Restarting my garden for 2015

I feel terrible letting this site sit there for over a year. My photography business really started to pick up and a few other things and although I did keep my garden alive I soon found that I had become over run with plants. In 2013 I did grow a few small plants like tomatoes, lots of peppers and more. Come 2014 I really cut back and only had a few plants, and ended up purchasing two apple trees for the outside of my house so I could harvest them yearly.

I admit that I stepped back from gardening for a while and am now starting from 0 (unfortunately I let some of my plants go). And, I feel terrible about it.

The one positive I learned from all this is that by being an over eager gardener I now know what I DO want to grow and not get overwhelmed. It can happen to the best of us. We get excited about trying this variety and that one and soon you have way more than you can handle.

Some plants require more attention than others and often times during different seasons. I've decided to stick to my original idea of growing fruits and in containers. I have three citrus plants now and a lemon guava plant as well. And, I'm looking to add a couple more to my sunroom garden.

I'm in Massachusetts and the cold is here. So I'm making sure to be very selective on what I grow that will provide food that I can eat and will enjoy instead of just to 'see how it goes'.

I will try to post updates here on a weekly basis and will try to post a video once a month if not more to update you on the different plants I have growing. Also, I'm open to any tips you might have on what you see me growing as well as any questions that you might have.

If you have been following me, I apologize for being away for so long.

Time to continue my sunroom garden!

Garden 2013, work in progress....

I wanted to share a few photos of my garden for 2013. You will recognize my banana plant and my lemon tree. They survived the winter!!

Meyer Lemon Tree

Meyer Lemon Tree

Meyer Lemon Tree

Meyer Lemon Tree

Dwarf Cavendish

Garden beans - first year trying these!

Cherry tomato hybrid

Seeding and repotting!

Hi everyone.
Hopefully you are still visiting my blog. I know it's been a while.

Today I put down some more seeds and repotted my banana plant and lemon tree.

The sun was out and I'm sure they were very pleased.

I also picked up a small tomato plant which should also do well.

Some photos to come later this week.

Hope the weather stays nice and I'll be able to put everything outside.

Its finally Spring 2013!

Hi everyone.
Sorry for being away for so long.

This has been a crazy few months. Getting a new job, working a lot more and continuing to grow my photography business.

But, I'm ready to do some gardening for 2013.

Let's go down the list on what I have started this year.

Seeds - Sprouting

Three kinds of leaf lettuce
Garden beans
Cherry tomatoes
Sweet peppers

Growing

Meyer Lemon tree (with one lemon on it!)
Banana plant
Green apple columnar tree
Red apple columnar tree
Aloe vera

I'm hoping to do cayenne peppers and jalapenos as I did last year as they did very well.

Last year I got very carried away, so I'm trying to cut back a little and take better care of some of these plants.

I had a tremendous pepper crop last year and my tomatoes did well as well.  But, my cucumbers didn't do much and my banana plants did ok, but didn't grow as much as I would have liked.

Strawberries - all got white powder mildew
Figs - didn't grow much
Blueberry plant - didn't grow much

I'm going to stay away from berry types this year as there are tons of birds around here.

ALSO, I WILL HAVE A FULL CONTAINER GARDEN THIS YEAR. NO IN GROUND GARDEN. ALL MY CONTAINER PLANTS THRIVED LAST YEAR.

Photo coming up soon!