We left off a week or so ago that this partially shady spot would be home for my 3rd garden. I had plans of putting my hot peppers here and then whatever else I had energy or time for adding.
So, it took me a couple days of earnest hardwork and a trip to WalMart for 8 cu of Miracle Gro potting soil. I may have been able to get away with cheaper dirt but I put this in my first garden and it seems to do well for retaining moisture & the plants like it.
It is a little bit wider in the back several feet (8 x 6' ish). This is the area for the hot peppers. In the front (8 x 14'ish), Simon Peter and I built some chicken-wire trellises. Those two plants on the right are eggplants. I wasn't sure if they were wanting to climb but I can support them that way now. The other way to handle that is allow them to grow over towards the fence over some black plastic sheeting. Ok, so I don't have all that worked out, but at least it is in the ground. Eggplants do not like cold so don't plant these unless you are sure you're past your frost season.
On the left trellis, we made 16 holes, approx 6" apart, planting 2 cucumber seeds per hole. They should go up the trellis nicely.
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