More planting and a problem solved

I finally got around to planting the last of my starts last night, which means we're finally getting closer to spring! I'm so excited to get out there and plant things, even more now because I've found a solution to the 'no more lawn killing' problem.

This winter I made a deal that I wouldn't replace any more of our lawn with food-plant-things; and then spent a while trying to figure out how to expand my planting and garden space, without eating more lawn.

I came up with two possible solutions - a large window box in the front under our big picture window, and a community garden plot. I can't build the planter until the soil in the front thaws a bit more, but I did hear back about the garden plot and I got one :)

So as I'm busy planning what to put in the community plot and what I should keep in my home plot. I'll probably put lower-maintenance things in the plot and well used and more delicate things at home. We'll see how it goes.

Anyways, on to the update!

I saw a bunch of videos on youtube that suggested planting 2 seeds in one cell for squash and other gourds. Then to plant them together, I guess then each plant grows in a different directions and you get more production. So I decided to give it a go and planted all my gourds and the cucumbers that way.

I planted 2 pots of:

-National Pickling Cucumbers
-Costa Romanesco zucchini
-Spaghetti Squash
-Golden Hubbard Squash
-Patty Pan Squash
-Small Sugar Pumpkins
-Butternut Squash

I also planted two kinds of cilantro.

The other seedlings are doing pretty well too, especially the cherry tomatoes. I've got a mix of sizes for the Bloody Butcher tomatoes, but about 6 that look really great. The Krims are a little smaller, but look nice and healthy anyways. I had to give them a bit of fertilizer last week, the leaves and stems started looking a bit purple and after some searching that was caused by a need for fertilizer. They do seem to be greening up a bit more anyways.

The peppers are generally slower than the tomatoes, but I've got two great looking jalapeno plants. The bell peppers seem to be slow, I might try to find a way to warm them up a bit...ditto the habneros.

Two of the eggplants look pretty good, and so do the 2 celery tarts that have made it this far. All of those are pretty small though.

Here's some pics of what's going on:

The new starts
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Forest of tomatoes
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Some strange leaves
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Happy jalapenos
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The smaller starts
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Eggplants!
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Well, that's it for now :) Happy gardening!