Gardening: Season 3

I’m really excited for the start of my 3rd season of gardening. Besides the existing 8 trees (persimmon, apricot, mandarin, lemon, pomegranate, clementine, avocado and asian pear) that are coming along alright, I finally got a good, early start on my vegetables.

I went to a tomato growing class recently, and had started indoor seeding back in mid-March. Eggplants, peppers and tomatoes, all started in my garage on March 16th, will finally begin growing outdoors permanently. Along with them will be carrots, beets, lettuce, green beans, basil and cowpeas for the upcoming summer.

Initially the plan is to hand-water everything. But eventually I will let the auto-watering system take over for me.

I’m not really big on non-edible gardening, but I grew tulips this past winter, which motivated me to try growing the amaryllis belladonna (my favorite flower; I most commonly see it at the NorCal coast around late summer).

Here is the state of things as my 3rd season of gardening begins: