Garden Update June 2008

The hay bale garden has been planted up for about 4 days. I finished putting the extra dirt on and planted lettuce seeds yesterday.

I started seeds this year at the time recommended on the package (ie 7 weeks before average last frost date etc). Next year I'd like to start them even earlier and then transplant them into larger pots so they will be larger at planting out time-more commensurate with the seedlings you would buy at a nursery. Maybe if I backed it up about 4 or 5 weeks. . .

For expenses thus far this year:

$90 30 Hay Bales
$10 water timer
$9 Potting soil
$28 2 bags garden soil and bean innoculant
$32.78 self watering greenhouse, coleus seeds, grow bulb
$22.90 self watering greenhouse, chamomile seeds
$38.75 wave petunias, 36 each (for flowerboxes)
$100 Petunias, geraniums, ivy, wave petunias (for flowerboxes)
$45 self watering window boxes for front porch
$50 hanging plants for front porch
$20 seeds and seedlings via mail for veggie garden
$24 raspberry canes


Obviously some of this stuff is reuseable.