Let The Adventure Begin!
Hello,
I started my garden today. Well, I guess I actually started it last night. I bought some seeds and 2 bags of seed starting mix.
Here’s what I bought.
Soil
2 bags of Jiffy Organic Seed Starting Mix
Packs of Organic Seeds
2 Sweet Corn, 1 Crookneck Yellow Squash, 1 Okra, 1 Carrot,
1 Cucumber, 2 Broccoli, 1 Cauliflower, 1 Beefsteak Tomato, 1 Rutgers Tomato, 1 Cantaloupe, 1 Watermelon
Packs of Non-Organic Seeds
1 Pole Bean, 1 Snow Pea, 2 Marigold
Now my brother wants me to just plant organic, but he’s just gonna have to understand, I haven’t done this in years and for me to even be trying to start gardening again is a huge step. So, if you see him, tell him to take it easy on me. LOL 
I will be doing a raised bed garden this year. I plan on getting the lumber for the beds at local construction sites that have thrown away good pieces of lumber. Micah told me I better be careful or folks will start calling me hippie, tree-hugger, or worse yet, Democrat. 
LOL Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are. LOL I told him I’m not a hippie, just broke. LOL Sounds like a good idea for a bumper sticker to me. LOL
I will be using water bottles to start my plants. I started drinking just water on January 1 of this year and I will be using the empty bottles. I will try and get some pictures up so you can see how I’m using them.
Just this evening I started. I planted 10 bottles. 3 of each tomato, 2 lettuce, and 1 each of cauliflower and broccoli. My plan is to start this many each week so I can plant a staggered crop so we can hopefully eat straight out of the garden all year.
I stopped by the library and picked up 4 books.
“Gardening In The South”, “Month-By-Month Gardening In The South” – Don Hastings
“All New Square Foot Gardening” – Mel Bartholomew
“Grow Vegetables” – Alan Buckingham, Jo Whittingham, (consultant)
Like I said, I am really looking forward to this year in my garden.
Have a Super Day,
Marc
