Hello all,
I am over by 5.5 weeks procrastination in my mental calendar for starting variety of herbs, varieties of tomatoes and chile peppers indoors, under the TSW2000 MARS HYDRO. Growing those not in great abundance in the chile pepper capital/state of the world, for NM cuisine.
However, in my day-to-day routine, it will be advantageous of the slow beginnings of a garden indoors from April 5th (my bro's bday). I plan to transplant said seeds/plantlings/ seedlings around the 3 week in May, week of May 17, '21. In the past, I started early only to be plagued by infestation of squash bugs, etc. Plant too late, as in the case last year, not enough produce.
These will be grown in 5-10 gallon nursery buckets (recycled many a year), adding home made compost, earthworm, alfalfa meal, fish meal and slow release fertilizer.
8 different tomatoes: cherry, pear, yellow, orange, red, traditional medium sized tomatoes, heat, drought tolerant and a few different Italian paste tomatoes.
9 different chile peppers: jalapeño, Trident poblano, habanero, paprika, cayenne, serrano and other sweet Italian types.
Oregano, dill, licorice basil, lemon mint. The rest of the herbs I'll plant when warm....starting early May with cucumber, squash, etc.
Right now, garlic, chives, mint a few types in sunny/shade areas of back yard, 2nd pic.
We'll be 'camping' in our area for developing/reworking several autos and photos for further release to fruition, but not like in previous years.
First pic is a female Western box turtle,Crush (using Dory theme...Dory, Nemo 2 males, Crush the found female crossing a 2 lane highway several years ago) underneath straw bale condo. Crush made her appearance yesterday, on Easter, along with an egg in the leaves. After failure to launch last year, this egg and probably 1-2 others look different. Hoping for babies this year. Awesome creatures.
More to follow twice weekly to show growth spurt of vegetable/herb seeds under the MARS HYDRO.
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That sounds good. 
