Will My Garden Grow?

DURING a visit to the local library, I noticed a display for

 free seeds sponsored by a collaborative group of gardeners.

There was even a handout to accompany the seeds.

You can't see them all

because they were in a cubby, but there were at least twelve to choose from.

Knowing the limited amount of space I have, AND, knowing I must do container plants, I chose; 

According to the handout, mixed greens will do better in cooler weather. Green Arrow peas can be planted now and so can dill. 

I have yet to plant these because...

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I went to the community Farmer's Market held every Friday (April 27, 2019) in my area and saw a booth with started plants. I bought an eggplant with  blossoms, rosemary and a tomato plant. Don't ask me what kind of tomato? People who garden always have tomatoes. I once had a potted rosemary which lived close to four years but I guess one of the winters was just too rough and so finally it bit the dust. I enjoy the smell of rosemary and its flavorful taste in foods. So many herbs are being used in medicinal and beauty products. Whether it works or not is questionable. Sometimes the mind can be tricked into thinking that it does and so it will be.

Once again I'm deviating from the subject. 

Here's a vertical and horizontal look after I put them in pots. The green pot 

is empty but I plan to repot the rosemary in it. The crate on the end has Swiss

chard which overwintered and has come back.

As of  6-1-2019  I have 2 eggplant(s)??

As for the seeds...  ????😶

Here are the gardens of friends. This first belongs to E.P. She goes small scale like I do.

She put down a layer of paper for weed control as I did in my front flower bed. She has flowers and vegetables. Peppers, tomatoes which grew from seeds of a store bought tomato. Cucumber and okra.The worms have had a feast on the collards so she's letting those die out.

My friend R.M. goes big. She is an avid gardener with a large back yard to plant and experiment with different varieties.  Captions below are in her words.

Daisies that have gone from white to yellow, due to soil content this year 

 

Both plants are Amaryllis. You gave me a box 5 or 6 Christmas's ago. I tend to propagate bulbs and plants to make other colors.

 

Blooming this week. Mandarin Honeysuckle.. Took 2 years to bloom. 

It is not invasive,  but I note wild Honeysuckle in the woods for the first time. It has crept closer, whereas I've never seen it before. Must be some pollination going on.

Can you really grow vegetables from that left over scrap?

You've seen the videos that tell you that you can grow bok choy, carrots, spring onions, celery etc. from the bottoms of your grocery store vegetables?

I've tried it with bok choy because that's a tasty, pricey little veggie.

IT DOESN'T WORK!!

I've tried it twice and all I got was a few leaves that never grew into a plant. I tasted a few of the small leaves and they were bitter and inedible. I EVEN put it in soil to grow. It mainly became weedy, flowered and still didn't grow into a plant. 

My bok choy transplant

To be fair, I've read that some of this transplanting will take place successfully if you buy organic vegetables and use them. Next time I want to try bok choy I'll start with seeds.

Thank you to E.P. and R. M. for your contributions.

next week It's a Senior Af FAIR

That's it ***