Gardening....

It seems there may be a little hope that I will have one small kakai hull less pumpkin. Growing pumpkins in South Florida can prove to be very difficult. There are a slew of pests and problems with them. But maybe just maybe I will have one.

Garden update

Today I moved all my seeds that had sprouted into bigger pots. I got these small pots from work, they were left over from an Earth Day planting workshop. Some really needed it and others could have waited. I have a tray of extra seeds mostly cherry tomatoes and basil, but I might need more than five of each of those. I also emptied all the dirt out of the paper pots that didn't grow.
If you can't read the labels click here.

The pumpkins have gone crazy. I am sure that I don't need 10 of them.

Growing

They have started to grow. Hopefully they will all sprout, including the entire tray of tomatoes, peppers and snap peas I accidentally dumped on the ground.

I started my seeds...

I made plant markers from wooden spoons.

I also got all my seeds from Erica. You can read about how we are sharing seeds here.

She sent me, green towers lettuce, california wonder pepper, sugar ann snap pea, cherokee purple tomato, kakai hullless pumpkin, and matt's wild cherry tomato.

There is my helper Cali.

Notice the two lizards on the wall.

The set up is a bit ghetto, but it will do until we move and get settled in our own home.

Grow little seeds.

Cox & Cox

Or if you are fancy you can buy this from Cox & Cox here.

I not going to lie, I want one.

Make your own newspaper seedling pots

Of course I had my little helper, Cali.

Tiny flowers

Weeds from the front yard, tiny flowers in a bobbin. This would be really cut in a window sill. If only I could find my thimbles in all the boxes in the garage. Then the flowers would last. Once we get settled and unpacked I will find my thimbles and do some tiny arrangements in those too.

Seed sharing

My best friend Erica (check out her blog here) and I are sharing seeds this season. She bought veggies and I bought herbs and cucumbers. We both love gardening and growing our own food, this way we get twice as much for our money. I never need all the seeds that come in a package.



I just scanned the packages and divided up the seeds. Repacked the ones for Erica and mailed them off.

I can't wait to get my veggie seeds from Erica and start planting. Come back next week to see exactly what I get from her.

I ordered:

Chives
Santo Cilantro
Sweet Basil
Catnip
German Chamomile
Moss Curled Parsley
and cucumbers.

All the seeds (except the cucumbers) are from High Mowing Seeds. All of there seeds are organic.

Garden Trading

Have you heard of this web site? They have wonderful things, like this....

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and this......

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I want this for my home made laundry soap.

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I am a sucker for all the containers, they also have a great fire pit. Happy shopping.