Green Thumbs: Gardening in Northern Utah

The chickens are growing, and now enjoying their outdoor home.  It looks like we might have a rooster.  He won’t be long for this world.

Here is a map of what we planted in Box 1 this week

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Heavy on the tomatoes, and that’s not all the tomatoes we’ve got going!  I’m wondering if all those peppers really need their own box; I don’t think any of our plants have gotten that large. This year will be the test and next year we might put them closer.  I can not find a cilantro plant to save my life, I’ve been to 4 stores.  I’m going to a few more this weekend before I admit defeat.  The other 2 squares are reserved for herbs.  The herb selection at every store I’ve been to has been really bad this year.

(EDIT: the last 2 squares I just planted with carrots.  I only had enough seeds for 6 holes of “Little Fingers” and the rest of the squares are “Short-n-Sweet”, which grow to 4″.  Perfect for that bed – should have thought of it this morning.)

This is what the box looks like right now.  When I plant, it’s always hard for me to imagine the plants full grown.

Below is garden box 2

We planted tons of peas this year – we love them fresh and they freeze well.  A closer shot of the non-pea half:

The broccoli and cauliflower were supposed to have their own square, but I didn’t think they’d need it.  Lesson learned.  The lettuce, and definately spinach, can get planted closer next year.  We’ve been eating a ton of it and it just keeps growing.  Fantastic.

We’ve got a few more broc/cauli plants in box 3.

This weekend we’ll get the beans, carrots, squash, melon and pumpkins planted, and then we should be good for a little while.