Progress

The rain threatened all day, but it never ended up coming, and this provided us a perfect day for transplanting more veggies.  We put out about 25 new tomatoes into a patch we had tilled about a week ago.  Most of these tomatoes were clones that we had cut off our main plants and were now ready to go into the ground.  We had some very high quality mulch donated earlier today and it was put straight to good use protecting these new seedlings once in the ground.  They all got a lot of care going into the ground so I think they will all go to fruit at some point and we will have our fall crop tomatoes no problem.  Along with these tomatoes we planted a few more basil plants that had been hanging around waiting for a home, and one lone oregano plant.  I was very pleased with the clones that we had procured, they all had healthy roots and looked extremely healthy.  We worked pretty hard to make sure of this by keeping them watered and keeping them in partial shade during the afternoon hours. 

There are not too many seedlings left that need to get into the ground.  The goal is to get rid of all of the rest and consolidate the leftover dirt from dead plants in the next few days.  Its getting pretty late in the season for planting from early transplants anymore and we have done a descent job overall of getting things into the ground overall.  I know next year will be even more productive because we have had plenty of mistakes to learn from this year about seed starting and transplanting.  This is not bad thing at all, its all just part a giant learning experience / process that is ever evolving.  But, we still have the fall harvest season to look forward too which means it is time to plant more carrots, more lettuce and possibly more basil to bring indoors for the winter.  I want to plant even more basil next year for one main reason:  pesto.  

We  had plenty of visitors to the garden today which is always a welcome sight.  The more the better, exchanging ideas, picking veggies and enjoying the summer weather!  I hope to one day have a shade structure of some sort built up there for everyone to enjoy....along with an apple orchard / walnut trees for shade and more edibles. The place has so much potential it is unreal, I can't wait for the future.