This is a photo journal of my small home vegetable garden. Skippy thinks it's his garden, but I've been gardening here for 20 years. We're located near Boston, in eastern Massachusetts, USA (USDA zone 6a). My home garden space is quite small (250 sq ft) and very shady. My challenge is to squeeze in and extend the season as much as I can. This spring, I got a sunny community garden plot assignment! An extra 350 sq ft! I wonder what great veggies I can grow this year?

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

gift plants

plants for mom and dad
These are plants my sister and I potted up and gave to my parents for their vegetable garden. I was pleased with how nice they look. Almost like store bought! (I grew them all from seed.) They're a little wilty here because we forgot to water them, but they perked up very well. My dad planted them in his garden immediately when he got home. Nice straight rows. They look great!

The box includes 6 winterbor kale, 6 tuscan kale, 6 red russian kale, 12 broccoli, 6 garlic, 6 red lettuce (mervelle de 4 seasons) and 6 green lettuce (escarole blonde).

3 Comments:

Blogger DDD said...

The gift plants are better than store bought.
Thanks for the gorgeous photos
How are you going to eat all your vegies?

May 08, 2008 9:04 PM

 
Blogger kathy said...

I eat the veggies mostly fresh or grilled. I'll post photos. I'm going the have to experiment with the kale.

May 09, 2008 7:29 AM

 
Anonymous Marie said...

You would love the container garden information I found. Your seed planted plants look every bit as nice as store bought--- check it out!

May 12, 2008 10:33 AM

 

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