As many of you may know, our indoor gardens suffered a great disaster during renovation.  Although it was a big loss, it gives us the opportunity to start over, with lessons learned.

Today is the start of our new growing cycle.  I've only got the MegaGarden running at the moment, as the aeroponic TurboGarden isn't appropriate just yet.  When the plants are larger, they'll move into the aeroponic system.

I regret not keeping more accurate notes on the first growing cycle, so that's going to change.  Starting today, I'm going to keep more accurate notes on the exact condition of the plants.  In fact, I'm numbering each plant so that I can track their progress.

Here's our lineup thus far:

• #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9 are all "Alexandria Alpine Strawberries", purchased from Swallowtail Seed. They were all planted today (07/10/2007).  They are expected to produce lots of red strawberries (continual fruiting) without many runners.  They were all started in rockwool in the MegaGarden.
• #10 is an "Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Heirloom Tomato".  It was also planted on 07/10/2007, in the MegaGarden.  I don't have experience with this type, but it should be pretty impressive.  We're only planting two tomatoes this time, as we were overrun last time.
• #11 is "Delicious Heirloom Tomato".  It was also planted on 07/10/2007, in the MegaGarden.  In theory, this fellow should produce tomatoes that are 2-3 pounds each.  Those should be some huge tomatoes.
• #12 is a "Bambino Baby Eggplant".  It too was planted on 07/10/2007, in the MegaGarden.  The seed was actually a straggler from last year.  It's from a 2006 seed packet, from Botanical Interests.
• #13, #14, #15, and #16 are mixed types of lettuce, from a Renee's Garden "Monet's Garden Mesclun" packet.  They were planted on 07/10/2007, in the MegaGarden.
• #17 is a Lime Basil, from Botanical Interests.  It was also planted on 07/10/2007, in the MegaGarden.