Late to the party, but just took pix so figured I'd post. Potted up most of the peppers to individual cells weeks ago, but still have Alma and Tequila Sunrise from Bill multiples per cell. Hope I don't kill them separating them. They're up front on the right (with white envelope in front) - don't they look nice? These won't be transplanted for another 4 weeks at least. But if I can get the tomatoes out of the house this week, I'll have room for individual pots for the peppers. This post was edited by ajsmama on Tue, May 6, 14 at 11:04

Well, here's my small garden! We just got the trellis up this weekend. It's only 4x7 and an experiment really as I've never had a garden before that wasn't in five gallon buckets. We put it in the ONLY spot in the yard that gets full sun! It contains (from left to right, starting at the trellis) 16 pole beans, 2 canteloupe, 3 tomatoes, marigolds, gypsy pepper, basil, bibb lettuce, yellow and green peppers, oregano, leaf lettuce, turnips, rosemary, spinach, carrots, marigolds, zucchini, onions. There are a few extra veggies hanging out in pots and buckets too, including swiss chard sharing the front porch planter with the petunias and cucumbers in a planter to trail down a wall.

The brand is "Legacy Edition Pools" in the marketing information we have, but it does look like Merlin Industries Sterling Shore on their website. But on the Sterling Shore website it looks like the first photo is of the embossed pattern going up and down, but it's horizontal in my pool. Maybe the photo is just upside down.

Regarding biochar: I did a long thread on biochar last year, after testing it several times before a heavy rain. Very impressed with roses' health enabled by SOLUBLE calcium and potassium in biochar. I have been growing no-spray roses for over 2 decades. One drawback of biochar: it messed up old-rose scent, and The Dark Lady rose reeked like burnt wax .. but after tons of rain, its blooms revert back to fabulous old-rose. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6003039/biochar-and-horse-manure-and-kelp-for-trace-elements#n=58 Below field-study documents biochar's effect on geraniums: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/5/260 "The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse while using three different growth media (i.e., solid digestate, biochar, and vermiculite). The results indicated that: (i) the pyrolysis of solid digestate caused a reduction in the bulk density (−52%) and an increase in the pH (+16%) and electrical conductivity (+9.5%) in the derived biochar; (ii) the best crop performances (number of leaves, number of total branches, and plant dry weight) were found using biochar, particularly for plant dry weight (+11.4%) and essential oil content (+9.4%)" Below is The Dark Lady's bloom, very large thanks to SOLUBLE potassium & many petals thanks to SOLUBLE calcium from biochar. Left is W.S. 2000, center pink is Radio Times. My vote for the most drought-tolerant & prickly own-root Austin: The Dark Lady (has Rugosa heritage & drought-tolerant & blooms well in partial shade). Rose Unlimited stops selling Austin roses after this year, and I want a 2nd one. The Dark Lady was the best looking bush at Chicago Botanical garden, besides Buck's "Hi Neighbor" rose. Own-root dark lady blooming in partial shade, below small blooms were before biochar experiment: