Transplanting the Tomatoes

Well the tomatoes have been growing into nice seedlings for about 4 weeks and today I am transplanting into larger containers. These may or may not be their final container. I put 3 seedlings of tomatoes into each container. Grow little tomatoes, grow!!!! When transplanting tomatoes they can be put into the ground up to the first leave, burying most of the stem of the plant. The corner of my living room keeps filling up with plants.

Today I planted sweet peas in containers as well. I am going to try and grow them, vine them up the side of our deck. I can hardly wait for the smell of sweeet peas. I am so excited to see what happens with the vining. I have never done this before. I am planning that it will be beautiful, smell wonderful and allow for more privacy on our deck in our condo.

Cucumbers were planted today as well. Upside down containers for these guys this year with cucumbers vining down to the deck floor. This is new as well. My husband bought me a tomatoe upside down growing container and I thought I would try a vine plant instead of tomatoes.

So here is to some new ideas. Spring is for newness and creativity. Excited to let it grow this year and see what happens.

What new ideas do you have for the season? Do share!!!!

Just Beginning to Grow

Oh it is so exciting to watch the seeds begin to sprout. So we have tomatoes, lettuce, chives, chard, spinach, green onions, zucchini, cucumbers and leeks. The tomatoes are about 2" tall planted in an apple container from Costco. I can hardly wait forthe smell of tomatoes. The lettuce is beginning to look like lettuce. The lettuce and chard is grown in lettuce containers from the super market. Milk containers house the rest of the seeds. We water once a day due the little amount of soil in the containers as well as turning daily as the plants curve towards the sun. With snow still on the ground, the sun shining and another 6 weeks of possible snow it is wonderful to see life in our home.

Living in southern Montana means sun, snow and rain all in the same day. June 1st the plants will go out on the deck and front entry area. We grow an entire garden with about 60 sq ft of space. Hanging, climbing and crawling makes it all possible. Yea spring is on the way. Our first snow came Halloween of this year and some of the snow has been on the ground since November. Winters can get long, however, skiing keeps us enjoying the winters in southern Montana. As well as vegetables we will start flowers also. We grow sunflowers and sweet peas on the deck and entry area. The smell of sweet peas and the taste of tomatoes will be wonderful. For more ideas on container gardening, please contact Pamela Bussi at southpamela@gmail.com and/or (406) 570-6642.