I have spent the weekend making the rounds of the garden centers and spending too much money. Today, after church I saw corn rubble and DIRT in fields adjacent to the road. At home, I find that the snow is all gone next to the house on the south side, and pots planted with bulbs that never made it into winter storage actually have tulips breaking the soil. They spent the winder on the front porch, and I thought they were a lost cause, frozen beyond repair.
I believe that I have located all of the ingredients for Mel’s Mix for my Square Foot Garden boxes, although I’d buy more compost if I could find another kind. Mel suggests 4-5 different kinds if you are buying it. I’ve a couple more garden centers to check. The boxes are still frozen and unreachable, although they will be free of ice soon if we keep up these temps. I just don’t want to get my shoes dirty going out there.
Today, my husband will mount my handy dandy new combo clock/thermometer to the tree closest to the SFG. And I found twisty tomato supports that I am going to try insted of the wire rings that alwalys collapse on me. My list is getting shorter and my checkbook emptier. Must actually plant something soon.
My first wife took over 100 Daffodil blossoms to Church yesterday for todays Baptisms of a new born. The parents are from Wisconsin and 17 family members were in Eureka today, eh...
“My list is getting shorter and my checkbook emptier.”
Only for a short time. Your return on investment will be astounding, and alot of the money you’re investing these days will pay dividends for years to come.
Just think - this time next year YOU’LL be answering all the ‘newbie’ questions on these threads! :)
I’m to the point where my garden usually costs me about $50 a year in seeds and potting mix. That provides a good 6 months of veggies that I don’t have to buy at the grocery store. I recycle everything and today I’m sorting through the pot recycle bin at work and grabbing all I need before someone beats me to it, LOL! I also have five horse stables on my road, so I have all the dirty straw manure I can haul, and I can get free mulch from our town, and we also compost to make Black Gold.
A worm farm is next on the agenda. We live near a lot of lakes, so I could sell Red Wigglers to the anglers passing through. :)
Each year I’ve added more ‘perennial’ food crops such as fruit trees, currants, blackberries, grapes and other small fruits, asparagus, rhubarb, horseradish, shallots, a garlic patch, nut trees, a sturdy chicken coop, etc.
And, of course, a LOT of flowers for cutting: Food For The Soul. :)
By the time I sell, this place will be on auto-pilot for the new owners as far as food production is concerned. Of course, creating it all has been the fun part! :)