The drip system isn't quite working as desired. There doesn't seem to be enough pressure to get the emitters to spray sufficiently to cover each entire square. This is really only necessary for those squares that have seeds covering the entire square (like the carrots, radishes, lettuce, etc.). I'm not sure if the cause is a lack of pressure in the entire system, or if I just have too many emitters running off the smaller 1/4 in. tube. I'm going to first try making direct connections between the 1/2 tubes and the emitters (rather than the 4 emitters I currently have running off a single 1/4 in. tube). We'll see what works, but that's a project for later in the week.
For now, here are the results of my plantings.
Here are the herbs in our herb container garden.
The rosemary (far right), thyme (far left pot on the left), sage (far left pot on the right) and two of the parsley plants are survivors from last year. I planted two additional parsley plants (we decided that we could use more for cooking, especially if we keep attracting cool black swallowtail caterpillars - see the earlier post). In the front are newly planted cilantro (on the sides) and tarragon (in the middle). The sweet basil is in the second picture below.
Here's a picture of the whole garden after planting:
Here are each of the planted gardens, with descriptions in succession:
Garden 1:
Here's the garden layout for Garden 1:
| English Peas (Little Marvel) | English Peas (Wando) | Watermelon (Charleston Jr.) | Pickles (Calypso)_ |
| Artichoke (Imperial Star) | Sweet Peppers (Sweet Banana) | Bell Pepper (Big Bertha) | Bell Pepper (Big Bertha) |
| Broccoli (Packman) | Spinach (Melody) | Spinach (Melody) | Brussels Sprouts (Royal Marvel) |
| Carrots (Purple Dragon) | Radish (Snow Stix) | Arugula (Rocket) | Carrots (Imperator) |
Garden 2:
Here's the garden layout for Garden 2:
| Tomatoes (Celebrity) | Tomatoes (Cherry, Super Sweet 100) | Tomatoes (Cherry, Super Sweet 100) | Tomatoes (Cherry, Super Sweet 100) |
| Brussels Sprouts (Royal Marvel) | Sweet Peppers (Gypsy) | Lettuce (Salad Bowl) | Pole Beans (Blue Lake) |
| Artichoke (Imperial Star) | Kale (Blue Curled Vates) | Cauliflower (Snow Crown) | Pole Beans (Blue Lake) |
| Green Onions (Evergreen White) | Lettuce (Red Salad Bowl) | Radicchio (Indigo Hybrid) | Cucumbers (Sweet Slice) |
Garden 3:
Here's the garden layout for Garden 3
| Cantaloupe (Ambrosia) | Cantaloupe (Ambrosia) | Pickles (Calypso) | Pickles (Calypso) |
| Mild Jalapenos (Fooled You) | Lettuce (Buttercrunch) | Carrots (Scarlet Nantes) | Snap Peas (Super Sugar) |
| Green Onions (Evergreen White) | Leeks (American Flag) | Broccoli (Packman) | Snap Peas (Super Sugar) |
| Lettuce (Paris - Romaine) | Lettuce (Red Sails) | Radish (Champion) | Pickles (Calypso) |
Garden 4:
Here's the garden layout for Garden 4:
| Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) |
| Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) |
| Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) | Corn (Kandy Korn) |
| Lettuce (Buttercrunch) | Lettuce (Salad Bowl) | Lettuce (Red Salad) | Spinach (Melody) |
Here's the blackberry and strawberry garden:
I also planted five tomatoes plants in upside-down buckets. This worked really well last year. I have planted all determinate plants (i.e., non-vining) in the buckets. There are three Roma and two sandwich types (444s).
My tomatoes were starting to get a little sad indoors. They weren't getting enough light.
Here's one of the tomato buckets. You just drill a hole in the bottom of the bucket, feed the plant through burlap and the hole, add your soil mix, hang with chains and voila!
My next project will be constructing something to protect the plants from the birds.
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