March Backyard/Gardening - I have TOMATOES & Jalapeños!

You know it!

Just cherry tomatoes, not beefsteaks, but they are plentiful and tasty! The jalapeños may end up being full sized peppers on small plants. 

I have one Harvest and two Bounty’s.

I started with the Harvest that I purchased at Target, because it was on sale and I had an additional Black Friday coupon. The Harvest is the base model that holds 6 pods. I bought it in white, but wish I had gone with a model that has a black deck, because the nutrients pool along the seams and show.  It takes a lot of cleaning to keep the deck looking somewhat clean, but it is a losing battle.  I am growing my salad greens in there - 1 Deer Tongue, 2 arugula, 2 romaine, and 1 tatsoi. 

The 2 Bounties I bought at Amazon when there was a pre-Christmas sale for only $167 a piece - it was over $100 off per unit. In my first Bounty I have my herbs - parsley, basil, dill, mint, thyme, cilantro, rosemary, oregano and chives.  And then in my second Bounty, I have 3 cherry tomatoes and 2 jalapeños, but one of the jalapeños isn’t doing well because it just doesn’t get enough light due to the tomatoes. I put covers over 4 of the pod openings.  There really is only space for 3 tomatoes and one other plant at most.  The tomatoes are so dense and big that they block the light needed for the other plants. 

I like ordering the pods pods directly from the AeroGarden store because you can customize your kit.  For instance, I really wanted rosemary, which isn’t included in the standard herb kits, so I put together a custom herb pod kit. The website always has a coupon. 

I have yet to have a pod not sprout, but it does happen. AeroGarden is very good about letting you exchange it for a new one. 

The AeroGardens aren’t cheap, but they work, are idiot-proof, and have allowed me to have fresh herbs for cooking available in the dead of winter. And, well, TOMATOES!