Continued Plant Sale: 5/8, 5/14, and 5/22.

A lot is going on in the garden. Ill have new pictures and entries up this week. The potatoes in the bags are ready to have soil added to them and I will blog this process.

I have more plants to sell. I will be at the Riverhill Flea Market on May 22nd. It is Sunday 10 am to 1pm. I will have everything.

This week is the official no more frost date for Maryland. A lot of people in the neighborhood wait till then to buy and plant tomatoes and vegetables.

If you want to pick up tomatoes and stuff in the neighborhood (and these dates don't work)feel free to email me at pilarch2@verizon.net. I am home most evenings.

I will be available on Sunday 5/8 10 am to 1 pm and Saturday 5/14 10 am to 1 pm. I am only advertising these day to the blog and via email. I'll be in the backyard. Come by. Bring questions. I'd be glad to help you out with planning a garden. I planted a lot of vegetables in containers inlcuding 2 foot dwarf tomatoes and gaint 1 pounders. If you have limited space, come see the containers. It will give you a good idea about the size of container you will need for a container garden.

Current List of Extremely Strong Plants

All plants are $1 or less.

But I have Sarah's Galapagos grape tomatoes.

They are $3 each. Very hard to germinate and they were a lot of work.

Zukes, Cukes, and Geen Beans are ready.

The Tomatoes

Black Plum (Heirloom small teardrop/Mahogany)

Delicious (2 pound fruit. I grow it every year/Red)

Mexico (Heirloom 1 pound fruit/Pink-Red)

Orange Russian (Heirloom Oxheart shape/Bicolor: yellow and orange)

Patio F Hybrid (Your dwarf container cherry tomato/Red)

Super Beefsteak (Your summer standard 1 pound sandwich tomato)

Mortgage Lifter (Heirloom 12 oz to 1 1/2 pounds Red)

Marglobe (Heirloom 6-8 oz determinate)

Baxter's Bush Cherry (Determinate)

Polish Linguisa (Heirloom sweet paste. Great for sauce)

Black Krim (Heirloom Russian variety. 12 oz )

Homestead (Semi-determinate 8 oz. Very productive)

Cherokee Purple (Heirloom pink purple large fruit)

Brandywine Red (Amish heirloom with great flavor and texture)

Bonnie Best (Heirloom determinate Very prolific)

Bradley (Indeterminate 6-8 oz fruits. Large plant)

Rutger's Select (Heirloom with medium sized fruit)

Virginia Sweets (Heirloom gold red bicolor with 1lb fruit

Aussie (Heirloom Australia 1lb Red Fruit)

The Peppers

Jaloro Jalapeno It is the first yellow jalapeno developed out of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.

Purple Jalapeno The fruit of this pepper turns dark purple and stays that way for a long time. It will eventually turn red.

Jalapeno M Your standard green jalapeno that grows 3 inches long and is about 1 and 1/2 inch wide. It stays dark green for a long time and then turns red.

Giant Aconcagua A pepper that is sweet as apples. 8 inch oblong fruit that is great for stuffing. It should be picked light green and it will turn red.

Wonder Bell Standard large green bell pepper

Cayenne

Herbs

Basil Large Leaf variety ready for planting

Parsley Curled Leaf variety, ready for planting

Chives You standard chives, ready for planting

Rosemary A bit beat up from the cold, needs some more time in the cup

Lavender Same as the rosemary

Cilantro Growing strong and might need a week more in the cup before transplanting

Oregano Greek variety. Great taste and scent. It is ready for the ground

Lots of Annuals and Perennials maturing too.