This was my first year gardening in the new house. Bit of a failure, between starting too late, planting too closely together, and the yard being too shaded (neighbors' trees, so not much I can do to fix it). My red bell peppers finally started producing, but were small. The cherry tomatoes did okay but not spectacular, the other tomatoes were small and not many, and the Thai eggplant is just now producing half a dozen unripe fruits (started waaaaay too late). Carrots and beets are a complete loss--lots of green, no roots (too close together and thinning didn't help; probably thinned too late).
The only positive sign was my grapevines, which put on the expected amount of growth. Being their first year, I was diligent about snipping off the blooms, so this winter I'll trim back and see how they fruit next year. I plan to head train them, so we'll see how they do.
I got garlic bulbs (softneck and hardneck) and a box of red, yellow and white onion sets. I hope to get these in the ground in the next couple weeks and see how they do over the winter. Since they won't be ready to harvest until early July, I'll need to find a place where they won't interfere with spring planting. Might be a challenge with such a small, shaded yard.
The only positive sign was my grapevines, which put on the expected amount of growth. Being their first year, I was diligent about snipping off the blooms, so this winter I'll trim back and see how they fruit next year. I plan to head train them, so we'll see how they do.
I got garlic bulbs (softneck and hardneck) and a box of red, yellow and white onion sets. I hope to get these in the ground in the next couple weeks and see how they do over the winter. Since they won't be ready to harvest until early July, I'll need to find a place where they won't interfere with spring planting. Might be a challenge with such a small, shaded yard.