So yesterday snowed, what the heck mother nature? BUT, today was nice again and so we all got back outside to continue preparing our garden. We're making sure we're ready to plant for the end of May. Below are pictures of what happened today.We started off with a layer of newspapers, 2 sheets thick.
Put a layer of mulch on top of that about to hold down the newspaper and add some nutrients to our soil.
Then some dead leaves on top of that about 2 inches
And then put about 4 inches of triple mix for the top layer
We have a huge compost bucket but the stuff in there is not yet ready to use, so tomorrow we will be going to buy a truck load of compost from the dump and adding that to the soil and then tilling it all to make a nice nutrient-rich soil for our veggies!
PS. I need some tips on good ways to start some herbs indoor in small potting plants and putting them in thewindows. We have; Thyme, Parsley, Sage, and Chives. Any advice/tips would be great appreciated!
That garden plot looks great!!! Can't wait to see the tons of veggies you'll get out of it.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing you guys in May and have a garden conversation ...
This is probably too late - but we started our seedlings using egg shells. We cracked the eggs in half, (made scrambled eggs for breakfast) filled each eggshell half with dirt and planted our seeds in the eggshell halves. We placed the shell halves back in the carton, wrote down what was planted and then we have them growing in their shells as I type. It snowed this past weekend, so we plan to plant them, shells and all at the end of the week!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice, we may have to try that next year, it sounds like a great idea! We have planted all our plants and seeds this week and now we're in the m midst of the waiting game.
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