Week 2: Al's Pine Garden & Nursery

Week 2: Decided to visit Al's Pine Garden and Nursery, a local smaller nursery which has GREAT pricing on plants, and is a mom & pop shop, so we like supporting them.  They are in our neighborhood, and are extremely knowledgeable.  They are also one of the last stores that only accept cash or personal check.  That's right, NO CREDIT CARDS!!  But, they have a cute sleeping cat, and the pricing cannot be beat.

Al's Pine Garden and Nursery

We decided to purchase all of our vegetables from Al's.  Last year, Neil did this, and his vegetable garden went insane, especially with the tomatoes!  This year, we planted the following:

~5 different types of tomatoes
~2 different types of cucumbers
~Butternut Squash
~Sweet Bell Peppers
~Eggplant
~Vidalia Onions

I am a bit sketchy on the onions taking, and it may not happen, but everything else looked really good. Per Neighbor Kate's suggestion, we also lined the peppers and eggplant beds with marigolds. Neighbor Kate, again, was super gracious to give me already flowering marigolds for one side, but I decided to plant seeds along the rest of the beds.  I hope they come up soon!  Having the marigolds provide for a nice liner, and Neil can mow right up to the edge of the bed. The butternut squash and cucumber plants we did not line with anything, as they usually take over the whole bed.  The tomatoes we lined with the onions and basil.  Yes, I do have 3 different types of basil growing.  Think I am Italian? :)

Below is a layout of the beds. You can see the marigolds in the lower corner.

Neil also dug 3 very deep holes in preparation for the new fence going in this weekend.