Project Garden Noob - Year 6

I've quickly realized that my intent of having this blog serve as record-keeper has not been as organized as I would like, so I figured since planting is done, now might be a good time to do a quick review and take note of planting dates/varieties and reflect on how it's gone so far.  This is gonna be a long one, so feel free to skip ahead and go strait to the video tour!   March 30th Yellow Onions: Direct sow from "sets." Asparagus (M. Washington):  Direct sow from "crowns." 4 stalks grew and flowered. April 6th Lettuce (Buttercrunch):  Direct sow. Kale (Italian Lacinato/Tuscan):  Direct sow.  Did not produce!  A few seedlings grew, but they never got their mature leaves and then just kinda puttered away and died.  I'm guessing it was too hot, I think we'll retry in fall. Spinach (Bloomsdale - Heirloom):  Direct sow, bolted by end May/early June.  Try for second harvest in fall.  Sugar Snap Peas (Oregon Sugar Pod): Dire...

Well this is a little late in coming, since it's now June.  Despite our blight breakdown, we decided to finish planting all our warm-weather plants over Memorial weekend with the exception of cucumber, I still feel our soil isn't quite the 65 degrees necessary for successful germination.    I went out to O'Toole's Garden Center to buy our tomatoes.  I have some mixed feelings about this.  O'Toole's is a really well-known nursery here in Denver and I found them cheaper then Tagawa Gardens , but I found their selection a bit lacking.  I had to hunt high and low to find two suitable Celebrity tomatoes, which I know exactly where to find at Tagawa. After some searching, I purchased the following plants: 2 Celebrity Tomatoes 2 Early Girl Tomatoes 2 Roma Tomatoes An heirloom cherry tomato (name escapes me) 3 peppers (also don't remember the varieties) I also picked up a few herbs to supplement our herb transplants - specifically basil, chives, and pa...