Good morning all!

 

Today I thought I would give you a peek inside the greenhouse and show you what is going on. I am SUPER excited about my tomatoes! When I was growing up, my grandfather had a tomato farm, and I was SPOILED with fresh tomatoes all the time! Now, grocery store tomatoes taste like styrofoam to me, and I just do NOT like them at all. Last year, I had issues, and didn't end up with any homegrown tomatoes at all, but this year, I am doing tomatoes in buckets and they are blooming like crazy!!

Look at the beautiful blooms, and not a tomato worm to be found! (I hope I didn't just jinx myself!)

I even found a tiny, pea-sized tomato yesterday, but for the life of me, I could not find it this morning when I had my camera out! Was it shy? Am I going blind? Did I imagine it?! Who knows...

Anyway, lots of things are growing and doing well. I am growing several varieties of peppers this year. Unfortunately, the tags I used to SO carefully label them, so I don't mix sweet and spicy, faded away, so it will be a surprise what we end up with! Yay. They are blooming as well and I can't wait to have fresh peppers!

Pepper flowers. ♥

I also have herbs growing! Mint I have shown you already, there is also stevia, sage, thyme and oregano!

Here is the oregano, it has really taken off!

Here is the baby sage! It's kind of floppy and spindly now, but I can't wait to have fresh sage again! Won't be too much longer...

And here is just one of my aloe plants! Long ago, I bought one small aloe from a vendor in a flea market, now I have zillions of aloes all over the place! This big one was moved to the greenhouse because I ran out of space in my bedrooom. It got a little pale at first from too much sun, but has recovered and has lots of new growth.

Last, but not least, I'd like to mention some new additions. These are marigolds! I found some straggly ones on clearance a couple weeks ago, and picked up a few packs. After popping off all the blooms and buds on them, (to make them focus on root growth rather than blooming, to help them get established), I planted them with the tomatoes. They are excellent companions to tomatoes because their care is about the same, and they repel white flies, spider mites, and other pests. They are doing quite well and are blooming again already!

I hope you have enjoyed peeking around in my greenhouse! It's early in the season yet, but I have high hopes to actually harvest some veggies this year! Maybe next year we will have time and energy to start an actual garden again, but for now, my bucket-garden will have to do!

 

Thanks for reading! As always, have a lovely day!! ♥ Feel free to drop a comment and let me know what is growing in your garden so far!