Last Wednesday, I went to King Soopers and purchased four traditional tomato plants designed for container gardening, one cherry tomato plant, and one basil plant. The tomatoes and the basil came in peat pots which you can place directly into a container with potting soil.
My mom grew seedlings in first-generation peat pots in the early 1970's. I think they are fantastic. The transplant process is painless and I was also able to view how healthy a plant's root structure was/was not before I purchased it. I had already purchased potting soil and two containers with drainage holes at O'Toole's to go along with the two plastic pots I saved from last year, and roller skates (my term) for each.
I placed my veggies in their new homes early this evening. All but the cherry tomato survived. Unbeknownst to me, Ebenezer tipped the cherry tomato plant over late last week. The peat pot had begun to break apart and the infant plant's roots were fried by the sun. Oh well.
My friend QQ, who is now a physicist for the Department of Defense, has given me her old digital camera to use. These are the first pictures I have taken with said camera - and no I did not read the manual or install the editing software. I promise the next pictures will be better.
Look at the wee tomatoes.
Looking out for bunnies, big and small.
Luckily, I have a great, big black cat.
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