Garden time

My gardens are now complete.  NOTHING beats the taste of a tomato fresh from the garden.  I have two small gardens in my back yard.  Garden one is now planted with 12 Juliet grape tomatoes, 2 Roma tomatoes, 4 Jalapeno peppers, 4 Thai Hot peppers, 4 Hot Hungarian Yellow Wax peppers and my find from the Farmer's Market this morning:   Ground Cherry.  I was intrigued by the plant so I bought it, knowing I had one spot left in my garden.  Just looking it it, it looks a bit like an eggplant plant but produces something along the line of a small sweet tomatillo.  I can't wait to pick the little husked fruit and give it a try.  The flavor has been compared to smoky pineapple.

Garden 2 is stocked with 6 Roma tomatoes, 1 Early girl tomato, 3 English cucumbers, one finger eggplant, 4 green bell peppers, 3 zucchini, and a thyme plant I'm trying to resurrect after spending the winter indoor.

My herb garden, which I grow in 3containers, has 2 kinds of mint in one container, rosemary and another Farmers Market find from today...Globe basil.  It;s a round bush, almost resembling a Bonsai, with tiny basil leaves.  I just had to have it.   The biggest container has parsley, sage thyme, 2 kinds of oregano, basil, arugula, and chives.  Fresh vegetables and fresh herbs...mmmmm.  It makes me sad to live in a colder climate so that I can't grow things all year round.

Stay tuned for garden stories.  The day after I planted most of the garden we had lots of rain and my back yard doesn't drain very well.  So my plants are getting a wet start.  The weather is supposed to turn hot tomorrow so the tomatoes will certainly get started growing and forgive the cool spring nights.