February

Feb 17: There are several Honeynut sprouts in the bird of paradise plant, about 6. They are 4-5" tall and have two leaves. Thinking of either transplanting soon or not depending on chances of being root-bound or stunted.
Decided not to grow field tomatoes this year, only growing small ones. Narrowed it down to 7 varieties.

Feb 25: Planning, in long term, to have all currants and berries along the front fence. For squash, going to focus on futsu and honeynut this year, might not plant fairytale. The honeynut seedlings in the bird of paradise pot are dying so we will need to transplant soon. The tomatillos got dried out and some look dead. One or two alive now. Strawberry seedlings have mostly disappeared except for two, though it didn't dry out.
Growing brassicas such as kohlrabi might not work out this year due to limited space. Thinking of growing baby mustard leaves if this is the case, as it can be harvested young before bugs eat it and planted in smaller containers.
It is important to get lettuce leaves and salad mix as well as some kind of brassica in the garden this year. Tomatoes are pretty easy, and so is squash. Other than that, there's not a lot to grow, so we are experimenting with unique plants such as tomatillos. Pepper would be nice but they are so cheap in the grocery store, so if it doesn't work out it won't make a huge difference.
We were disappointed to learn that carrot tops don't regrow the root, so we might be growing the tops to get seeds and plant them next year. We might also buy seeds and plant them in containers or in bags of dirt and sandy soil.

Feb 28: We plan to put squash in the ground where the field tomatoes were staked last year. We had dug two or three holes in the hard dirt with tree roots going though it and filled with good quality potting mix. Since we plan to grow small tomatoes in pots this year, we can use the holes for squash. The squash like to sprawl and send out runners and suckers. The fairtytale we grew was not nearly as big as the one it came from but we grew it in a huge 10 gallon bucket that was 2' deep and about 16" wide. So we figure it was small because it had nothing to root to.

So let's say 3 holes, which will be 3 squash hills, and each will have 3 of the same kind. So one hill for honeynut, and one for futsu. Not sure if we want to grow fairytale as it may be larger and more sprawling than we have space for. So the third hill could be both honeynut and futsu. That brings it up to 9 squash plants in total.

Now we'll have a whole bunch of large pots free since we're not putting squash in them this year. So in pots: Peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos. In each pot we'll grow basil, carrot and dill to improve flavour and keep pests away. May also put mustard greens in these pots.

We now have 9 new pots to plant in 3 boxes. Thinking one whole box will be poblano seeds which we got from an Ancho chilli today. Not sure if it will sprout.
We might plant a second box full of sunset peppers.