Transplanted the purple beans, acorn, and summer squash today. Yum.

[HopeHoops]

Everything else is still on the a-frame, but we've hardened them off pretty well. It's mostly a matter of size now.

[Denninmi]

1. I have some things ready to go.

but I waited, it was 95 today. Going to be cool and hopefully wet towards the end of the week.

I have corn, first planting of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, celery, summer squash, cucumbers ready to go.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I finished planting everything today - pics...

front half of dirt garden -

rear part -

and...the driveway!

so now it is watering, weeding, feeding, troubleshooting, tying...and harvesting!

[Denninmi]

3. You ought to hook up drip irrigation on all of those containers.

It would save you some hose time every day.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Actually, I enjoy it! Allows me to check everything, make observations, etc.

And since it is a driveway, would be a pain to set something up and take it down....the way I've got things lined up, takes only 15-20 min to water the whole thing.

Expecting (hoping for, anyway) a ton of tomatoes from the driveway garden! That was approx our yield last year.

[Curmudgeoness]

5. Every time I see pictures of your driveway,

it makes me giggle. That is a LOT of tomato plants. Everything looks great.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. I kind of giggle myself...as in I think I am mad (and not angry!)

[Curmudgeoness]

7. It's a good mad, so there is no harm.

I am trying something different this year and using cardboard boxes instead of the containers. My plants just seem to need so much water in the containers---more than I can give them. I'll see if this works any better.

[beac]

9. 'Ats a lot of tomats!

The ones I got from you are growing happily here along with some I got from another source (hoping to get 100% from you next year if you'll be mailing cherries as well.) My mother reports the two I gave her are developing well also.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. I think I've got my system down pretty well - everything we grow will be options for mail order.

Spent much of the morning packaging and sending plants to friends. Not something I want to do all day...but it isn't too bad!

[beac]

11. Great news about next year!

I took pictures earlier today and will post some as soon as I have a minute to upload.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Picked my first ripe tomatoes yesterday. Kale is almost gone and my

cauliflower has been 'covered' so the heads won't get sunburned.