Can you believe that it's June and I STILL don't have all of my garden planted?
We had a bit of an epic fail with starting some plants from seed inside. Basically, I kept forgetting to water the seedlings once they sprouted until I could get outside to plant them, so they died, a cruel slow death on my window sill...
In order to salvage my garden and possibly get some food from it this summer, I went into over drive a few weeks ago, and directly sowed some seeds. PROBLEM! My big guy had put Preen in the garden (I know, I know), so nothing could really sprout, though somehow my acorn/butternut squash hybrid did and is looking rather spritely right now. Since I went through all of my other seeds, I broke down and bought a rosemary plant, which I can never seem to make a perennial in my garden, and a packet of basil seeds at the Depot.
Though I have sprouted the seeds and was smart enough to do so outside in a container this time, they're still not quite ready for planting and live on my patio table as an odd centerpiece. Nor have I gotten around to planting the rosemary...
I am woefully delinquent in my gardening duties this year (weeding? what's that?), I have to remind myself of how much better I'm doing this year as opposed to last when I was barely pregnant and dog tired. Hopefully, I have myself together a bit more when it comes time for pickling and canning!
We had a bit of an epic fail with starting some plants from seed inside. Basically, I kept forgetting to water the seedlings once they sprouted until I could get outside to plant them, so they died, a cruel slow death on my window sill...
In order to salvage my garden and possibly get some food from it this summer, I went into over drive a few weeks ago, and directly sowed some seeds. PROBLEM! My big guy had put Preen in the garden (I know, I know), so nothing could really sprout, though somehow my acorn/butternut squash hybrid did and is looking rather spritely right now. Since I went through all of my other seeds, I broke down and bought a rosemary plant, which I can never seem to make a perennial in my garden, and a packet of basil seeds at the Depot.
Though I have sprouted the seeds and was smart enough to do so outside in a container this time, they're still not quite ready for planting and live on my patio table as an odd centerpiece. Nor have I gotten around to planting the rosemary...
I am woefully delinquent in my gardening duties this year (weeding? what's that?), I have to remind myself of how much better I'm doing this year as opposed to last when I was barely pregnant and dog tired. Hopefully, I have myself together a bit more when it comes time for pickling and canning!
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