crazy with them, and planted them up right away in little peat pellet trays. Well, I guess I jumped the gun a little bit. They are ready to be put into the ground, and we really shouldn't be putting in the ground until about the first of May. So, some of the bigger ones I've had to transplant into 4" peat pots, and I have a month to go! Fortunat
ely, my 10" tall sweet peas (below left), I'm told, can go into the ground now. But I'd like to do it in dry conditions - the second of my dilemmas! :( I may be in a little trouble with my giant pumpkins. I have 2 out of 5 that came up, and the person I got the seeds from got real big eyes and raised eyebrows when I told him I'd already planted them. I guess time will tell on that one! Anyway, here's what my garden looks like right now: It's bigger than it looks! Each of those trays holds 72 peat pellets, plus I've pulled some out to put into 4" pots, and replaced the holes with more seeds. I figured out that if I had bought as many 4" plants from the store as I have started, it would have cost around $350. And I've spent maybe $10-12 on seeds. The trays are reuseable next year with new pell
ets, and the nifty little greenhouse I got almost half off at the drug store. It has a plastic shroud to put over the whole thing and turn it into an actual greenhouse, but I don't need to use that in the house. My dining room, turns out, acts like something of a greenhouse itself because of all the light! But this piece can be put outside with the plastic, or without the plastic and be a kind of bakers rack for plants. Yea! More plants!! There are both veggies and flowers there, and most of the flowers are perennials (if they don't die out in my overly-moist soil). I have tomatoes, cukes (above right), cherry toms, carrots, radish, butternut squash, gigantic pumpkins and oh, just a bunch of stuff! :)
ets, and the nifty little greenhouse I got almost half off at the drug store. It has a plastic shroud to put over the whole thing and turn it into an actual greenhouse, but I don't need to use that in the house. My dining room, turns out, acts like something of a greenhouse itself because of all the light! But this piece can be put outside with the plastic, or without the plastic and be a kind of bakers rack for plants. Yea! More plants!! There are both veggies and flowers there, and most of the flowers are perennials (if they don't die out in my overly-moist soil). I have tomatoes, cukes (above right), cherry toms, carrots, radish, butternut squash, gigantic pumpkins and oh, just a bunch of stuff! :)
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That there's a lot of plants. Enjoy!
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