There is a miracle occurring in my garden. Nothing is dying! Everything is still growing! I actually am growing my own vegetables!
The fact that I haven’t killed anything is still blowing my mind! My tomato plants, particularly my cherry tomatoes, are doing really great. I did stake them, but my stakes were not long enough. I should have caged them. I should have relocated them to a sunnier spot. These are all lessons that I am learning about gardening. It is definitely a trial and error type of hobby and I am confident that I can make my garden so much better next year.
interest in the gardening or that my plants would die. Next year, I have a spot all picked out where I believe my plants will do better. It is not as conveniently close as the spot I picked this time, but I have a feeling that everything will thrive under all that sun.My herbs are not flourishing, but a quick discussion with another newbie gardener lead us to the conclusion that my tomato plants are providing too much shade for the herbs and they need more sun. I am thinking of transplanting them to a sunnier location or just using containers and putting them out in the sunshine.
Regardless, I am really proud of myself and how well it is all turning out. I actually ate one of my cherry tomatoes off of the vine and declare them DELICIOUS!
Want an expert’s opinion on getting things to grow in your yard? Gayla, over at You Grow Girl, is a wealth of knowledge! I loved her tip on using expired milk on those tomato plants. I recently met Gayla in person and she is really passionate about teaching people how to begin gardening. We went to dinner with a group of other bloggers and I probably was the worst person in the bunch to sit by because all I did was lean over and ask her dozens of gardening questions. Lucky for me, she LOVES to take about it so we got along great! Her website is a great resource for the novice and pro gardeners and she has a great forum where you can share & ask questions. Check it out!
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I’m amazed that my garden is holding on, too. I’m just in an apartment, with a (shaded) balcony, So I ran into the not-enough-sun-for-the-tomatoes problem as well. I also planted basil underneath the tomatoes, and it hasn’t flourished as I had hoped- as you said, probably because it’s too shady. This is unfortunate, because I really like basil.
Anyway, despite all that, it looks like I’ll be getting cherry & roma tomatoes. Hopefully next year, I’ll be in a house with a proper garden, and many of the problems I’ve had this year can be avoided!
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