Over the weekend The Girl and I planted a few more tomato plants in the greenhouse. We’ve still got another week or two before setting them outside in the garden beds {we’ve had lot’s of rain lately and it’s just not warm enough outside yet}. Our greenhouse tomato plant count is now up to 7!
I absolutely LOVE growing tomatoes in the greenhouse and I think later on this week I’ll go around and plant basil seeds around the bases of all the tomato plants. I don’t know about you, but basil and tomatoes are one of my favorite things to harvest each summer.
Inspector Lucy.
The lettuce we grew in the giant stock tanks has all been harvested. Now all that’s left is one giant pot of mesclun lettuce and 2 pots of romaine.
We’ve also got another batch of lettuce growing in a galvanized gutter as well.
Slugs! Grrr… have they found their way into your garden as well? 
Our first tomato flowers.
I can’t think of a better hobby than gardening. With the exception of pulling weeds, gardening has got to be my hands down favorite thing on earth to do. Well, I take that back. Eating fresh baked pies and travelling are pretty high up there on the hobby list too. 😉
Gardening is RAD, no matter how you do it.
How is YOUR garden doing these days? Have you planted any tomatoes yet? If so, what kind are you growing this year?
~Mavis
Shelby says
I’ve got New Girl, Cherry and Roma tomatoes outside. They all look a little sad, but I think they’ll make it. The New Girl and Cherry already have their first few flowers too.
Karissa says
I started a whole bunch of tomatoes from seed under grow lights this year in early February and they are still tiny, yours are huge compared to mine!
Melissa Doroquez says
Mine too, Karissa! I feel like I have absolutely babies the tomatoes that my son planted from seed in February – grow lights and heat mats in our plastic greenhouse – and they are still only about six inches tall with their second sets of leaves starting. Back during that rash of mid-70 days, I replanted the determinate ones that will end up all summer into 5 gallon pots and gave the indeterminate plants a bit more room by moving them into gallon pots until the garden bed soil is warm enough. Right now, though, they are braving it out in the garden in their pots with some makeshift plastic covers on most of them. Fingers crossed!
Cecily says
Microclimates are so interesting. On my little rural Tacoma farm my tomatoes have been out for a week or so and are thriving. I am growing 25 different varieties this year and can’t wait for that first garden fresh tomato.
Karissa says
I live just north of Bellingham and mine are sooooo little still! I’m really hoping that they’ll start to take off soon, I am going to be so disappointed if they don’t do well.
Mandi says
This year I’m growing Stupice, Glacier, Silvery Fir Tree, Siberia, Italian Roma, Martino’s Roma, San Marzano, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple and Japanese Trifele Black. Oh, and a mystery tomato that came from my Glacier seed pack that is definitely not Glacier! All from seed for the first time! My two San Marzanos are at least double the size of everything else, I think due to starting them off in larger pots. I’m getting so impatient to plant out that I dreamed about it all last night! Trying to hold off until at least this weekend!
Bonnie says
Just wanted to tell you how much we <3 your blog, and Lucy Puggle! These are the tomatoes we have in the garden here in Central AL., they all have blooms and some a good bit of baby tomatoes! Costoluto Fiotentino, Italian Red Pear, Motgage Lifter, Sugary Cherry, Big Rasberry, Super San Marzano, Jersy Devil, Sweet Baby Girl, and Garden Peach. It is 87* and sunny all week so we expect some super growth :}
Dale says
I started 9 different kinds under lights and just moved them out to the garden sunday under a hoophouse. They seem to be doing ok. I like your basil idea, think i’ll plant some arround the tomatos too. Have a lot of planting to do this weekend. Woopeee
Tracy Sch says
I only have room to container plant. My one an only tomato was planted outside last week, it’s a New Girl. I’m itching to get my pole beans in the ground, but am waiting. Interesting that you putting basil seeds around your tomato, will you transplant later or will there be enough room? I discovered homemade pesto last year so I want a plant of my own this year. Thank you for all of the inspiration!
Mary Ann says
I burned myself out starting in February last year and doing succession planting for the first time ever, so this year I didn’t get things out in the garden until the beginning of April. I have regular radishes and French breakfast radishes, bush beans and pole beans, carrots, green onions, zucchini, marketmore and straight eight cucumbers (and a whole bunch of volunteers), and as far as tomatoes go, I only started Beefsteak, Big Boy, and a whole bunch of cherry tomatoes this year. So far, everything is doing pretty well.
I started bell peppers from seed, but they are still so small I had my husband pick up some 4″ posts at the store today. I’ll put those in a barrel tomorrow.
Becky says
We have 5 different varieties of tomatoes – cherry, heirloom, brandywine, and I can’t think of the rest at the moment.
As for the nasty slugs – any suggestions on keeping them away?? Right now we have a couple of bottles of beer laying on their sides to trap any intruders. Classy, right?
Cecily says
If you are able to keep them, ducks are awesome slug hunters! Mine work from dawn to dusk keeping my yard and garden slug free.
Andi says
I’m in Mount Vernon, WA (hour north of Seattle) I started a few tomatoes the second week of Feb., and my main batch a couple weeks later. The older ones have been out in the greenhouse for a month or so. There are a couple of tomatoes the size of grapes! (happy dance) I’ve transplanted 17 to the greenhouses. Harvested enough basil from pinching to make salad dressing for salad from the gutters. (thanks for that, Mavis) Still have ten tomatoes inside that need a warm spot outside and quick before they decide to run away from home.