With my sewing machine and yarn packed, Evan and I have been doing more gardening, transplanting our seedlings into bigger pots and planting some more flower seeds. We are putting in a raised bed garden, and will be giving the Square Foot Gardening method a try.
Our greenhouse garden is growing and will soon be ready to transplant into our garden bed! We have zucchini, cucumbers, scallions, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, peas, green beans, basil, thyme, parsley and spearmint (this will stay in its own container so it doesn't take over the bed.) We are also growing flowers: marigolds, aster, carnations, bachelor buttons, zinnia, cosmos, lavender and some ornamental grass. Everything but the tomatoes and peppers we are growing from seed.
Every morning, we go out to say hello to our plants. He bounds in, saying "hi baby seeds!" and gives them little pats. In addition to being a fun thing for us to do together, growing our own seedlings in recycled pots we gather from friends and family is an economical way to get a beautiful and bountiful garden. Growing from seed was much easier than I thought (particularly with the luxury of the greenhouse!)
The greenhouse is shaded by a huge old tree, so Evan and I put the babies outside for a day of full sun.
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Interesting! I'm looking forward to reading how thing go with the Square Foot Gardening. I don't have a yard at the moment, but when I do, I'd love to grow vegetables without having to spend loads of time working on it.
When did you start your seeds? I started some peppers and tomatos a while ago, and they are nowhere NEAR the size of yours. Did I start my seeds too late?
Do you know of any good gardening blogs for our area (I'm a little north of you, near Quakertown)? I need to find a source that will tell me "start seeds today"; "transfer seeds today". I need an idiots guide to gardening in Pennsylvania.
Mama, I started my seeds around the beginning of April. But I have noticed seeds I start now take off pretty quickly. Try this site for getting a schedule of when to plant seeds: http://www.mysquarefootgarden.net/ She has a weekly email that tells you based by zone, what to plant and what to move out to the garden. I only caught the tail end of the notifications for planting, but will definitely be using it next year!
Wish you lots of good luck with your move - may not be back to your blog before then - have a good unpack the other end!
Alison
Good luck with your move, especially with all those plants! You will be getting them into the ground at the perfect time. Can't wait to see what you cook up with the results. Are you going to plant the marigolds with the veggies? They will help keep away the pests.
Kris, yes - marigolds will go with the veggies!
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