March 10, 2010 WSJ Article

About a month ago Anne Marie Chaker from the WSJ contacted me about a story she was working on detailing mistakes made by enthusiastic first time gardens. I guess my enthusiasm and misfortunes documented in this blog were horrific enough to pique her interest.  :)   Well the story finally made it to the paper, here's an excerpt:

 "David Sekkes in West Chester, Pa., was thrilled last year to have his own plot for a vegetable garden at his cottage on 15 acres of farmland after years of growing herbs on his apartment patio. But the 29-year-old Mr. Sekkes, pronounced SEA-kiss, got carried away at the farmer's market shopping for plants and bought more than he originally intended. He planted them a little too close together to fit them in. The peppers shaded each other out and didn't fruit well. A powdery mildew developed on the leaves of the zucchini plants, likely caused by lack of air circulation. Four hot-pepper plants turned out to be way more than he needed. Then, Mr. Sekkes went away for a long weekend near the end of the summer. He came home to a mess. "It was sad having to throw away all those tomatoes," he says. This year, he plans on growing fewer zucchinis and pole beans—and spacing them farther apart—but also dabbling in new varieties of tomatoes."

Link to the Full Article

Pretty cool.... with any luck maybe next year's story will feature the successful tomato bounty from my garden! Who knows?

Thanks Anne Marie!