I know you are all wondering if I have forgotten about the garden baskets. Ummm.....NO!!!
I did take the month of December off from thinking about the garden, but I jumped right back in!!!
I spent January drooling over the seed catalogs, making my wish list.
After I added it all up I realized I had been a little "over-zealous". I know, hard to believe, huh? I cut it down to a reasonable amount (I mean, I probably don't need 10 different varieties of eggplant) and placed my order.
Shipping takes A LONG TIME. Like....a WEEK!!!!! During my long wait we made the binders with the seed separators/labels and sketched the new rotations of plants. You see, if one rotates the garden every year, it tends to "confuse" many of the pests that bothered the previous crop. Those of you who have been with me from the beginning know my yearly battle with the squash bug. Truly, the devil shrunken to the size of a beetle.
February:
Seeds came! WooHoo!! I almost kissed the mailman. We have two....one woman, one ugly....this was "ugly" day. Again, I almost kissed the mailman!!!!
While I was waiting so patiently, I had an idea.....one that just might work!!!
Y'all know I can never have a garden season where I don't "experiment" with something. This year I attempted to make my own seed tape. Anyone who has planted seeds knows what a pain it is. The seeds always scatter with rain or watering. The seedlings always emerge like a forest in one area and like a dessert in another. The market solved this problem by making seed tape. The seeds are perfectly spaced on long strips of thin paper that eventually disolves into the ground leaving seedlings in a perfect row.
Genius.
Expensive!!
I decided to make my own using 1-ply toilet paper/paper towels and a mixture of flour/water. It looks good, but will it work? No clue. I hope so because I did ALL my carrot, radish, beet, spinach, lettuce, greens and green onion seeds that way. Not some.....all.
That's me. Go Big or Go Home.
Who pays the price? You:)
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