Project #1: Seed Starting Central
The cheapest way to grow a garden is to buy seeds and start them yourself. Now, I'm a lazy person, and forgetting to water the seedlings can render an entire flat useless. This year, I put watering in my calendar that I check frequently. I've still had a couple of days that I've forgotten, but the seedlings have become little plants, and they are pretty happy looking! Because I was horrible at keeping up at blogging (too busy playing in the dirt!) I'll date the pictures. What did we do before digital photography put a digital date stamp on photos?
March 18th |
March 18th |
Most of the seeds that I started this year I was given by someone who saved them out of the dumpster. I bought two packages of jalapeno seeds (those things are so expensive to buy in the cold winter months!) and one package of cabbage seeds. Aside from the extra electricity cost of running the grow lights and the seed starting medium, there wasn't a lot that I needed to buy this year. That makes for a happy husband!
March 25th |
We started some ground cherries from seed this year (cousin of the tomatillo and chinese lanterns). Mel got the seeds from seed savers online. We're going to have about 40 plants too many, so maybe we can meet up soon and swap some plants.
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