Today I learned from the wonderful staff at ZamZows, here in Boise, that if you are growing seedlings you will get a better stouter plant by shocking it twice before planting it into the ground. So I went ahead and bought these little biodegradable pots that you can plant in the ground if you want to. I am interested to see how they hold water and if they are reusable. I thought I might want to use re-usable plastic since I have so many plants going in preparation for our garden.

I bought a tomato plant to put in my Topsy Turvy holder for tomatoes and it was too big. Not wanting to damage the root system I decided to buy another smaller plant. I thought I might just plant it in the bed with the potatoes since that was all ready to go. I double checked to make sure they were ok together and they weren't. Apparently, there is a bug that is attracted to potatoes and it will destroy the potatoes and tomatoes in two days. Total rot. It's called blight. So the commenters said that it was just easier to keep them separate and keep them pretty far apart so those bugs don't get to your tomatoes.

I also found out that you shouldn't smoke near your tomatoes as the smoke carries a virus that effects the tomatoes in a bad way.

The potatoes are in, the strawberries are doing fine and the seedlings are going crazy. Almost every little holder has something popping up in it. It's very exciting.

Help: I'm looking for some planters at a great price to transfer my seedlings too. I have the little biodegradable things for the first transfer but I need something bigger for the second transfer since everything is growing faster than I think we'll have the ground prepared and fenced.

Happy growing!