No Aster Flowers, But I Have Sown Some Marigold...
Didn't realise, with the onset of Spring, that more than a week passed since I've typed anything here!!! I have a good Mother-Earth excuse... Really, I do!!!
Even the cloudy/ cool days I've been plugging away, planting seeds to go in the ground here in a few weeks when the soil warms. I've changed my seed-starting technique...
Former soil was much too cloying, draining off too fast and hardening up after a good watering-- in other words, not holding moisture nor getting aerated. I Spent a few bones on some [40#] better soil [read: NOT TREE BARK-IN-A-BAG], 8 quarts of perlite (for aeration) and 8 dry quarts of peat moss (for moisture retention).
I mixed them all together and every one of the 78 seeds I've sown-- both flower and fruit/vegetable [um, not that anyone's counting! lol!!!]-- got treated to the new stuffs.It's been fun, but I'm exhausted. And what's more fun---the NOAA is predicting me three days of sunshine, I hope to be more by Saturn's Day. And have a lot more to show for my efforts?
Well, maybe more suntan! HA!!!
Slainte, folks
3 comments:
you've been BUSY!
Well, my friend, I guess no other garden will be as beautiful, by the loving way how you care for your little seeds of Love! Big hug to you.
You have this down to a science. we had snow again last night...glad you are well. take care.
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