A Little Background:
I've wanted a vegetable garden for about as long as I can remember. I know--that may not be entirely normal for a kid, but there you have it. I recall planting carrots in my mom's flower box and daydreaming about tearing up some of the landscaping in the backyard for tomatoes. Yet I never quite had the space or knowledge (or guts) to really get started on a full-fledged garden.
I've had a few sad little potted tomato plants over the past couple years, and killed an attempted herb garden, but that's as far as I've gotten. Well, I'm about to move into a new place with a yard, and it's the perfect season to plant!
I have next to no idea what I'm doing, but the overabundance of gardening knowledge out there just overwhelms me. So instead of freezing up, I'm going to do it my own way through trial and error. This blog will help me keep track of what works and (probably more often) what doesn't.
The Beginning:
Yesterday I bought about $20 worth of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. We'll be moving in two weeks, so I'm going to get the seedlings going so they'll be ready to plant once we're settled in. I'm going to reuse some of the potting soil from my failed tomatoes and herbs and use cut off soda bottles to start things out on the cheap.
Wish me luck! :)
especially looking forward to the tomatoooooes
ReplyDeleteYou may not be too successful with the recycled potting soil because the old plants may have sucked out all the nutrients.
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