The Great Outdoors

The seedlings are all now officially out of the house and on the porch! And on the patio! And on the porches and patios of my family and friends!
(I gave away about 10 seedlings this year, but more on that in another post.)

I was a little slow getting the seedlings hardened off this year, partly because of the weather and partly because of my insistence on over-scheduling myself. But they all seem pretty acclimated now, and no sign of transplant shock. (Here's a good description of the hardening off process.)

So here are the first photos of the 2013 porch garden:

Sweet pepper, parsley, and basil transplants,
plus rosemary from the farmer's market.

Sweet pepper

Sweet pepper

Eggplant

Red bell peppers and eggplant

Summer squash (direct-seeded)

Basil

Black cherry and Early wonder tomatoes

Picklebush cucumber (direct-seeded)