So what did I do today?
I planted a garden*.
I planted beans, spinach, marigolds, snapdragons, and baby tomatoes.
I planted them all in the flower pot that I got for Christmas. No rows, no raking, no stakes, no hoes (as in garden tool).
I used packages of seeds that I had in my junk drawer for about 5 years.
I used dirt** that I bought 50% off about three years ago, which has been 'resting' in a bottom of a dresser. (In a bag..not just loose in the drawer.)
I put all the seeds from all the packets into the dirt..and stirred the dirt around..threw in some water and stirred again.
*Garden January 3, 2013
I set the pot in a sun shady warm spot in the kitchen.
...and now I will wait. You can too, if you want, as I will post pictures as the garden progresses until harvest ( if there is one).
January 13, 2013
**I have a real problem buying dirt as I live in an area that has about 3 to 4 feet of the blackest, richest, most fertile soil on the planet , not to mention whatever can be found in every corner, floor, cupboard, and closet in my house. I might have miscalculated the amount of dirt needed but it will have to do as it is not easy to get anymore with everything frozen for about 3 feet, and it will be surprising to see any for sale at our small town hardware store before Ukrainian Christmas is over.
A shallow garden it shall be and as thus the saying goes:
* January 23, 2013
"Root gardens run deep, leaf gardens have no depth."
It would be Corny -- if I had had some old seeds left in the cupboard.
I planted a garden*.
I planted beans, spinach, marigolds, snapdragons, and baby tomatoes.
I planted them all in the flower pot that I got for Christmas. No rows, no raking, no stakes, no hoes (as in garden tool).
I used packages of seeds that I had in my junk drawer for about 5 years.
I used dirt** that I bought 50% off about three years ago, which has been 'resting' in a bottom of a dresser. (In a bag..not just loose in the drawer.)
I put all the seeds from all the packets into the dirt..and stirred the dirt around..threw in some water and stirred again.
*Garden January 3, 2013
I set the pot in a sun shady warm spot in the kitchen.
...and now I will wait. You can too, if you want, as I will post pictures as the garden progresses until harvest ( if there is one).
January 13, 2013
**I have a real problem buying dirt as I live in an area that has about 3 to 4 feet of the blackest, richest, most fertile soil on the planet , not to mention whatever can be found in every corner, floor, cupboard, and closet in my house. I might have miscalculated the amount of dirt needed but it will have to do as it is not easy to get anymore with everything frozen for about 3 feet, and it will be surprising to see any for sale at our small town hardware store before Ukrainian Christmas is over.
A shallow garden it shall be and as thus the saying goes:
* January 23, 2013
"Root gardens run deep, leaf gardens have no depth."
It would be Corny -- if I had had some old seeds left in the cupboard.
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