Garden 2012 — Herbs & Tomatoes

Every squirrel in the neighborhood eats at least one green peach a day.

Will any survive?

Black Mission Fig Trees

Each tree grows at its own rate.

This is the healthiest tree with over 16 inches of new growth this year.

Test Garden May 2012

A Work In Progress

12″ Deep Raised Wooden Bed

Cement Block Bed

Surprisingly, the cost was almost the same for each bed.  At just over $70 each in building materials,  the two deciding factors will be growth and durability.

Garden 2012

Raised Bedding Materials:  $150
Soil & Soil Conditioner:  $80-$90
Pavers or Bricks:  (on our to-do list)

Tomatoes

3 Black Krim
1 Black Prince
1 Black cherry
1 Goliath
2 Mortgage Lifters
2 Mr Stripey
1 Sweet & Neat
2 Juliette

Herbs 

2 basil
8 hot banana peppers
2 hot red cherry peppers
2 Cantaloupe
1 cayenne

Fruit

1 Brown Turkey Fig (8+ years)

1 blueberry (2 years)
1 blackberry (2 years)

my 1 year babies:

1 White Princess Peach
1 Dwarf Alberta
1 apricot
3 Black Mission Figs
1 Celestial Fig
1 Kadota Fig

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