Lisle French Market Saves the Day

I lost a couple of tomato plants after planting. I think the stalks must have gotten damaged during the transplant. Fortunately, the Lisle French Market (their name for a Farmer's Market) had a vendor selling tomato and pepper plants. I bought Tomato plants called Mortgage Lifter, Early Brandywine, and Thai Plum. I also bought an Italian sweet (bell) pepper plant and Basil and Chives.

Planting Day

All the hard work is about to pay off. It's time to plant the garden outside.

Last spring frost in the Lisle, IL area is May 15th, but I waited until the weekend to plant.

Success! Peppers are on the left and tomatoes on the right.

Transplant Day

The seedlings have finally out grown their tiny cells. Actually, the tomatoes probably should've been transplanted a week or two ago.

Here's how the tomatoes look at 5 weeks:

I transplanted the tomato seedlings into larger cell packs with organic potting mix followed by an application of Miracle-Gro Quick Start to help the roots develop.