I had resigned myself to having nothing growing this year, but earlier in the week I noticed the temporary garden store next to Aldi was having a 'buy one get one free' sale (their sell-off before they close for the year). By time I got there yesterday things were already pretty picked over. However, at the far end of one of the greenhouses they had some healthy-looking tomato and pepper plants growing in 8" pots. The original price of five dollars seemed a bit steep, but at half that I could get nice large specimens that already had tiny fruits:
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| See the baby tomatoes? |
I bought two pepper plants and two tomatoes (one each standard and cherry). I also got some small geraniums (they were buy one get THREE free). When I got home I decided I wanted more, so this morning I went back for two more tomato plants. After lunch Son Donald helped me ready the ground and plant everything. Now, if I can fend off the critters I'll be harvesting yummy produce later in the summer.
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| Original purchase waiting to be planted |
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A head start and everything. No veggies in the ground here, yet.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a long enough growing season for tomatoes?
DeleteNice! I see 6 baby tomatoes in that first picture! Nothing like home grown ones! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI suspect now the plants will divert some of their energy into root-growing, but I'm already looking forward to those home grown 'maters
DeleteThis is a good thing!
ReplyDeleteYes it is :-)
DeleteOh, you already have tomatoes on your plants. I started with seeds and still no blooms (it's now too hot for them to bloom). I'll have to post a pic of my tomato plant. It's very embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteThere may be tiny fruits, but that's no guarantee I'll be harvesting fully-grown tomatoes. Ironically the weather forecast for the next week is for cooler than average temperatures; tomatoes would rather have it hot.
DeleteWow! That is a fabulous deal! The plants are so huge and already bearing.
ReplyDeleteJust after I did the planting the weather turned cool. Tomatoes like hot. We'll see what happens.
DeleteGreat prices - you sure lucked out! I'm trying peppers for the first time this year. Fingers crossed. Our tomatoes are flowering - so nowhere near as far along as yours however our peach tree is loaded with peaches. I'm hoping the critters don't get to them first!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where they'd grown these tomato plants. Alll the single-cell packs in the greenhouse were the standard size with nothing but flowers.
DeleteI'm crossing my fingers for your peppers and peaches, too.