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koraks said:
Sounds good, keep us updated I wish I had me a little garden, but I have to make do with a balcony. I did however start some tomatoes and poppies a few weeks ago, along with some chillies, basil and some lettuce, but the latter two will remain in small pots in the kitchen.

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libertaire said:
Hello ladies and gents,

Just posting this as sort of a "grow log" if you will for my garden this year.  This will be my second year having a garden at this place.  The first year was a bit small, only taking up about a quarter of the amount of space I intend on using this year.  We'll see how it goes.  I don't technically live there, but my band mates and girlfriend do, so they don't mind if I dig up the yard to provide them with free food.  Here's the plan so far:

Against the house:

Various herbs
Poppies
Lettuce and other salad greens

In front of the lettuce and salad greens:

Three sisters garden -

Horizontal - Pumpkins/vining squash/watermelon
Vertical - Corn, Beans

In front of the poppies and herbs:

Cherry and regular tomatoes
4 varieties of eggplant
Peppers

Next to the shed:

Perennial flower mix and tall max snap dragons

Here's where I'm at so far:

Started tomato seeds from last years crop in jiffy seed starting mix.  They're pretty far along, will definitely be ready for the April 18th last frost date.  Just transplanted them from small cells to larger styrofoam cups.

Didn't get the eggplant seeds until yesterday, so they're a bit behind.  Starting them tomorrow, hopefully they'll be good to go outside in 3 weeks or so.  Same thing with the watermelon.

This is all sort of an experiment for me, so any experienced advice anyone could provide me with would be much appreciated.  I'll be posting pics as progress is made.  Thanks for reading!

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