I got all 3 of them planted yeaterday. One is in a raised bed within a fenced fortress to keep the coons out. I also have 2 bush varieties in large planters. The planters are on wheels and at night they go inside the garage where the coons can't get at them!
I've got three planted as well!! They're yellow ones, 2x Sun Gold and two Golden Sunrise, as I find them sweeter and they have thinner skins than the red. They're all in pots in the house at the moment but will be taken outdoors once the weather improves.
I put out twelve about three weeks ago. They were all doing fine until last week. We had four inches of rain in about two hours. One was washed away, so I bought two more to replace it. I have four Brandywines, four Jubilees, four Early Girls, and now one Roma. The rain almost got one of my eggplants too. I think the garden handles a normal rain okay, but a flash flood is too much.
That's great news, cap'n. I thought we had it bad with rabbits, but racoons are much more formitable. Good luck with the combat. If you are sucessful, the wonderful taste will make it all worth it. --Fingers crossed.
I haven't even tried putting mine to the greenhouse yet. It was 35 degF in there at 6:30 this morning-I'm just not comfortable with that yet. I will also cross my fingers for your success.
I just moved my little seedlings to bigger pots today. They just aren't getting the sunlight they need in my house, so I've put them in my little, unheated greenhouse outside. Since they are in pots now there's no room for them inside, so I've got all my fingers and toes crossed. They are all heirloom varieties, kinds they don't sell around here, so if they don't make it there's no replacing them. *hope hope hope*
Mine are still in the greenhouse, but I am hardening them off now with a plan to get them on the allotment next week. We don't have racoons, or rabbits, but we do have muntjac deer which are being a pain at the moment. net net and more net!
Our frost free day here is May 31. So I have a few weeks yet. I have been keeping the seedlings outside in the daytime and putting them in cardboard boxes at night. So far, so good.
