1) The answers are somewhere- I have had many questions, such as; when is the right time to plant things? How do I know how much water or sun everything needs? The answer is simple: just ask. Between Google, some great gardening books, my mom, seed packet instructions and a few helpful people in line at Rona, every question I could have imagined to ask has been answered.
2) Plants can and will grow in pretty much anything- This is one of the coolest things we discovered. At first we were buying those expensive little seed trays and pots from Rona or Walmart. Although they looked great, as plants grew we needed to transplant them. Turns out you can turn anything into a planter. We used milk cartons, yogurt containers, mason jars and coffee cans. All you need to do is poke a few holes throughout the container so that the soil can breath.
3) A few seeds is plenty- I'm sure this is considered a common beginner mistake, so it is only fair we made it. Just because there are 30 or so seeds in the pack does not mean you need to plant them all, or even close. We ended up with about 5-10 of everything and are already deciding who we are going to give all our extra seedlings too.
4) Not everything will grow- Although we were very successful, there was one batch of flowers and a few other plants that just did not grow. We have gotten into a habit of talking to our plants, thank to Adrianne, and all the tough love and affection in the world couldn't get them to grow. So green thumb or not, sometimes you just need to part ways and move on.
I added a few pics of some of the seedlings, there are zucchinis, cucumbers, strawberries, dill, parsley, basil, and some flowers so far. And just in case anyone is wondering our compost is a rocking! It smells good and it feels great to not be throwing our waste into a plastic bag.
Happy gardening everyone!
Marcie Brown
Thanks for the gardening blogs! I can't wait to start my garden this year!
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