The
other day we started some seeds as an after school project with my girls. We are lucky this year as this project didn’t
cost us a dime. My mother cleaned out
her greenhouse last fall and we were the recipients of her overflow items. Including a drip irrigation system – For
Dummies! I am pretty excited about
that. When it comes to growing things I
fall right in that category.
While
purging the garage this year I came across a shoe box full of seed
packets. I’m hoping they are still
good. We’ll find out. Most of the seed packets only cost about a
dollar, originally. So if I need to buy
new ones in a week or so it won’t be too expensive.
We
started out by writing on the outside of each pot with a Sharpie marker so we
would know what was planted. Then we
filled them about 2/3 with soil, added the seeds, topped off the soil and gave
them a good drink of water. I used an
old baking pan and a drip plate from a flower pot to put them on for the time
being.
So far
we have planted:
·
Pickling
Cucumbers
·
Yellow
Summer Squash
·
Zucchini
·
Sugar
Pumpkins
·
Dill
·
Basil
·
Cilantro
·
Parsley
·
Chives
We’ll
keep them outside on the porch as long as the warm weather holds and bring them
inside if it gets colder. The key for me
will be to keep them watered without drowning them.
Since I
am getting a late start this year I plan to purchase Roma tomato and bell
pepper plants at the store with one of my gift cards. We will also be planting lettuce, corn,
carrots, beets and green onions directly into the ground.
Mother
gave me one of those strawberry pots for my front porch. I’m turning it into an herb garden. I put some broken bricks in the bottom for
drainage and filled it up with Miracle Gro Potting Mix. Once the herbs we planted in the peat pots
are ready I’ll be planting them in there.
I am excited about having a pretty and also very useful pot of plants on
my front porch this summer.
I
usually do my planting the weekend of Mother’s Day. By then the frost risk is usually past and
the weather is warm enough. In the
meantime I am going to get my beds ready and figure out my drip system. It appears pretty straight forward.
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