It's Spring! I should grow something!

Last year I was wandering through the Home Depot garden center and decided I was going to grow some tomatoes. It didn't turn out, so great.

The other night I was watching TV and saw an ad for those upside-down tomato planters. $19.95 plus shipping. It got me thinking that I could build my own for way less. More importantly, it got me in the mood to start preparing a garden.

I was back at the Home Depot garden center today looking at tomato plants. Large plants are around $5 each. And it's not even close to a safe time to plant out. In this area, it's at least 6 weeks til it's safe to plant. But they had 9 packs of small seedlings for $2.98. Now we're talking. The plants are much more affordable and I can satisfy my need to grow something.

I picked up 3 varieties - Early Girl, Celebrity and Burpee's Big Boy. The Early Girl is an indeterminate and is supposed to ripen faster than a mid-season (50 days from transplant). The other two are mid-season varieties with Celebrity being a determinate and the Burpee's Big Boy being an indeterminate.

Let the growing begin!