2010 Gardening Assessment

Beans: Awesome. Definitely planting them next year--maybe 2 packets' worth.

Cucumbers: I'll do them every year, I think, along with nasturtiums--they really keep the bugs away from the leaves, and look pretty too! I'll mulch them right away, though, to keep the moisture in. Same is true of basil.

Pansies: also going in every fall and/or spring whenever the existing ones die out.

Peppers: 3 plants, and only 2 tiny peppers before September. Now, of course, there are 5, but we'll see if they get big enough to actually eat before the first frost. Not worth the money and effort.

Tomatoes: 2 plants, 3 small tomatoes, not counting the one the bugs got. Again, not worth the effort.

Carrots: Not nearly as tasty as the baby carrots I planted last year. Doing the babies again next year, again with parsley as the companion plant.

Spinach: Too late to get seeds for this fall, drat! Definitely buying 2 packets as soon as seeds come back: some for early spring, some to plant in the fall.

Daikon Radish: Also too late to get seeds. Getting some to grow sprouts--they make the most delicious, slightly-spicy sprouts, excellent for hummous or chicken wraps!

Geranium: The one I got at the Adelphi Friends Meeting's spring festival has been so pretty--white flowers with bright pink around the edges of the petals! I think I'll get 2 for next year.

English Ivy and Swedish Ivy transplanted from the ground cover to the hanging pots: About half the plants lived. Going to continue in the hanging pot that wasn't knocked down by the recent thunderstorm (we lost two HUGE branches from our corner tree, and a branch on one of the side trees is ready to go.)

Parsley and chives are such abundant perennials I don't need to buy seeds for another year at least to have all that I need.

All in all, a very good year!!