Garden Expansion

It’s only the first week of spring and I’ve already outgrown my first garden box, the new second box and still plan to add lettuce and another tomato plant or two.

The second box looks empty but I learned last year how big squash, zucchini and tomatoes can grow.

Last spring with my first garden I tried not to buy too many plants and over plant the box. This weekend I might have gone a little overboard at the annul Greenfest garden show at Plant Park at the University of Tampa.

I bought tons of herbs. Basil, mint, oregano, thyme, sage, rosemary, cilantro and parsley.

Three more cucumber plants.

A free cherry tomato plant that I’m not sure I’m going to keep - I like grape tomatoes better.

And although its not part of the vegetable garden I also bought a Meyer lemon patio tree.

When I got home with all the herbs I played with a few different layouts in the vegetable boxes to figure out where to plant them and decided to group most of them in larger pots.

Then, after planting the cucumbers and cherry tomato, it was time to thin out the fast growing one week old squash and zucchini seedlings. 

Boyfriend suggested trying to transplant the extra seedlings to a spot along the side of the house.  I used a shovel to break up the old roots and hard packed dirt then very carefully dug them out of the box and planted them.

There’s not water near that part of the house anymore so its going to take a little more effort to water them but if they get establish and grow it will be worth it.