Sat Dec 7 - A date that will live in infamy

...obviously that is a reference to Pearl Harbor day (today!). On the garden front, things are going well. Halfway through the week I transplanted the tomatoes into the medium pots, because it seemed like their growth stalled in the peat pods. Well, they've continued to grow SLOOOOWLY, and just today have started popping out this first set of "true" leaves. Perhaps growth will take off now? Or, Shaun says tomatoes grow slow, so maybe it'll be the pace of Rosemary all through this. Guess I'll find out!

The pepper are doing marvelous. I have been thinking a lot about that bacterial fungus that plagued the Cayennes, and although I'm still not sure where it originally came from, I am almost positive that through hundreds of repetitions of careless watering I probably spread it to every plant in the garden. Thus, this time, I am being VERY careful to never touch the watering can to the soil, or splash water onto the leaves, etc. Even though it might all be for nothing, the scientist in me wants to control as many variables as possible to try to isolate the issue (if there happens to be one!). To that end, the leaves on the shorter of the two Jalapeno's are nearly touching the ground sometimes. So I placed these small strips of wood on the sides to prevent the leaves from touching soil (one of the big ways bacteria can move up to the foliar portion of the plant.

As you can see, they are doing very well, and have popped 3 new sets of leaves over the last week. Hurray!!!