Over the last week or so, Mary has put together a container farm out there in back yard at out Alexandria house. I'll use this space to keep track of how it's going. Shown here in the photo are the tomatoes and pepper plant she has started, mixed in with all the cuttings of curly willows - more on those in a minute. The vegetables weren't grown from seed, but are transplants she got from a local garden store - we had great success with this method last year, and hope to see that again this year.
On the curly willow - these cuttings come from the larger tree, in this photo, that has established itself in the backyard over the last six years. That tree actually originated from a branch that was part of a flower arrangement she received a few years earlier, which rooted and then grew. We are planning to transplant these down in the hollow near the stream out at Hawksbill Cabin later this spring.
We were also at Whole Foods early in the weekend, and they had little squash plants available, mixed in with their own range of tomatoes and peppers. Since I often cook up squash with whatever I'm grilling, we thought it would be fun to see if we could get these to grow in the containers as well.
We also have plans for a small container garden out at the cabin, but I won't be planting that until next weekend. And of course, whether we have great success with these or not, we'll be avid farmer's market fans out there!
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