What I Have Accomplished in The Past Couple of Days

The past couple of days have been pretty busy.  I have planted a few extra vegetables that I thought might be needed just in case others did not sprout or germinate.  I also added some more flowers to the mix and began getting ready to put the spinach into the ground.

This Friday I started getting the garden ready by cleaning up the debris that has collected on the ground including dead weeds, broccoli plants, leaves, etc.  Most of the debris from last season was cleared away the previous year so there should not be that much to clean up.  This also included removing the straw or lack there of from the strawberries.

Right now garden season is starting to pick up some pace because tomorrow I will be planting my spinach into the ground which should take a few hours.  I will also take some pictures of how I properly place them into the ground and what fertilizers you can use to help them transition easily.

I also went to the local garden center yesterday and bought some fertilizers including bone meal and fish/seaweed fertilizer from Neptune’s Harvest.  I also wanted to check to see the prices on a few items that I will need for all my transplanting and garden seed planting.  I will usually check all places in my area and see where I can get the best price.

Here is what I purchased from the local garden center for now.

As I stated in a previous post pumpkins and zucchini tend to sprout very quickly and begin growing right away.  Well in less than a couple days after planting them they began to sprout immediately.  Granted they were under fluorescent lights 24/7 and near the radiator.  This is still quite fast compared to many other plants that I have grown.  Here you can take a look at them.

The above picture is what they looked like when they first sprouted.  The below picture is what they look like right now.

As you can see quite a bit has been happening lately including the weather getting warmer as well.  I probably will be placing plants outside this coming week because it is supposed to get into the low sixties.  This is a great time to start hardening them off.  Although we won’t be putting them outside during the night for some time, it is always good to get them used to the weather as soon as possible.

I just wanted to note that I ended up planting some more dill and Queen Anne lace.  Instead of using large plastic containers like I did previously I now put them into small black plastic pots.  Here are the pots that I used which I find work quite well with what I need.

Below are the measurements of these small black pots.

As you can see it has been a busy past couple of days and this week will probably get a little bit busier due to putting my spinach plants into the ground and setting up a net around them to keep animals from eating them.  I will explain that later in another blog post.