Gardening

[cjsmith]

CA Bay Area garden-savvy folks, if you wanted to plant herbs and/or a few veggies (corn, tomatoes, cantaloupe, carrots) and you hadn't done a blessed thing up 'til now -- no seedlings in pots in a sunny room, nothing -- what would you choose to plant soon?

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[klwalton.livejournal.com]

I usually buy starts rather than seeds (although I grew tomatoes from seeds last year). I got some Roma starts off Freecycle and planted them a couple of weeks ago. A little early, but they seem to be doing okay.

So I'm about ready to clear and clean out my pots and plant some herbs, all from starts. I'm going to plant basil around the tomato plants (which will keep some of the wormier pests away), and pot some thyme, mint, oregano and tarragon. I've got a pot of rosemary that's been going for about three years now, but I let the rest of my herbs go to seed and weed, so I have to start over with some of them.

This is all going to happen next week.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Next week would also be fab from my point of view. I was afraid I was too late for most stuff, but it seems like it's not so bad if I can get starts. I'll head down to the nursery and see what they've got!