The soil arrived bright and early last Saturday and I spent the first part of the morning moving it from the front driveway to the back and into the box. I don’t own a wheelbarrow and so was using a tarp to haul all the dirt back, until one of my neighbors came over and volunteered his wheelbarrow! With the added technology the moving went much faster. Once all the dirt was in the box I spent the next 30 to 40 minutes getting the soil saturated with water.
After a trip to the local ACE garden section and we picked up a number of things: Tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, onions, parsley, leeks, cucumber seeds, yellow cucumber seeds, pole bean seeds, edamame seeds, kale, zucchini, and cantaloupe seeds. I’m hoping to see some of the seeds push through the surface in the next 3 or 5 days. When we planted everything it was sunny and the temperature was trending up to the 7os… But, this week its been cold and overcast… I’m hoping the weekend brings the sun and warmth and we start seeing some seedlings. Then, of course, I’ll have to worry about birds something already tore one of the peppers in the front out.
So, a purchase of some wire mesh cages is on the horizon. This is my first attempt at home gardening. I’m hoping it turns out well, but we’ll see. There is so much space in the box, and much more on the other end (See picture below) because many of the plants we put in can get quite big (zucchini and cantaloupe especially) we wanted to make sure there was going to be room for everything and that no plants choked out any others.
Once these plants are growing and (hopefully producing) I’ll write more. Alternatively, if they all die I’ll let you know too, I’m not expecting that outcome though… What an adult-like adventure I’m having!
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