AlexH

First I should note that I’ve converted someone to SFG, my grandpa, who has moved into an apartment after owning houses for the past 50 years. He gets a small plot in his apartment building so he’s going to apply the techniques there. I’m sure he’ll convert some other gardeners in his building. My grandma thinks we’re both crazy of course.

I put the tomato plants in on the Thursday before Easter and so far so good. I also bought some conduit and made trellises for the tomatoes. The 1×2’s that I originally bought are too flimsy for tomatoes, so I’m going to double them up for the bean trellis.
The spinach, carrots, and radishes are doing great so far, and they’ll need some thinning this weekend. There is space for more radishes and nasturtiums, so I’m going to plant those which should give me a fairly continuous supply if I rotate through the year. I found some French dwarf marigolds on sale at Save-On so those will get planted as well. There is conflicting information about whether the marigolds that I got are edible, but since I haven’t grown them from seed, who knows what pesticides the nursery used, so I won’t risk it.
I also learned an important lesson about the mini-greenhouses I made with chicken wire. The wind toppled some of them over, and flattened two of the basil seedlings. Ouch. It’s too soon to see if they will recover. I think I will get some dowels or stakes to put in the ground to stop the greenhouses from blowing over.