Growing stuff

[serene]

Dusting off my Growstuff account and getting ready to put things out in the garden. I don't have an especially green thumb, and I know nearly nothing about gardening, but I so want to grow food. And pretty things.

Yes. Food and pretty things. My life story.

Anyway.

At work, I have a pot of paperwhites, a pot of amaryllis, and two mystery pots of stuff. At home, I have an amaryllis that's almost spent. And I love having things growing around me.

Last week, there was a plant sale at work. I bought two salvias, a jade of some sort, and another succulent with spikes. I'll take photos later. Need to take them outside to harden off before I put them in the ground, which gives me a few days to plan where they'll go. I should probably make a diagram.

My seed order came yesterday. I limited myself to one 36-slot seed-starting kit; any more is silly overkill for a starter garden. The backyard is huge, but I need to limit myself to a small space in it at first. I bought seeds for zucchini, fish peppers, cilantro, onions, basil, and a bunch of pretty flowers. In March, my tomato starts will arrive. So that's plenty for now; maybe more than I should've gotten, but I'm sure gardeners know how that is.

Excited!

Comments

[syntaxofthings]

Pictures please :D I love seeing gardens but I'm not great at growing things myself (I nearly killed a spider plant of all things). (Although mint - mint I had to work to kill. Maybe I need another mint plant.)

[serene]

I took a ton of pics, and did a video tour, which I think managed to post. :-)

[makalove]

I'm so jealous of backyard gardening! My apartment is situated so that neither the front "porch" nor the back balcony gets enough sun to grow much of anything. My best friend has an almost-degree in sustainable horticulture (the algebra kicked her ass and she quit school without the degree, but with all the hort classes) and lives only a few blocks away, and my mother-in-law always has a garden wherever she's living, so I do get wonderful garden produce. But that's not the same as growing your own.

[serene]

I have high hopes. Against all evidence. :-)

[metaphortunate]

Where did you order the seeds from?

[serene]

I have two favorite sources: Burpee because they send you the plants when it's the right time for them in your zone and they have decent coupons (though the online prices are more than if you find the stuff you want in a store), and Kitazawa because heirloom Asian veggies!

If you want a coupon code for $10 off a $50 order at Burpee, let me know. I'm not gonna use it, because I already hit my $100 max garden allowance.

[serene]

Oh, and looks like there's free shipping at Burpee through tomorrow night.

[withagreatlove]

Good luck, and if you have any beginners' tips, I'd love to hear about them!