My Indoor Garden

Well, the corn has taken a turn for the worst, but I totally think it's my own fault - perhaps a little over watering on my part.  Other than that, the veggies look healthy, and they are screaming for their time in the sun - they want outside!!!

As far as outside goes, my husband and I started putting the raised garden together this weekend.  We hauled in 3 yards of compost, but we still need so much more!  Looks like next weekend will be another round of trips to the nursery for more dirt.  But things are progressing, and I can't wait to get in the garden and plant my seeds and seedlings.  They will be so happy in the new garden.

FYI - I did buy more lettuce seeds this weekend.  I hope to get them planted before next weekend.  I still have some lettuce alive from February's planting, but they are not looking good.  The next round of lettuce might have to be sown directly in the garden.

On a fruitier note - we bought and planted several fruit trees: 1 peach, 1 pear (3-way for cross pollination), 1 plum (3-way for cross pollination), 1 Bing Cherry, and 1 Rainier cherry. FYI - cherries won't produce unless you have two tress for cross pollination.  We also bought 2 black raspberries and 2 red raspberries.

I can't wait to post some pictures of our new garden - I will try and do that this week.

I love garden fever!!!

Sad Little Lettuce Seeds!

My indoor garden is doing wonderful, except for the lettuce.  It was the first to come up, and in groves!  But now it seems to have started to die back.  I'm hoping that the strong ones survive.  I've thinned it a bunch of times, and maybe that's the problem.  Perhaps I didn't know how to thin properly.  Not quite sure what I did wrong.  I'm going to wait it out, and see what happens.  But new lettuce seeds may be in my future.  LOL

More Seedlings Sprout Up!

Last night (03/03/11), I noticed that the cucumbers have started to sprout, the lettuce is out of control and needs to be thinned, and the corn is doing amazing!!!  The broccoli is holding strong - it looks good and healthy, but not growing as quickly as the rest.  It appears we've had some sprouts of cilantro, chives, and baby's breath too.

No sign any sprouts in the peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, parsley, sunflowers, or catnip.

So far, so good.  I think some things will be ready for pickin' a lot soon than others.

More Sprouts!

On Sunday, February 27, 2011, I noticed that I have some broccoli, squash, and corn sprouted up.  I've decided that my little seeds love living next to the fireplace!  Surprisingly, the soil is not dried out like I thought it would.  The lettuce is almost so tall I will have to take the dome off of them in a day or two.  My little garden is growing so much everyday!

My Seeds!

Despite the spout of winter bliss that God sent our way this week, I started my seeds indoors on Saturday, February 18, 2011.  I planted a variety of different veggies (broccoli, lettuce, corn, pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, etc), herbs (cat nip, parsley, and chives), and flowers (sunflowers and baby's breath).  I tried growing them in the kitchen, but they didn't appear to like it there very much.  The soil was still cold and saturated and showing the first signs of mold after only a few days of being planted.  So, I moved them to the living room, next to the fireplace.  Since their move, the lettuce seeds have sprouted up like weeds (sprouted on February 23, 2011)- and in this case - that's a good thing!

Looking forward to more sprouts this week or next!!!