Monday, February 4, 2008

Planted first seeds today!


I had a pack of little 3 0z. plastic cups and used them as seed-starting containers by burning a drain hole in them with a soldering iron.

Started today:

Artichoke, Green Globe
Eggplant, Black Beauty
Sweet Basil
Tomato, Marglobe
Pepper, Big Dipper
Chinese Eggplant
Arugula, Roquette

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Getting ready for Spring

Today we finally had warm weather, though winter is still looming. I bought five 10-foot 4X4 timbers and framed up half of the beds. I also bought ten 2 cubic foot bags of StarGreen garden soil from Lowes. It's the lower-cost equivalent of the Miracle Gro soil.

I built the frames and added a little of the soil to the beds, but time was a factor, since we have other obligations today. Hopefully we'll have all the soil improved by the end of the weekend.

No seeds planted yet. I need to get them going soon!

Received 40 artichoke seeds from eBay last week. Hope we can get them to produce in our climate.