Julia and I have been busy. Going through a fit of spring cleaning indoors and outdoors. We also had a little freeze one day so we had to cover what few plants are left in the mini garden. So today’s entry is eye-candy!
I bought a 4 ft wide chrome shelf at Target on New Year’s Day for $50 and child and I put it up the next day. I wanted my trays out in sun, not holed up on card tables on the screened patio.
The seedlings will be happier now.
Julia planted some sunflower seeds and they germinated.
She also went anole hunting.
We lay down cardboard for the new beds.
Julia helped me fill them up.
Spreading vermiculite.
Planting leaves — she told me not to plant anything on top of them. (She’s also tried planting cooked peas, feathers, and other odd objects.)
The other new bed is in grass.
Got red petunias for her gazebo.
Basically we are set for spring planting in the mini kitchen garden. Any other new beds I put in are bonus. I hadn’t planned on finishing them til summer. I got 100% germination in the seed trays so I’m going to have extra plants to give away to friends.
What I have to work on next is a 4 x 4 ft box for Julia’s own growing experiments.
