MJ has a theme for our garden this year. He's actually had it for almost half a year, ever since he first saw seeds for purple tomatillos at one of our gardening stores. Last year was not optimal for planting them - summer was oppressive and long and we wouldn't have had time to grow medium-long growth plants from seeds. But this year, we're starting early.
The theme is "purple." Not long after seeing those seeds, we found some purple pak choi seedlings and the idea was born. (Incidentally, pak/bok choi - pretty tasty and grew well for our fall garden.)
We had a beautiful weekend and headed to the gardening stores with the idea of getting tomatoes in now. (I'd read that this was the time to do that in Texas - the idea of a 9 month+ growing season is still a bit "off" to me.) After much consideration, we picked up some tomatoes (including two purple varieties), snow peas, purple pak choi, and dark kale. We did go get those tomatillo seeds, too, as well as picking up some watermelon and pumpkin seeds. That, plus some beet seeds and swiss chard plants that survived the winter, completed our garden. We'll be adding some pepper plants to fill it out. For those interested in such things, there are a few heirloom varieties in there - three tomoato plants, specifically.
We're definitely excited to see how we do. We spent some time prepping the soil - weeding the weeds that this winter was not cold enough to kill, and adding fresh compost, top soil and fertilizer. We feel that each year we try this garden thing we learn more and get better; I'm actually a little concerned that we may have started having "expectations", rather than just being pleased to get something, anything.
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