Gardening = Food

Gardening classifies as food, right? I thought I'd start documenting the spring/summer garden this year so I don't forget what I did and what worked or didn't work. So far...

I took a stellar seed-starting workshop with Nan Sterman on 3/17 where we started seeds in a root trainer system and various pint-sized containers (e.g. strawberry and tomato clamshells). After finishing the workshop, I left with 16+ different types of vegetables and herbs.

Here is the list of them (in the root trainer):

• Basil 'Cameo Container'
• Basil 'Genovese'
• Chard 'Pot of Gold'
• Cilantro 'Santo Organic'
• Dill 'Vierling'
• Lettuce 'Garden Babies'
• Eggplant 'Purple Fingerling'
• Pepper, 'Rainbow Bell Mix'
• Pepper 'Sweet Pimiento'
• Tomatillo, 'Purple de Milpa'
• Tomato, 'Gold Nugget'
• Tomato, 'Mortgage Lifter'
• Tomato, 'Roma'
• Tomato, 'Super Bush Container'
• Zinnia 'Benary Giant Mix'
• Zinnia 'Berry Basket'

These were the optional ones (the bigger seeds):

• Cucumber 'Armenian'
• Cucumber 'Straight Eight'
• Melon 'Honeyrock'
• Squash summer 'Dark Green Zucchini'
• Squash 'Horn of Plenty'
• Pumpkin 'Winter Luxury Pie

And here is a picture of where they're at right now, approximately 3 weeks later:

I'm still trying to figure out where to plant all of them and whether I'll have enough room in the 2 raised beds.