I've discovered green, leafy growth!! The thyme is sprouting nicely (and is very crowded), and I see the starting of carrots and tomatoes! And in only one week's time! I expected it to take longer than that.
Yesterday I got seven new pots of varying sizes from the ReStore, just down the street. Its a great home store that sells reusable household items (everything from used nails to claw-foot bathtubs) and donates the money to charity. The planters are listed as a donation item, so I donated $10 (running total of $60 invested into the garden so far) and had a new project to work with!
With my newly acquired planters, I planted another 15 or so onions today, and re-potted a very crowded snake plant into two separate (and larger) pots. As an experiment, I buried half a pepper in a pot, and a garlic clove that was already sprouting in another pot. These may do nothing but take up valuable planter space, but they were both past the point of being edible, so its worth the experiment!
Another one of the planters was a shallow, but wide pot. I plan on getting some soil and worms (thanks for the hint, Al!) and starting our compost "pile" in it. This better happen soon, the food items we're saving are starting to look a little moldy.
I know I promised pictures (and have already taken them), but the computer isn't letting me post them yet for some reason. I promise to get them up as soon as I can.
Til next time!
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Interesting.. we were just thinking starting some and having a pot garden. Any ideas would be helpful. Do you use a grow light?
ReplyDeleteI read in a magazine to use the crown of a store bought pineapple - stick the crown in the dirt- water regularly. and after time (didn't say how long) you will grow a "baby" that you transplant for a new pineapple. next one I buy- I plan to try it.
If you can throw some old leaves and/or grass clippings (or similar things) in with your food items, it'll help balance your pile. Soil will help, too. Turning/mixing it regularly will aerate it and help everything decompose more quickly.
ReplyDeleteWhen they were showing how to do a worm compost at church a few years ago on a Warm Winter Wednesday sponsored by our Creation Tenders group,the couple demonstrating were using a solid dark-toned plastic tote & lid, (Rubber Maid style about 30 gallon size) but I don't recall the rest of the details.
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