[CH] What I Planted Today
RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
Well, I finally had a chance to plant some of the
chiles in the raised bed today. I know it is very late
but there were a lot of reasons why I had to wait, one
being our trip to FL. The other being our horrible
rainy weather for way too long and the last reason was
a varmint that ate most of my tomatoes early in the
season.
It seems the varmints are gone (as far as I can tell)
and I couldn't wait any longer.
I planted:
2 Fish Pepper
1 Stripe
2 Orange Thai
1 Orange Serrano
2 Piquillo
Tomatoes:
1 Lillians Yellow
1 Thessaloniki Oxheart
1 Rose de Berne
Herbs:
2 Lemon Basil
1 Lime Basil
1 Greek Oregano
1 Red Nasturtium
I also have a mystery tomato growing in the bed, one
outside of the bed and a mystery chile (I had it
marked on a marker in the pot but the rain washed away
the name).
Hopefully I'll see some harvest in Sept or Oct and
pray for a late frost.
I'm just happy they are in the ground. I still have
quite a few chiles in large pots - Orange Serrano,
Orange Devil Hab (with buds), Lemon Drop, Guam Boonie.
I still have quite a few heirloom tomatoes in pots too
- Paul Robeson, White Wonder, Principe Borghese,
Riesentraube, Stupice.
Also some herbs in pots - I transplanted the
lemongrass into a larger pot. I hope it does well.
Anyway, glad I got the planting done.
It was tough work but we got it done (my son & I).
Now let's pray that we get more sun than rain. I'm
sooo sick of rain.
I want to harvest ripe chiles, and soon. I am so sick
of the jalapenos at the supermarket. I was hoping to
find thai chiles at the chinese market yesterday. They
had one bag of them but they looked like they were
rotting. I didn't take them.
RisaG, Zone 6, NJ
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