Starting My Garden
Published on 03/24/2009
For a couple of years now I have wanted to grow my own vegetables. I've never really grown anything before, aside from planting a tree in our back yard when I was very young. Anyway, a while ago my friend Hillary moved down to Woodland, WA to her grandma's property—where she has quite a bit of land—for the purpose of starting a small farm. Last year she brought our family tons of wonderful fresh veggies along with tasty food she made using them. It was incredible. I got to go up there a few times and see her garden and I have been asking her a lot of questions.
So now the time has come for getting my own garden ready, and I am finally going for it. Hillary has been a great help, and is probably starting to get annoyed by all my questions, though she tells me she's not...yet. ;) She pointed me toward a few companies where I could buy good organically grown seeds, and a few weeks ago I ordered them. I think I'm a little on the late side, but not terribly bad. Anyway, I sent Hillary a list of all the things I had seeds for and wanted to plant and she let me know which ones I should start right away. That's what I did this past Sunday.
Our house right now is in the middle of a big addition / remodeling project, and there are a couple of unfinished bedrooms upstairs, one of which has a giant window that lets in lots of light. So, I decided to start my seeds up there. Hillary gave me some seed starting trays, I got a folding table from the garage and borrowed these black wireframe racks from my friend Phil to allow the water to be able to drain out of the trays as necessary. So, with all that and some Black Gold Potting Soil I picked up from People's Food Coop I got the following seeds started on 3/22/2009.
- Broccoli, Di Cicco - 8 seeds
- Kale, Lacinto - 8 seeds
- Lettuce, Rouge D' Hiver - 8 seeds
- Lettuce, Tango - 8 seeds
- Rosemary - 8 seeds
- Tomato, Blondkopfchen - 4 seeds
- Tomato, Japanese Black Trifele - 4 seeds
- Tomato, Manitoba - 4 seeds
- Thyme - 8 seeds
Since then I've done a little more planning, and I think I need to start more lettuce, perhaps, but I've still got a little more reading to do. So, now it's up to me to water the seeds and up to God to make them grow. I'm excited.
