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Sprouting Plants, Page 4

Plant Progress and Some More Alyssum Added

I want to share with you some of the progress that I have been having with my plants and some that I have added in order to maximize my time.

So far my plants are doing really good and it will soon be time to leave them out overnight and then into the garden soil they will go soon after.  Right now during warm days I have been placing them outside on a table that can hold much of my early plantings.

I also added some more flowers to addition to the ones that I started growing a month ago.  Alyssum is one of those flowers that I love to grow as much as possible because of the numerous beneficial insects it attracts.  Bees love them lady beetles, flower flies, hover flies, and so much more. (more…)

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. (more…)

Pictures of Sprouting Plants

Since it has been a couple of weeks since we last planted most of our vegetables and flowers I thought it would be a good idea to show you what they look like when they first begin.

Everyone knows exactly what they look like when they produce flowers or fruit, but what about when they first poke out of the ground?  When I first started I never knew what plants looked like when they first came out of the ground.  Most of the time I had to guess what was a plant and what was just a random piece of grass that found its way into the soil. (more…)