I wanted to attempt my first vegetable, herb and mini flower garden this year with my oldest daughter. We mainly planted seeds but we also planted a few as plants. For vegetables we planted, carrots, peas, onions, broccoli, lettuce and arugula; for herbs, we planted basil, parsley, tarragon, cilantro, garlic chives, rosemary and chamomille; and for flowers (mainly to help keep bugs away), we planted dahlias, zinnia, sunflowers, petunias & nasturtums; and for fun we planted sugar baby watermelon. Fingers & toes crossed. And yes, I know you're suppose to plant things at certain times, etc and in nice little rows x amount of inches apart, blah, blah, blah. But I decided to do it the Nik way and toss seeds in some dirt and add some water. We'll see if anything actually makes it to fruition.
Oh, I did make a square foot grid though in order to utilize the space more efficiently!
Soooooooooo....this afternoon I discovered some green stuff sprouting up from the soil!!! It's the lettuce, arugula, and basil! WWWWAAAAAHHHOOOO!! I was so excited that I did a happy dance around the garden bed! Un-oh, I guess that means I need to get a gun and ammo ready for the "rabbit & deer prevention program"....kidding of course.
(aren't you impressed with my text-on-photo capability?)
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So neat! I would love to have a little garden but I'm unwilling to part with any yard...every year I go through the dilemma :). Can't wait to see how yours progresses.
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