy's that came today. I wanted to try the self watering ones like this one but once you order three, add shipping and tax they were almost 70 big ones, crazy. So I found these topsy turvy's on eBay and bartered a good deal from a Canadian lady. I will be hanging them off the redundant chimney and I should get that done tomorrow I hope. Cheers to upside down planting!
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